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).

• Rantoul Historical Society · museum · Champaign
• Rehn Farming Museum · museum · Boone
• Rheinberger Museum · museum · Hancock
• Ridge Historical Society · museum · Cook
• River Trail Nature Center · museum · Cook
• Robbins Illinois History Museum · museum · Cook
• Robert “Ish” Smith Museum · museum · Bond
• Rolling Meadows Historical Museum · museum · Cook
• Romeoville Area Historical Society · museum · Will
• Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home Visitor Center · museum · Lee
• Route 66 Museum and Interpretative Center · museum · Madison
• Sagawau Environmental Learning Center · museum · Cook
• Saline County Area Museum · museum · Saline
• Sand Ridge Nature Center · museum · Cook
• Savanna Museum and Cultural Center · museum · Carroll
• School District 54 Nature Center · museum · Cook
• School House Museum · museum · Cook
• Schuyler Jail Museum & Gnlgcl · museum · Schuyler
• SciTech Hands on Museum · museum · Kane
• Sculpture Court · museum · Cook
• Sheffield Historical Society · museum · Bureau
• Special Exibitions · museum · Cook
• Stonefort Depot Museums · museum · Saline
• Sugar Grove Historical Society · museum · Kane
• The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn · museum · Cook
• Theaster Gates Studio · museum · Cook
• Timothy Kent · museum · McLean
• Towata · museum · Madison
• Town Hall · museum · DeWitt
• USA Softball of Illinois Hall of Fame · museum · Clark
• Union School · museum · DeWitt
• Vermilion County Museum · museum · Vermilion
• Wabash County Museum District · museum · Wabash
• Wagner Farm Heritage Center · museum · Cook
• Walt Disney Birthplace House · museum · Cook
• Warrenville Historical Society City Museum · museum · DuPage
• Waukegan History Museum · museum · Lake
• White County Historical Society Museum · museum · White
• Wild Roots Nature Center at Severson Dells · museum · Winnebago
• Wildwood Nature Center · museum · Cook
• Williamsville Public Library & Museum · museum · Sangamon
• Windmill Cultural Center · museum · Whiteside
• Winnetka Historical Society · museum · Cook
• Winslow Historical Society and Museum · museum · Stephenson
• Wyatt Earp Birthplace · museum · Warren
• DeMoulin Museum · museum · Bond
• Industry · museum · Cook
• Plainfield Railroad Museum Park · museum · Will
• African American Museum of Southern Illinois · museum · Jackson
• American Giants Museum · museum · Logan
• Bethalto Historical Museum · museum · Madison
• Bureau County Historical Museum · museum · Bureau
• Carterville Heritage Museum · museum · Williamson
• Cobden Museum · museum · Union
• Earlville History Museum · museum · LaSalle
• Expo 72 · museum · Cook
• Farmington Historical Museum · museum · Fulton
• Fern Dell Museum · museum · Kendall
• Frank Lloyd Wright · museum · Cook
• Gold Pyramid House · museum · Lake
• Harvard Historical Society · museum · McHenry
• Hieronymus Mueller Museum · museum · Macon
• Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66 · museum · Will
• Illinois State Fair Museum · museum · Sangamon
• Ingrid Dohm Studio · museum · Boone
• Kankakee County Museum · museum · Kankakee
• Kibbe Museum · museum · Hancock
• Legacy Museum · museum · Lake
• Lincoln Heritage Museum · museum · Logan
• Livingston County War Museum · museum · Livingston
• Macoupin County Historical Society Museum · museum · Macoupin
• Menard County Historical Museum · museum · Menard
• Misselhorn Art Museum · museum · Randolph
• Museum of Hummels · museum · Cook
• Museum of Ice Cream · museum · Cook
• Museum of Illusions · museum · Cook
• Pontiac - Oakland Museum and Resource Center · museum · Livingston
• Princeville Heritage Museum · museum · Peoria
• Red Bud Area Museum · museum · Randolph
• Richard W. Bock Sculpture Museum · museum · Bond
• Robert Pershing Wadlow · museum · Madison
• Ronald Reagan Museum · museum · Woodford
• Route 66 Arcade Museum · museum · Logan
• Staley Museum · museum · Macon
• The Carbondale Depot Museum · museum · Jackson
• The Haitian American Museum of Chicago · museum · Cook
• Trutter Museum · museum · Sangamon
• Oliver P Parks Telephone Museum · museum · Sangamon
• Haines Museum · museum · Lake
• Donley's Wild West Museum · museum · McHenry
• Kohl's Children Museum · museum · Cook
• Trailside Museum of Natural History · museum · Cook
• 12-752 Gallery · museum · DuPage
• 345 Gallery · museum · Cook
• 3rd Floor Gallery · museum · Will
• A very Serious Gallery · museum · Cook
• ARC Gallery · museum · Cook
• All Star Press · museum · Cook
• All Wars Museum · museum · Adams
• Alley Gallery · museum · Cook
• Andrew Rafacz · museum · Cook
• Apple River Fort - Interpretive Center · museum · Jo Daviess
• Arts Partners · museum · Peoria
• Beardstown River Museum · museum · Cass
• Bennie's Cleaners · museum · Winnebago
• Boxcar Museum · museum · Sangamon
• Braidwood Area Historical Society · museum · Will
• Busy Beaver Button Museum · museum · Cook
• Carl L Schweinfurth Museum and Interpretive Center · museum · Jefferson
• Carl R. Woese Museum · museum · Champaign
• Carnegie Museum · museum · Richland
• Chicago Art Department · museum · Cook
• Chicago Maritime Museum · museum · Cook
• Chicago Truborn · museum · Cook
• Children's Museum of Art and Social Justice · museum · Cook
• Christian County Coal Mine Museum · museum · Christian
• Cinema Gallery · museum · Champaign
• Clark County Museum · museum · Clark
• Clay County Historical Society · museum · Clay
• Cleve Carney Museum of Art · museum · DuPage
• Color Club · museum · Cook
• Color Factory · museum · Cook
• Corbett vs. Dempsey · museum · Cook
• Dandelion Art Gallery · museum · Lake
• Danville War Museum · museum · Vermilion
• Deluna Fine Art Gallery · museum · Stephenson
• Denny's Corn Crib · museum · Boone
• Discovery Center Museum · museum · Winnebago
• Dr. Sun Yat Sen Museum · museum · Cook
• DragonFLY Gallert & Creative Spaces · museum · Cook
• Dreihaus Gallery of Stained Glass · museum · Cook
• Dupage Art League · museum · DuPage
• Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum · museum · Effingham
• El Schomburg · museum · Cook
• Evanston History Center · museum · Cook
• Exploratorium · museum · Cook
• Expression Gallery of Fine Art · museum · Lake
• Farmer City Genealogical Historical Society · museum · DeWitt
• Fine Art Gallery · museum · Cook
• Folkworks Gallery · museum · Cook
• Fryxell Geology Museum · museum · Rock Island
• Fulton Street Collective · museum · Cook
• Galesburg Civic Arts Center · museum · Knox
• Gallery 1624 · museum · Sangamon
• Gallery Guichard · museum · Cook
• Giertz Gallery · museum · Champaign
• Glass Curtain Gallery · museum · Cook
• Graveface Chicago / Terror Vision · museum · Cook
• Green Root Gallery · museum · Saint Clair
• Grundy County Historical Society · museum · Grundy

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