A life-sized statue of a Early Woodlands Indian startles many visitors as they descend the stairs to the lover level exhibit entitled Little Town in a Big Woods. Several Indian tribes inhabited Illinois before it became a state. By 1818 when the area won statehood,...

The Leon M. Lederman Science Education Center is a place for K-12 educators and students. It houses the Teacher Resource Center, the Quarks to Quasars Hands-on Exhibits, technology and science labs and a store.

The Leon M. Lederman Science Education Center houses the K-12 Teacher Resource Center, the Quarks to Quasars Hands-on Exhibits for students in grades 4-8, technology and science labs and a store. Science Adventures classes for all ages take place at the Lederman...

The mission of the Geneva Historical Society in operating its museum and archives is to collect preserve, study, interpret and exhibit significant materials relating to the community and to provide related educational and advocacy services for the purpose of...

The Beith House was rescued from years of neglect in 1980 and authentically restored to operate as a Preservation Study House, illustrating mid-19th-Century decorative arts, as well as the both interior and exterior restoration and conservation techniques. The...

The St. Charles History Museum offers exhibits on St. Charles and St. Charles Township history. The museum features a timeline of important St. Charles events that have taken place from 1833 until the present. Featured are military service (Civil War through Vietnam...

The Fabyan Villa was home to Colonel George and Nelle Fabyan from 1905-1939. Riverbank, the name they bestowed upon their property, was initially their summer escape from Chicago. They hired Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907 to enlarge and re-model the existing farmhouse...

the Durant House is fondly recognized as Kane County's own "Little House on the Prairie." The Museum functions as a house for all seasons, with special programs throughout the years designed to highlight a prairie family's routines of work and play. From October's...

The museum offers a variety of educational, family, and entertainment events. Seminars are held on such topics as prairie, woodlands, and wetlands management; bat and blue bird box construction; and fruit tree grafting. Specials shows bring rare breed livestock,...

The West Chicago City Museum is a dynamic history and art center that inspires and involves the community through research, programs and exhibits.