Museumcache: Illinois

Illinois

	Field Museum
	Chicago, Illinois
	Founded in 1893, this great museum has a collection of subjects on botany, anthropology, and more.
	http://fieldmuseum.org/

	Museum of Science and Industry
	Chicago, Illinois
	Another great museum that has a train collection, minature collection, and many great science exhibits.
	http://www.msichicago.org/

	Lake County Discovery Museum
	Wacounda, Illinois
	This is a nice museum with a collection of exhibits from Lake County and more. It has forest preserves next door to visit as well.
	http://www.lcfpd.org/discovery_museum/

	Cuneo Museum
	Vernon Hills, Illinois
	A beautiful estate with an Italian manor home owned by the Cuneo publishing family now converted into a museum.
	http://cuneomansion.org/

	The Oriental Institute
	Chicago, Illinois
	A great museum that has many fine artifacts from ancient Mesopotamia.
	http://oi.uchicago.edu//

	Galena
	Galena, Illinois
	The entire city of Galena is a great place to visit. From ancient Native American mounds and effigies to shopping, this town has a lot to offer a visitor.
	http://galena.org/

	Cantigny
	Wheaton, Illinois
	Historic home and garden of Robert McCormick.
	http://www.cantigny.org/

	Volo Museum
	Volo, Illinois
	A great museum of antique to hollywood cars and a seperate military museum.
	http://www.volocars.com/attractions-military.htm

	Burpee Museum
	Rockford, Illinois
	A natural history museum.
	http://www.burpee.org/

	The Art Institute of Chicago
	Chicago, Illinois
	A great collection of renaissance art and modern art.
	http://www.artic.edu/

	The Dole Mansion
	Crystal Lake, Illinois
	A turn of the century Italian mansion owned by the Dole family is converted into a museum and art colony. http://ritajeanmoran.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-dole-mansion.html
	http://www.lakesidelegacy.org/

	Cahokia
	Cahokia, Illinois
	Ancient Native American site with mounds and a museum.
	http://www.cahokiamounds.org/

	Winfield Mounds
	Winfield, Illinois
	Forest preserve and site of ancient Native American Mounds (most have been destroyed at this site).
	http://www.dupageforest.com/errors/PageNotFound.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/Conservation/ForestPreserves/Winfield_Mounds.html

	Dickson Mounds
	Lewistown, Illinois
	Native American Mounds and museum.
	http://www.museum.state.il.us/ismsites/dickson/

	Kincaid Mounds
	Maasac County, Illinois
	Native American Mounds and museum.
	http://www.kincaidmounds.com/

	Illinois Railway Museum
	Union, Illinois
	Museum with old railroad cars and engines.
	http://www.irm.org/

	Museum of Contemporary Art
	Chicago, Illinois
	Contemporary art.
	http://www.mcachicago.org/

	Illinois State Museum
	Springfield, Illinois
	Museum exhibits include displays on the land, life, and people of Illinois.
	http://www.museum.state.il.us/

	Naper Settlement
	Naperville, Illinois
	Frontier living exhibits and art.
	http://www.napersettlement.org/

	Villa Olivia
	Bartlett, Illinios
	Skiing and snow tubing in the winter. Golf in the summer. Fun place to go. Make sure you get out of the way at the bottom of the slope.
	http://www.bartlettparks.org/villa-olivia/

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