FAMILY ATTRACTIONS / EXPLORATION
Bronzeville Children’s Museum
Evergreen Plaza
96th Street & Central Avenue
Evergreen Park 708-636-9504
www.bronzevillechildrensmuseum.com
Camp Sagawau Environmental Education Center
12545 West 111th Street
Lemont 630-257-2045
www.fpdcc.com
Chicago Botanic Garden
1000 Lake Cook Road
Glencoe 847-835-5440
www.chicagobotanic.org
Chicago Children’s Museum
700 East Grand Avenue
Chicago 312-527-1000
https://www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org
The Children’s Farm at The Center
12700 Southwest Highway
Palos Park 708-361-3650
www.thecenterpalos.org
Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn
9600 East Shore Drive
Oak Lawn 708-423-6709
www.cmoaklawn.org
Cosley Animal Farm & Museum
1356 Gary Avenue
Wheaton 630-665-5534
www.cosleyzoo.org
Cuneo Museum & Gardens
1350 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Vernon Hills 847-362-3042
https://www.luc.edu/cuneo
Discovery Center Museum
711 N. Main Street
Rockford 815-963-6769
www.discoverycentermuseum.org
DuPage Children’s Museum
301 N. Washington Street
Naperville 630-637-8000
www.dupagemuseum.org
Exploratorium
4701 Oakton Street
Skokie 847-674-1500
https://www.exploritorium.org
Field Museum of Natural History
Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive
Chicago 312-922-9410
https://www.fieldmuseum.org
The Hancock Observatory
875 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago 312-751-3681
https://360chicago.com
John G. Shedd Aquarium
1200 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago 312 939-2438
www.sheddaquarium.org
Iron Oaks Environmental Learning Center
20000 South Western Avenue
Olympia Fields 708-481-2330
http://www.ironsoaks.com/
Isle a la Cache Museum
501 E. Romeo Road
Romeoville 815-886-1467
https://www.reconnectwithnature.org/preserves-trails/visitor-centers/isle-a-la-cache-museum
Kline Creek Farm
Timber Ridge Forest Preserve
County Farm Road
Winfield 630-876-5900
https://www.dupageforest.org/kline-creek-farm
Kohl’s Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago
2100 Patriot Boulevard
Glenview 847 832-6600
www.kohlchildrensmuseum.org
Ladd Memorial Arboretum & Ecology Center
2024 McCormick Boulevard
Evanston 847-448-8256
https://www.visitchicagonorthshore.com/LaddMemorialArboretumEvanstonEcologyCenter?v=466
Lake County Discovery Museum
27277 N. Forest Preserve Road
Wauconda 847-968-3400
www.lcfpd.org
Lake Katherine Nature Center & Botanic Gardens
7402 W. Lake Katherine Drive
Palos Heights 708-361-1873
www.lakekatherine.org
Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center
9800 Willow Springs Road
Willow Springs 708-839-6897
www.fpdcc.com
Lord’s Park Zoo
225 Grand Boulevard
Elgin 847-741-6655
https://www.cityofelgin.org/1811/Lords-Park-Zoo
McDonald’s Museum
400 Lee Street
Des Plaines
847-297-5022
www.aboutmcdonalds.com
Museum of Science & Industry
57th Street and Lake Shore Drive
Chicago 773-684-1414
www.msichicago.org
Notebaert Nature Museum
2430 N. Cannon Drive
Chicago 773-755-5100
www.naturemuseum.org
Old Plank Road Trail
4450 Oakwood Lane
Matteson 815-727-8700
www.oprt.org
Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education
Indiana Dunes
100 N. Lake Street
Gary, IN 219-938-8221
www.nps.gov/indu
Perry Farm Park & Exploration Station
459 N. Kennedy Drive
Bourbonnais 815-933-9905
www.btpd.org
Plum Creek Nature Center
27064 Dutton Road
Beecher 708-946-2216
www.fpdwc.org/plumcreek.cfm
Red Oak Nature Center
Route 25
North Aurora 630-897-1808
www.foxvalleyparkdistrict.org
Sand Ridge Nature Center
15891 Paxton Avenue
South Holland 708-868-0606
www.fpdcc.com
SciTech Hands-on Museum
18 W. Benton Street
Aurora 630-859-3434
https://www.scitechmuseum.org
Spertus Museum Children’s Center
610 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago 312-322-1700
www.spertus.edu
Spring Brook Nature Center
130 Forest Avenue
Itasca 630-773-2257
https://www.itascaparkdistrict.com/317/Springbrook-Nature-Center
Taltree Arboretum & Gardens
71 North 500 West
Valparaiso, IN 219-462-0025
https://www.pnw.edu/gabis-arboretum
Wolfe Wildlife Refuge & Bike Path
109th & Laramie Avenue
Oak Lawn 708-857-2201
www.olparks.com
Wonder Works Children’s Museum
6445 W. North Avenue
Oak Park 708-383-4815
www.wonder-works.org
