Step through a window through time at the Burpee Museum of Natural History! Popular tours include Fossils and Dinosaurs, Dynamite!, and the First People.

Interactive exhibits at the Discovery Center Museum cover electricity, weather, agriculture, color and light, and more. Enjoy playful learning at home with the museum’s virtual resources.

Fermilab is America’s particle physics and accelerator laboratory. It brings the world together to solve the mysteries of matter, energy, space and time. Introductory guided and self-guided tours of the lab are offered.

The Field Museum is an exciting place to explore and learn—with a collection that represent over 4 billion years of natural history, helping visitors understand the origin and evolution of our planet, its life and cultures.

At the Greater Saint Louis Air and Space Museum, learn about the world of aviation through activities and aircraft exhibits. The Museum focuses on all aspects of aerospace history, preserves and displays historic air and space craft.

The Illinois State Museum examine hundreds of years of change in both the household life and physical geography of Illinois. Their exhibits focus on the state’s environment, Native American life, and objects and stories from pioneer life, the Industrial Revolution, and the 20th century. 

Kidzeum of Health and Science offers three floors of fun, educational, multi-sensory experiences to explore! Exhibits are all hands-on and interactive to engage minds, muscles, and imaginations.

Western Illinois University’s Museum of Geology houses more than forty displays and exhibits covering Earth History and processes as well as Earth materials and resources.

The Museum of Science and Industry inspires children to achieve their full potential in science, technology, medicine, and engineering. Enjoy the museum’s virtual Science at Home resources.

Originally started to hold the Chicago Academy’s growing scientific collection, today the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum has hands-on animal and art exhibits that will bring out the naturalist in anybody.

Peoria Riverfront Museum focuses on interdisciplinary learning – a fusion of art, history, science and achievement designed to develop knowledge, critical thinking skills and a lifelong passion for learning. 

The Science Center is dedicated to awareness and exploration of hands-on science to children ages 3 to 13 in southernmost Illinois.