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).
- Museum of Funeral Customs · museum · Sangamon
- Randolph Street Gallery · museum · Cook
- Orpheum Children's Science Museum · museum · Champaign
- Elgin Area Historical Society · museum · Kane
- Fabyan Villa · museum · Kane
- Pittsfield East School · museum · Pike
- Place de la Musique · museum · Lake
- Postville Courthouse State Historic Site · museum · Logan
- DePaul Art Museum · museum · Cook
- Pollinatarium · museum · Champaign
- Henry N. Barkhausen Cache River Wetlands Center · museum · Johnson
- Old Market House · museum · Jo Daviess
- Veterans Memorial Hall and Museum · museum · Winnebago
- Dowling House · museum · Jo Daviess
- General Grants Home · museum · Jo Daviess
- John Hauberg Indian Museum · museum · Rock Island
- Robert Allerton Estate · museum · Piatt
- Apple River Fort State Historic Site · museum · Jo Daviess
- Western Illinois Museum · museum · McDonough
- American Farm Heritage Museum · museum · Bond
- Arlington Heights Historical Museum · museum · Cook
- Gladys Fox Museum · museum · Will
- Hal Tyrrell Trailside Museum of Natural History · museum · Cook
- Monticello Railway Museum · museum · Piatt
- Oak Park River Forest Museum · museum · Cook
- Skokie Heritage Museum · museum · Cook
- St. Clair County Historical Society · museum · Saint Clair
- Atlanta Museum · museum · Logan
- Douglas County Museum · museum · Douglas
- Emma Kunz County Museum · museum · Saint Clair
- Fayette County Museum · museum · Fayette
- Little White School Museum · museum · Kendall
- Route 66 Association Hall of Fame & Museum · museum · Livingston
- Willow Springs Historical Society · museum · Cook
- Museum of Transportation · museum · Saint Clair
- 1820 Colonel Benjamin Stephenson House · museum · Madison
- Pettingill-Morron House · museum · Peoria
- Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History Museum · museum · Sangamon
- Wheels O' Time Museum · museum · Peoria
- Rockford Art Museum · museum · Winnebago
- WNDR Museum · museum · Cook
- Oakland House · museum · Saint Clair
- Historic Auto Attractions · museum · Winnebago
- James Beauchamp Clark House · museum · Pike
- Felix Vallé House State Historic Site · museum · Randolph
- Six Flags St. Louis · museum · Monroe
- Morrison's Heritage Museum · museum · Whiteside
- Addison Historical Museum · museum · DuPage
- Amboy Depot Museum · museum · Lee
- Armed Forces Museum · museum · Bond
- Bellefontaine House · museum · Monroe
- Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County · museum · Lake
- Bloomingdale Park District Museum · museum · DuPage
- Bond County Museum · museum · Bond
- Boone County Historical Museum · museum · Boone
- Brookfield Historical Society · museum · Cook
- Bushnell Wheeler House · museum · Winnebago
- Byron Museum · museum · Ogle
- Champaign County History Museum · museum · Champaign
- Chatham Railroad Museum · museum · Sangamon
- Chillicothe Area History Museum · museum · Peoria
- DeWitt County Museum · museum · DeWitt
- Dunham Hunt Museum · museum · Kane
- Ekdahl House Museum · museum · Cook
- Elgin History Museum · museum · Kane
- Elmhurst Art Museum · museum · DuPage
- Elmhurst Historical Museum · museum · DuPage
- Erlander Home Museum · museum · Winnebago
- Erwin H. Weder Museum · museum · Madison
- Ethnic Heritage Museum · museum · Winnebago
- Eyestone School Museum · museum · McLean
- Fairbury Echoes · museum · Livingston
- Farm Museum · museum · Kane
- Flagg Township Museum · museum · Ogle
- Francis Stupey Log Cabin Museum · museum · Lake
- Franklin Creek Grist Mill · museum · Lee
