Museums in Peoria & Central Illinois

Archbishop Fulton Sheen Museum

Peoria

Monday-Friday: 9am - 4pm, Saturday: 9am - 12pm

Augustana's Fryxell Geology Museum

Rock Island

8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 1-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday when classes are in session

Cambridge Natural History Museum

Cambridge

Center for Belgian Culture

Moline

Mon–Tue: Closed; Wed: 1:00 – 4:00 PM; Thu–Fri: Closed; Sat: 1:00 – 4:00 PM; Sun: Closed

Champaign County History Museum at the Historic Cattle Bank

Champaign

Wednesday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Thursday 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Friday 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Champaign Urbana Astronomical Society Observatory

Champaign

Chevrolet Hall of Fame Museum

Decatur

Children's Discovery Museum

Normal

Children's Museum of Illinois

Decatur

First Responder or Active Military Discount

Community Solar System

Peoria

Mon–Sun: Open 24 hours

Cruisin with Lincoln on 66 Visitors Center and Gift Shop

Bloomington

Monday–Saturday 9 a.m.–5 p.m. (Tuesday 9 a.m.–8 p.m.), Sunday closed

David Davis Mansion

Bloomington

Wednesday - Saturday: 9am - 3:30pm

Discovery Depot Children's Museum

Galesburg

Amtrak Discount

Galesburg Railroad Museum

Galesburg

Fridays and Saturdays 12:00 noon until 4:00 pm (April through September)

Geneseo Historical Museum

Geneseo

Tue-Fri 10am-12pm and 1pm-3pm

Hauberg Estate

Rock Island

Friday 3:00 PM

Nov 1 · Charles Bird King: Studio Portraitist to Tribal Delegations

Hauberg Museum

Rock Island

Wednesday-Sunday 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (Closed from 12:00 p.m-1:00 p.m.)

Hieronymus Mueller Museum

Decatur

Mueller Company Employees, Retirees, and Guests Free Admission

James Millikin Homestead

Decatur

John Deere Planetarium

Rock Island

Lincoln Douglas Debate Museum

Charleston

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. every day of the year

Macon County Historical Museum

Decatur

Mon: Closed; Tue–Sat: 1:00 – 4:00 PM; Sun: Closed

Dec 1 · Concert in the Courtroom - TBA

McLean County Museum of History

Bloomington

Mercer County Historical Society & Essley-Noble Museum

Aledo

Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 1 - 5 p.m. (Summer); Friday and Saturday: 12 - 4 p.m. (Winter)

Muse Morton

Morton

Wednesday-Friday 10am-4pm; Fourth Fridays 5-8pm (April-November)

Museum of the Grand Prairie

Mahomet

Open 1 - 5 PM daily (Summer Hours Mon-Sat 10 AM - 5 PM, Sun 1 - 5 PM; closed Jan-Feb)

Peoria State Hospital Museum, Home of the Old State Mine Haunted Trail (formerly Haunted Infirmary)

Bartonville

7pm – Midnight

Prairie Aviation Museum

Bloomington

Princeville Heritage Museum

Princeville

Wednesdays & Fridays 11 am – 3 pm

Quarters One

Rock Island

Mon–Fri: 8:15 AM – 4:00 PM; Sat–Sun: Closed

Rock Island County Historical Society

Moline

Wednesday - Saturday, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Rock Island Railroad Museum

Chillicothe

Sunday 1pm–4pm, March through November

Tarble Museum of Art

Charleston

Tues-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Wed 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sat 1-5 p.m.

Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society

Pekin

Sep 29 · Holiday Artisan Market announced

The Staley Museum

Decatur

Tuesday–Saturday: 1:00–4:00 pm; Last Sunday of the month (March–November): 1:00–4:00 pm

Tremont History Museum

Tremont

2nd and 4th Sundays, 2-4:00 p.m.

Vermilion County Museum

Danville

Vermilion County War Museum

Danville

Warren County History Museum

Monmouth

Mon: Closed; Tue–Sat: 1:00 – 4:00 PM; Sun: Closed

Washington Historical Society

Washington

Thursdays and Saturdays from 10am – 1pm

Nov 6 · Jazz Night: Chris Merz with the HAT Trio

Western Illinois Museum

Macomb

Tuesday through Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Saturday 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

Western Illinois University

Macomb

Monday-Friday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Saturday 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Wheels O' Time Museum

Dunlap

Special Needs Discount

William M. Staerkel Planetarium

Champaign

Second Show Half Price