Ready to head out on a field trip in Illinois with your kids? I’ve put together a list of fun and educational Illinois Field Trips that everyone in the family can enjoy!
Field trips are the best way to provide learning experiences for your kids. Children do best when they have the opportunity to actually experience what you’re trying to teach them.
Get ready to learn and explore ‘The Prairie State’ with your kids — make sure you have fun too!
35+ Illinois Field Trips
Sci-Tech – Aurora
Aurora Regional Fire Museum – Aurora
Prairie Aviation Museum – Bloomington
Brookfield Zoo – Brookfield
Cave-in-Rock State Park – Cave-in-Rock
Bronzeville Children’s Museum – Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago
The Field Museum – Chicago
Chicago History Museum – Chicago
The Nature Museum – Chicago
Chicago Botanic Garden – Chicago
Adler Planetarium – Chicago
Shedd Aquarium – Chicago
National Veterans Art Museum – Chicago
Museum of Science & Industry – Chicago
Museum of Broadcast Communications – Chicago
The Chicago Athenaeum – Galena
Chicago Botanic Garden – Glencoe
Kinmundy Log Cabin Village – Kidmundy
Wildlife Discovery Center – Lake Forest
Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site – Lerna
Lambs Farm – Libertyville
Lincoln Heritage Museum – Lincoln
The Morton Arboretum – Lisle
Sugar Grove Nature Center – McLean
John Deere Pavilion – Moline
Graue Mill and Museum – Oak Brook
Frank Llyod Wright Home and Studio – Oak Park
Lincoln’s New Salem – Petersburg
Discovery Center Museum – Rockford
Midway Village Museum – Rockford
Rockford Art Museum – Rockford
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center – Skokie
Lincoln Home National Historic Site – Springfield
Illinois Governors Mansion – Springfield
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum – Springfield
Lincoln Tomb – Springfield
Challenger Learning Center – Woodstock
Illinois Young Birders – Statewide