ILLINOIS
Field Trips

Blackberry Farm is a living history museum where pioneer life is re-created through educational demonstrations and hands-on fun.

The Bronzeville Children’s Museum is the first and only African American children’s museum in the country. The museum is named after Bronzeville, where African Americans settled in Chicago after coming from the south.

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

The Byron Museum of History is dedicated to preserving the Byron area’s rich history through exhibits, programs, and artifact preservation.

Chicago Children’s Museum is a place where young children are encouraged to create, explore, and discover together through play. The museum has 3 floors of exhibits in science, nature, art, construction, and more.

The Chicago History Museum enable visitors to interact with artifacts, documents, works of art, learning stations, and more.  See, hear, experience, and even touch history to develop an understanding of the past and how it informs our present.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater introduces students to Shakespeare through their stages and on tour in your schools. For middle and high school teachers, their work supports and enriches classrooms across Chicagoland and the Midwest.

The Children’s Discovery Museum is an ideal place to bring children from babies all the way through sixth grade. The museum endeavors to inspire a love of learning through the power of place through hands-on exhibits.

Children’s museums are places where children learn through play and exploration in environments designed just for them. Reflecting their diverse communities, children’s museums create playful, interactive learning experiences.

Children’s Museum of Illinois is a hands-on, interactive museum for children ages three to twelve. Educational programs are offered to schools, scout, homeschool, and youth groups in reading literacy, humanities, arts, and sciences.

Cosley Zoo, on 5 acres, is home to farm animals and native Illinois wildlife. Cosley Zoo offers programs that teach all ages how to care for the world around them and give back to the communities in which they live.

Creekside Environmental Education Center is an innovative 4-acre educational site recognized by the scientific community for its biological diversity and geological and archeological significance.