Museums in Illinois
1,031 museums across Illinois, must-see first. Each page covers the best time to visit, typical crowds and how far it is from nearby cities, and travellers can report “Is it open today?” (opening status).
- McLean County Museum of History · museum · McLean · Must-see
- Elgin Fire Barn Number 5 Museum · museum · Kane · Must-see
- Chicago Architecture Center · museum · Cook · Must-see
- Elgin Public Museum · museum · Cook · Must-see
- Illinois State Museum · museum · Sangamon · Must-see
- Joliet Area Historical Society Museum · museum · Will · Must-see
- Grand Army Republic Memorial · museum · Kane · Must-see
- National Museum of the American Sailor · museum · Lake · Must-see
- Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum · museum · Cook · Must-see
- Museum of Contemporary Art · museum · Cook · Must-see
- Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art · museum · Cook · Must-see
- Alton Museum of History and Art · museum · Madison · Must-see
- Garfield Park Conservatory · museum · Cook · Must-see
- Chicago Children's Museum · museum · Cook · Must-see
- National Hellenic Museum · museum · Cook · Must-see
- Polish Museum of America · museum · Cook · Must-see
- Illinois Railway Museum · museum · McHenry · Must-see
- Chicago History Museum · museum · Cook · Must-see
- Isle La Cache Museum · museum · Will · Must-see
- Dillon Home Museum · museum · Whiteside · Must-see
- Krannert Art Museum · museum · Champaign · Must-see
- Gaylord Building · museum · Will · Must-see
- Volo Auto Museum · museum · Lake · Must-see
- Nickerson House · museum · Cook · Must-see
- Spurlock Museum · museum · Champaign · Must-see
- Raupp Museum · museum · Lake · Must-see
- Graue Mill · museum · DuPage · Must-see
- Metamora Court House State Historic Site · museum · Woodford · Must-see
- Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum · museum · Saint Clair · Must-see
- Peoria Riverfront Museum · museum · Peoria · Must-see
- American Writers Museum · museum · Cook · Must-see
- DuPage County Historical Museum · museum · DuPage · Must-see
- Heritage in Flight Museum · museum · Logan · Must-see
- Historic Carthage Jail · museum · Hancock · Must-see
- Museum of the Grand Prairie · museum · Champaign · Must-see
- National Shrine Museum of St. Thesese · museum · DuPage · Must-see
- Poplar Grove Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum · museum · Boone · Must-see
- Sea History Museum · museum · Champaign · Must-see
- State Historic Site Museum · museum · Henry · Must-see
- Lake County Discovery Museum · museum · Lake · Must-see
- Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences · museum · Peoria · Must-see
- Logan Museum of Anthropology · museum · Winnebago · Must-see
- Sharp Museum · museum · Jackson
- Intuit Art Museum · museum · Cook
- National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture · museum · Cook
- Ansel B. Cook House · museum · Lake
- Illinois & Michigan Canal Museum · museum · Will
- Vandalia State House State Historic Site · museum · Fayette
- Old State Capitol · museum · Sangamon
- First Infantry Division Museum · museum · DuPage
- Chinese American Museum of Chicago · museum · Cook
- Museum of Broadcast Communications · museum · Cook
- Burpee Museum · museum · Winnebago
- The Viking Ship · museum · Kane
- Anita Willets Burnham Log House · museum · Cook
- Loyola University Museum of Art · museum · Cook
- Money Museum · museum · Cook
- Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Museum · museum · Cook
- The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum · museum · Cook
- William Tanner House Museum · museum · Kane
- John Deere Historic Site · museum · Ogle
- Fox River Trolley Museum · museum · Kane
- Wilmette Historical Museum · museum · Cook
- Swedish American Museum · museum · Cook
- Russell Military Museum · museum · Lake
- J. H. Hawes Elevator · museum · Logan
- Charnley-Pesky House Museum · museum · Cook
- Depot Museum · museum · Kane
- David Davis Mansion · museum · McLean
- Elijah Iles House · museum · Sangamon
- Naper Settlement · museum · DuPage
- Richard H. Driehaus Museum · museum · Cook
- McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum · museum · Cook
- Cuneo Mansion · museum · Lake
- Legacy Walk Rainbow Pylon · museum · Cook
- Air Classics Museum of Aviation · museum · Kane
- Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art · museum · DuPage
- Slovenian Women's Union and Heritage Museum · museum · Will
- Center for American Archeology Museum · museum · Calhoun
- Chicago Board of Trade Building Museum · museum · Cook
- Shea's Gas Station Museum · museum · Sangamon
- Missouri History Museum · museum · Madison
- ABA Museum of Law · museum · Cook
- Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum · museum · Alexander
- Wright Museum of Art · museum · Winnebago
- Terra Museum of American Art · museum · Cook
- Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum · museum · Madison
- Charter Oak Schoolhouse · museum · Randolph
- The Magic House, St. Louis Children's Museum · museum · Saint Clair
- National Museum of Surveying · museum · Sangamon
- Perry County Jail · museum · Perry
- Easley Pioneer Museum · museum · Fulton
- Midwest Museum of Natural History · museum · DeKalb
- West Franklin Historical Museum · museum · Franklin
- James S. McDonnell Planetarium · museum · Saint Clair
- DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center · museum · Cook
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum · museum · Sangamon
- Lincoln Herndon Law Office · museum · Sangamon
- Illinois Holocaust Museum Presents Experience360 · museum · Cook
- Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center · museum · Cook
- Stony Island Arts Bank · museum · Cook
- Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum · museum · Cook
- Will County Historical Museum and Research Center · museum · Will
- Griffin Museum of Science and Industry · museum · Cook
- International Museum of Surgical Science · museum · Cook
- Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture · museum · Cook
- Union Station · museum · Sangamon
- Cairo Custom House Museum · museum · Alexander
- Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio · museum · Cook
- Pritzker Military Museum & Library · museum · Cook
- Obama Presidential Center Museum · museum · Cook
- Field Museum · museum · Cook
- Washburne House State Historic Site · museum · Jo Daviess
- Irish American Heritage Center · museum · Cook
- National Museum of Mexican Art · museum · Cook
- National Public Housing Museum · museum · Cook
- Bronzeville Children's Museum · museum · Cook
- National Veterans Art Museum · museum · Cook
- Western Springs Water Tower · museum · Cook
- Stephen Mack Home · museum · Winnebago
- Galesburg Railroad Museum · museum · Knox
- Leather Archives and Museum · museum · Cook
- The Art Institute of Chicago · museum · Cook
- Glessner House Museum · museum · Cook
- Kohl Childrens Museum · museum · Cook
- Williamson County Historical Museum · museum · Williamson
- Henry B. Clarke House · museum · Cook
- Chicago Sports Museum · museum · Cook
- Villa Park Historical Society Museum · museum · DuPage
- Vachel Lindsay Home · museum · Sangamon
- David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art · museum · Cook
- Old Eldorado City Hall · museum · Saline
- Dana Thomas House · museum · Sangamon
- Robert Kennicott House · museum · Cook
- Chess Studio · museum · Cook
- Wonder Works Children's Museum · museum · Cook
- John C. Flanagan House Museum · museum · Peoria
- John Patton Log Cabin · museum · McLean
- Rock Island Arsenal Museum · museum · Rock Island
- Fulton (Martin House) Museum · museum · Whiteside
- Stephenson County Historical Museum · museum · Stephenson
- The Block Museum of Art · museum · Cook
- McDonald's #1 Store Museum · museum · Cook
- Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts · museum · Saint Clair
- Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum · museum · Champaign
- Ryan Round Barn · museum · Henry
- Cernan Earth and Space Center · museum · Cook
- Angel Museum · museum · Winnebago
- Galleries Maurice Sternberg · museum · Cook
- William and Florence Schmidt Art Center · museum · Saint Clair