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                MUSEUMS AND MUSEUM LINKS

Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois (312) 922-9410.  Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day except Xmas day and New Year's Day.    Basic admission is $8 for adults, $4 for children ages 3-11, seniors and students with ID.  Free Days: Mondays and Tuesdays, September-February.  Special Exhibits:  Chocolate, Underground Adventures, Sue, Tiniest Giants: Discovering Dinosaur Eggs.

Lizzardo Museum Of Lapidary Art , 220 Cottage Hill, Elmhurst, IL 60126. (708-833-1616. Houses a large collection of Oriental carvings, especially jade, as well as displays of gemstones and minerals. Tues - Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 1-5. Closed holidays. Modest Charge. Senior & Student discounts. Free on Fridays! 

Burpee Museum, 737 North Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103 (815) 965-3433, info@burpee.org,  Monday-Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.  Sunday 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm Admission: $5/adults, $4/children 3-17.  Wednesdays free to all.  Burpee's Paleo Hall closed March 1 to make way for Jane: Diary of a Dinosaur opening June 29, 2005..  Will also include Mazon Creek exhibit.

Schingoethe Center For Native American Studies  

Dunham Hall, 1400 Marseillaise Pl. Aurora, Il.  Open Tuesdays through Fridays: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Open Sundays: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Closed Mondays, Saturdays and Aurora University Holidays.The Center is free to Aurora University students, staff, and faculty; to members of the Friends of the Schingoethe Center; and to members of the American Association of Museums. A donation is requested from others, suggested at: $3 for adults; $2 for students and seniors; $1 for children under 12; to a maximum of $7 per family.

SciTech Hands-On-Museum
18 West Benton, Aurora IL 60506 Winter Hours - Monday (closed), Tuesday 12pm – 5pm, Wednesday 12pm – 5pm, Thursday 12pm – 8pm,Friday 12pm – 5pm,Saturday 10am – 5pm, Sunday 12pm - 5pm; General Admission, Adults (18-59 years) $6 each; Children (3-17 years) $5; Senior Citizens (60+) $5 each

Breasted Hall, 1155 East 58th St., Chicago.

 773-702-9521.

Wonderworks, a Childrens Museum . 6445 W. North Avenue, Oak Park

Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1125 W. Lake Ave, Peoria, IL. (309-686-7000) Permanent exhibit "Man and Nature - The Changing Relationship". Changing Natural Science Exhibits also displayed. Open Tues - Saturday, 10-5 & Sun 12-5.

Quincy Museum, 1601 Maine, Quincy IL- 62301-4264 (217-224-7669. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 1-5. Adults $2; Seniors & under 16, $I; under 5 free. Located in the Newcomb-Stillwell Mansion completed in 1891.  Second and third floor displays include Indian artifacts and minerals. . Discovery room for children.

Gardner Museum of Architecture and Design, 332 Maine, Quincy IL- 62301 (217-224-6873). Open Tuesday to Sunday, 1-5. Adults $2; children, $1; under 6 free. Located in the stone Richardson Romanesque style building erected in 1888-89. Kaleidoscope Museum Store

Illinois State Museum, Spring & Edwards Streets, Springfield IL 62706-5000, (217) 782-7387, Open Mon-Sat 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Sunday 12:00 Noon - 5:00 p.m, Closed Easter, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Years Day.  Free Admission.  The Research and Collections Center houses the natural and cultural heritage of Illinois. Over eight-million objects are preserved, studied, exhibited, and utilized in educational programs

Dickson Mounds Museum Lewistown, Il, 61542, 309-547-3721, The museum is open year-round, daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Closed New Year's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas). There is no admission charge. Visitors to the museum, in west-central Illinois, encounter innovative interpretive exhibits; exciting hands-on activities; archaeological sites; and a variety of special events in a rural setting.  Dickson Mound Events

Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 West Wells Street, Milwaukee,Hours are 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.  Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and July 4th

University Of Wisconsin at Madison Geology Museum, A120 Weeks Hall,1215 W. Dayton St., 608-262-1412, Hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Sat, The Geology Museum houses a comprehensive collection of rocks and fossils including a 65-million-year-old duck-billed dinosaur and a 10,000-year-old Wisconsin mastodon.

Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center

A new 20,000 square foot dinosaur museum in Woodland Park, Colorado. Exhibits include marine reptiles, pterosaurs, dinosaurs, a visible fossil lab, educational activities, and a great gift shop. Open 7 days per week year round.   

ADDITIONAL MUSEUM LINKS

Sue at The Field Museum

On-line exhibit on the T-Rex Sue at the Field Museum

http://www.fieldmuseum.org/sue/default.htm

Clement Mineral Museum

North American Natural History Museum Directory
Alphabetical listings of natural history museums, with an emphasis on birds, with links.
http://usgs.nau.edu/FNF/PIF/namuseum.html

Illinois State Museum    

http://www.museum.state.il.us

Dave's Down To Earth Rock Shop

www.davesdowntoearthrockshop.com

Falls Of The Ohio State Park

http://www.fallsoftheohio.org/ 

Fryxell Geology Museum - Augustana College  

http://www.augustana.edu/academ/geology/fryxell.htm 

New Mexico Museum of Natural History
Includes online fossil exhibits.
http://www.nmmnh-abq.mus.nm.us/nmmnh/exhibits.html

Milwaukee Public Museum  

http://www.mpm.edu/

Geology Museum
University of Wisconsin at Madison Geology Museum.

A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum

Upper Michigan museum specializing in minerals from the Iron and Copper Country of Upper Michigan

http://www.geo.mtu.edu/museum/

Pioneer Trails Museum – Bowman, North Dakota
http://www.ptrm.org/
 

Invertebrate Paleontology Image Gallery
Fossils from the Yale Peabody Museum.
http://www.yale.edu/ypmip

Museum of Paleontology

 University of Michigan

Vertebrate Paleontology
Carnegie Institute vertebrate paleontology
http://www.clpgh.org/cmnh/vp/home.html

American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world's preeminent institutions for scientific research and education, with collections of more than 32 million specimens and artifacts.
http://www.amnh.org

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
The third largest natural science and cultural history museum in the country. Located in Exposition Park.
http://www.nhm.org

Tate Museum Exhibits
Paleontology exhibits including dinosaurs and fossil mammals
http://www.cc.whecn.edu/tate/exhibit.htm   

National Museums of Kenya
Paleontology department.
http://www.museums.or.ke/respalae.html

Virginia Museum of Natural History
Online exhibits from the state museum based in Martinsville, including both invertebrate and vertebrate paleontology, and information on museum-sponsored fossil collecting field trips.
http://www.vmnh.org

Dinosaur Valley Museum
Dinosaur Valley Museum — the Museum of Western Colorado's paleontology center 
http://www.mwc.mus.co.us/dinosaurs

Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical  Park

Describes a 10 million year old volcanic ash deposit in Nebraska which contains the remains of rhinos, camels, horses and other mammals which once lived in the area.
http://www.ngpc.state.ne.us/parks/ashfall.html

University of Nebraska State Museum

Online museum with primarily vertebrate fossil exhibits, including Ashfall Fossil Beds Park.
http://www-museum.unl.edu/research/vertpaleo/vertpaleo.html

The Mammoth Site Of Hot Springs, South Dakota

South Dakota School Of Mines Museum Of Geology

Black Hills Mining Museum

Lapworth Museum of Geology at the University of Birmingham

www.earthsciences.bham.ac.uk/museum

Lapworth Museum of Geology Carboniferous Fossils

www.earthsciences.bham.ac.uk/museum/palaeo/carboniferous/index.htm

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