The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn is a place for families to learn, explore and soar together. It's a place for children to be creative, to role play, and to build. It's a place for parents to be the teacher in their child's life. It's a place for discovery,...

The life-long dream of Stanley Balzekas, Jr., to preserve for posterity the wealth of material pertaining to Lithuania's history and culture was realized when he opened the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture in a "two-flat" building next to his auto dealership on...

The Village of Worth is surrounded by historical waterways. Its north border touches a 14,000 year old waterway known today as Stony Creek. This creek was also known as the Big Feeder during the I & M Canal era. Worth's south boarder is the Cal-Sag Channel which...

In 1908, 25,000 local Chicago residents, many of whom were new immigrants of Czech or Polish descent, began working at Western Electric’s new Hawthorne Works manufacturing plant in Cicero, Illinois. The rural Hawthorne Works plant became a self-sufficient city with...

The Riverside Historical Museum is located in the East Well House next to the historic Water Tower. The Museum is managed and operated by the seven-member volunteer Riverside Historical Commission. The museum contains and archive of approximately 16,000 documents...

The Flagg Creek Heritage Society was originally founded in 1976 as the Flagg Creek Historical Society. The name was recently changed to the Flagg Creek Heritage Society. After years of waiting and a significant amount of effort, The IRS has granted us the coveted...

The La Grange Area Historical Society was founded in 1972 to bring together people who are interested in the history of La Grange and La Grange Park, Illinois, while also providing the means and facilities for the research and study of our heritage.

Chicago Zoological Society's Brookfield Zoo inspires conservation leaders every day by connecting people with wildlife and nature. A world leader in animal care, conservation, and education, Brookfield Zoo is open every day of the year!

The Ridge Historical Society is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1971 to preserve and promote the history of the Chicago neighborhoods of Beverly Hills, Morgan Park and Washington Heights.

The Blue Island Historical Society brings together those people interested in history, especially in the history of Blue Island and adjacent communities. The Society will work to discover and collect any material that may help to establish or illustrate the history...