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).
- Accelerator ArtSpace · museum · DuPage
- Adds Donna · museum · Cook
- African American Cultural Inc · museum · Macon
- African American Firefighters Museum · museum · Cook
- African American Hall of Fame · museum · Peoria
- Ag Museum · museum · Adams
- Almira House · museum · Bond
- Alsdorf Gallaries · museum · Cook
- American Doll and Toy Museum · museum · Rock Island
- Anita Purves Nature Center · museum · Champaign
- Arcadia: America's Playable Arcade Museum · museum · McLean
- Art a la Carte · museum · Cook
- Art and Design West · museum · Madison
- Arts of the Americas · museum · Cook
- Arts of the Greek, Roman, Byzantine Worlds · museum · Cook
- Austin Gardens Environmental Education Center · museum · Cook
- B-R-S Baseball Museum · museum · Montgomery
- Bartlett Depot Museum · museum · Cook
- Bartlett Nature Center · museum · DuPage
- Belvedere Mansion and Gardens · museum · Jo Daviess
- Blacksmith Shop · museum · DuPage
- Bond County One-Room School Museum · museum · Bond
- Bourbonnais Grove Historical · museum · Kankakee
- Brown Memorial Museum · museum · Randolph
- Cahokia Mounds Interpretive Center · museum · Saint Clair
- Calumet City Historical Society · museum · Cook
- Car Museum · museum · Shelby
- Carl Hammer Gallery · museum · Cook
- Casa Italia · museum · Cook
- Catherine Yost House Museum · museum · Livingston
- Catlin Heritage Museum · museum · Vermilion
- Cedarville Historical Museum · museum · Stephenson
- Centralia Historical Society · museum · Marion
- Chicago Athenaeum · museum · Jo Daviess
- Chicago Center for Green Technology · museum · Cook
- Chicago Great Western Railway Depot Museum · museum · Jo Daviess
- Children's Discovery Museum · museum · McLean
- Children's Museum of Illinois · museum · Macon
- City Museum · museum · Madison
- Coal Mine Museum · museum · Logan
- Contemporary · museum · Cook
- Deere-Wiman House · museum · Rock Island
- Discovery Depot Children's Museum · museum · Knox
- Dundee Township Historical Society · museum · Kane
- Early Streets Museum · museum · Kane
- Ed Paschke Art Center · museum · Cook
- Edgewater Historical Society · museum · Cook
- Edwardsville Children's Museum · museum · Madison
- Emily Oak Nature Center · museum · Cook
- Engine Number 73 · museum · Whiteside
- Evanston Ecology Center · museum · Cook
- Evergreen Gallery · museum · DuPage
- Exploration Station Children's Museum · museum · Kankakee
- Family Living Center · museum · Hancock
- Farmhouse Museum · museum · Cook
- Film and Media · museum · Cook
- Fire Museum of Greater Chicago · museum · Cook
- Flagg Creek Historical Museum · museum · Cook
- Fluorspar Museum · museum · Hardin
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC) · museum · Cook
- Forman Depot Museum · museum · Johnson
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Laurent House · museum · Winnebago
- Franklin County 1910's Garage Museum · museum · Franklin
- Freeport Art Museum · museum · Stephenson
- Fullersburg Woods Nature Education Center · museum · DuPage
- Galena & U.S. Grant Museum · museum · Jo Daviess
- Geneseo Historical Museum Stees Brothers Carriage House · museum · Henry
- Geneva Historical Society · museum · Kane
- Giant City Visitor Center · museum · Jackson
- Glen Ellyn Historical Society · museum · DuPage
- Glencoe Historical Society · museum · Cook
- Glenview History Center · museum · Cook
- Grant Township Museum · museum · Lake
- Graue House · museum · DuPage
- Grayslake Heritage Center · museum · Lake
- Gretna Museum · museum · DuPage
- Gruen Gallery · museum · Cook
- Hasselberg Ag Museum · museum · Peoria
- Heath Museum & Confectionery · museum · Crawford
- Hedges Station · museum · DuPage
- Heritage Farm Museum · museum · Ogle
- Hinsdale Historical Society · museum · DuPage
- Historic Pullman Foundation Exhibit Hall · museum · Cook
- Historic Thebes Courthouse · museum · Alexander
- Historic Train Depot · museum · DuPage
- Historical Society Oak Brook · museum · DuPage
- History Center Of Lake Forest- Lake Bluff · museum · Lake
- Holy Family Parish Hall & Museum · museum · Saint Clair
- Hooten Cemetery · museum · Vermilion
- Hope Union Heritage Center · museum · Cook
- Hunzinger Museum · museum · Woodford
- Hyde Park Historical Society Museum · museum · Cook
- Illini Union Art Gallery · museum · Champaign
- Illinois Aviation Museum · museum · Will
- Illinois Mennonite Heritage Center · museum · Woodford
- Illinois Oilfield Museum · museum · Crawford
- Indianola Museum · museum · Vermilion
- Iroqouis County Historical Museum · museum · Iroquois
- Jerseyville County Historical Society · museum · Jersey
- John Marshall House Museum · museum · Gallatin
- Joutras Gallery · museum · Cook
- Kinder House · museum · Cook
- Knoch Knolls Nature Center · museum · Will
- Knox County Museum · museum · Knox
- Kruse House Museum · museum · DuPage
- La Grange Area Historical Society · museum · Cook
- Lady LaMarsh Gallery & Gifts · museum · Jersey
- Lakes Historic Society Building · museum · Lake
- Larry Kanfer Photography Gallery · museum · Champaign
- Lemont Area Historical Society Museum · museum · Cook
- Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center · museum · Madison
- Lil' Red Barn Museum · museum · Bond
- Lincoln Manahan Home Museum · museum · Whiteside
- Litchfield Museum and Route 66 Welcome Center · museum · Montgomery
- Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center · museum · Cook
- Lombard Historical Society- Victorian Cottage Museum, Carriage House, and Lilac Emporium Gift Shop · museum · DuPage
- Long Grove Historical Society · museum · Lake
- Macoupin County Coal Mining · museum · Macoupin
- MY Garage Museum & Retail Store · museum · Effingham
- Madison County Historical Museum · museum · Madison
- McCormick Gallery · museum · Cook
- Mendota Museum & Historical Society · museum · LaSalle
- Midway Village Museum · museum · Winnebago
- Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst · museum · Jefferson
- Monastery Museum · museum · Effingham
- Monroe City School · museum · Monroe
- Morrisonville Museum · museum · Christian
- Mount Prospect Historical Society · museum · Cook
- Museum at Lisle Station Park · museum · DuPage
- Museums at Lisle Station Park · museum · DuPage
- Naperville Fine Art Center & Gallery · museum · DuPage
- National Building Arts Center · museum · Saint Clair
- Netzley-Yender House · museum · DuPage
- Niles Historical Society · museum · Cook
- North Park Village Nature Center · museum · Cook
- Northfield Inn · museum · Cook
- Northwest Territory Historic Center · museum · Lee
- Old Knox County Courthouse · museum · Knox
- Old Lace School Museum · museum · DuPage
- Old School Museum · museum · Scott
- Old Slave House - Closed to the Public · museum · Gallatin
- Olde Towne Hall Village History · museum · Gallatin
- Park Ridge Historical Society · museum · Cook
- Paublo Agricultural Museum · museum · Christian
- Perimeter Gallery · museum · Cook
- Pilsen Art House · museum · Cook
- Plainfield Historical Society Main Street Museum · museum · Will
- Poos Museum · museum · Washington
- Prairie Aviation Museum · museum · McLean
- Quincy Museum · museum · Adams