Museums of Interest

So many museums, so little time.... check out our list of some of our favorites in Chicago, the United States and internationally (list always being updated)....

Chicagoland
 

Burpee Museum of Natural History, Rockford IL

Dave's Down To Earth Museum, Evanston, IL

Elgin Public Museum, Elgin, IL

Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL

Hawthorne Hill Nature Center, Elgin, IL

Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, Elmhurst, IL

Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL

Oriental Museum, Chicago, IL

Schingoethe Center For Native American Studies, Aurora, IL

Sci-Tech Museum, Aurora, IL

Wonderworks, Oak Park, IL

Illinois

Dickson Mounds Museum, Lewistown, IL

Fryxell Geology Museum, Rock Island, IL

Gardner Museum, Quincy, IL

Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL

Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL

Quincy Museum, Quincy, IL

Midwest

Falls of the Ohio, Clarksville, Indiana

Kenosha Dinosaur Discovery Museum, Kenosha, WI

 

Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI

The Mineral Museum of Michigan, Houghton, MI

University of Madison Geological Museum, Madison, WI

Farther Afield

Academy of Natural Sciences, PA

American Museum of Natural History, NY, NY

Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Museum

Black Hills Mining Museum, Lead, SD

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA

Clement Museum, Marion, Kentucky

Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver Colorado

Dinosaur National Monument Natural Park, Dinosaur Colorado

Mammoth Site, Hot Springs, North Dakota

Natural Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles CA

New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM

Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, Denver, CO

Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, Alberta Canada

Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology, Abiquiu New Mexico

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.

South Dakota School of Mines Museum of Geology, Rapid City, SD

 

Virginia Museum of Natural History

Wyoming Dinosaur Museum, Thermopolis, Wyoming