- Garfield Farm Museum · museum · Kane
- Geneseo Historical Museum · museum · Henry
- Glen Carbon Heritage Museum · museum · Madison
- Harman House Museum · museum · Pike
- Harris Agriculture Museum · museum · Piatt
- Heritage House Museum · museum · Richland
- Historic Peterstown House · museum · Monroe
- Illinois Coal Museum · museum · Macoupin
- Illinois Fire Museum · museum · Sangamon
- Illinois Mining Museum · museum · Grundy
- Illinois Rural Heritage Museum · museum · Perry
- Itasca Historical Depot Museum · museum · DuPage
- Jones House · museum · Livingston
- Katherine Dunham Museum · museum · Saint Clair
- La Salle County Historical Museum · museum · LaSalle
- Labor & Industrial Museum · museum · Saint Clair
- Lake Bluff History Museum · museum · Lake
- Lincoln Douglas Debate Museum · museum · Coles
- Link Art Gallery · museum · Edgar
- Macon County History Museum · museum · Macon
- Mascoutah Heritage Museum · museum · Saint Clair
- Millikin Homestead · museum · Macon
- National Cambodian Heritage Museum · museum · Cook
- National Great Rivers Museum · museum · Madison
- Northern Illinois Fire Museum · museum · McHenry
- Oglesby Mansion · museum · Macon
- Paulson's Agriculture Museum of Argyle · museum · Winnebago
- Piatt County Museum · museum · Piatt
- Pike County All Wars Museum · museum · Pike
- Platen Press Printing Museum · museum · Lake
- Riverfront Museum Park · museum · Winnebago
- Robert Rutherford McCormick Mansion Museum · museum · DuPage
- Rock Island Depot Museum · museum · Peoria
- Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home · museum · Lee
- Roselle History Museum · museum · DuPage
- Saint Charles History Museum · museum · Kane
- Shabbona - Lee - Rollo Historical Museum · museum · DeKalb
- Simpkins Military History Museum · museum · McLean
- Sock Monkey Museum · museum · Lake
- Stockton Heritage Museum · museum · Jo Daviess
- Stone Mill Museum · museum · DeKalb
- Streatorland Historical Museum · museum · LaSalle
- The African American Museum at the England Manor · museum · Lake
- The Funderburg House · museum · Boone
- Thomson Depot Museum · museum · Carroll
- Tinker Swiss Cottage & Gardens · museum · Winnebago
- Tiskilwa History Museum · museum · Bureau
- Tremont History Museum · museum · Tazewell
- Washington County Historical Society Museum · museum · Washington
- Waukegan History Museum at the Carnegie · museum · Lake
- Wheeling Historical Society · museum · Cook
- William L.Gregg House Museum · museum · DuPage
- Willis Snowmobile Museum · museum · Tazewell
- Wood River Museum and Visitor Center · museum · Madison
- Wood River Refinery History Museum · museum · Madison
- A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum · museum · Cook
- Aurora Regional Fire Museum · museum · Kane
- Dickson Mounds Museum · museum · Fulton
- DuPage Children's Museum · museum · DuPage
- Ellwood House Museum · museum · DeKalb
- Jane Addams Hull-House Museum · museum · Cook
- John Deere Pavillion · museum · Rock Island
- Air Combat Museum · museum · Sangamon
- DIM Art House · museum · Sangamon
- Grayslake Historical Museum · museum · Lake
- James B. Stockdale Museum · museum · Knox
- Kidzeum of Health and Science · museum · Sangamon
- The Museum of Contemporary Photography · museum · Cook
- The Renaissance Society · museum · Cook
- Lithuanian Museum of Art · museum · Cook
- Laura Davidson Sears Academy of Fine Art · museum · Kane
- Laumeier Sculpture Park · museum · Saint Clair
- 16 Inch Softball Hall of Fame Museum · museum · Cook
- 1920s Wagner Farm House · museum · Cook