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)....
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
Schingoethe Center For Native American Studies, Aurora, IL
Illinois
Dickson Mounds Museum, Lewistown, IL
Fryxell Geology Museum, Rock Island, IL
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL
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