ILLINOIS
Field Trips

Get your fill of all things trains at the Illinois Railway Museum, America’s largest railway museum that has evolved into an educational and historic preservation organization, operating a demonstration railroad showcase in North America.

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. 

The Illinois State University Planetarium seeks to provide a popular form of enriching entertainment, and serves as many as 25,000 people a year. They offer live and taped performances, as well as skyline programs.

The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum serves as a dynamic memorial to social reformer Jane Addams, the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, and her colleagues whose work changed the lives of their immigrant neighbors.

In 1969, a Saturn V rocket thrust Apollo 11 towards the moon. That same year, Augustana College threw open the doors to its new John Deere Planetarium and Carl Gamble Observatory.

The Kent Fuller Air Station Prairie is a 32-acre remnant of the tallgrass prairie that once stretched for millions of square miles across much of North America.

The KidsWork Children’s Museum is a cultural institution that welcomes children to engage in fun, hands-on interactive play and nurtures life-long learning and discovery.

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.

A visit to the Klehm Arboretum and Botanical Garden is one that is sure to delight the senses with 155-acres of beautifully landscaped gardens. There is something to be seen all year round.

Step back in time to experience life on a working farm in the 1890s at Kline Creek Farm at Timber Ridge Forest Preserve. Stroll through restored farmstead structures and meet the historically costumed interpreters.

Krannert Art Museum’s rich permanent collection contains more than 10,000 works of art dating from the fourth millennium BC to the present, representing a broad range of cultures and varied modes of artistic expression.

Created in 1958, the Lake County Forest Preserves & Discovery Museum offer groups a variety of educational programs that focus on environmental studies and history.