ILLINOIS Association of Museums (IAM)
1 Old State Capitol Plaza
Springfield, IL 62701-1507
(217) 524-7080
FAX (217) 785-7937
email: mary turner@IHPA.state.il.us
website: www.state.il.us/hpa/iam

Addison

• Addison Historical Commission/Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  

Alton

• National Great Rivers Museum
  US Army Corp of Engineers
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Antioch

• Lakes Region Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Arcola

• Illinois Amish Interpretive Center
  www.amishcenter.com
  

Arlington Heights

• Arlington Heights Historical Museum
  www.ahmuseum.org

Atlanta

• J. H. Hawes Grain Elevator Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Atwood

• Harris Agricultural Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Aurora

• Aurora Historical Society / William Tanner House
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Aurora Regional Fire Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Blackberry Historical Farm / Village
  www.foxvalleyparkdistrict.org
  
  
• Schingoethe Center for Native American Culture
  www.aurora.edu/museum/
  
  
• SciTech
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Bartlett

• Bartlett Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Batavia

• Batavia Depot Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Beecher

• Washington Township Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Belleville

• Belleville Labor and Industry Museum
  www.laborandindustrymuseum.org
  

Beloit, WI

• Logan Museum of Anthropology
  www.beloit.edu/~museum/logan/index.html
  

Belvidere

• Boone County Historical Museum
  www.boonecountyhistoricalmuseum.org
  1-815-544-8391
  
  
• Northern IL Tourism Dev. Office
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Bement

• Bryant Cottage State Historic Site
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Benton

• Rend Lake Conservancy District
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Bethalto

• Armed Forces Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Bethalto Historical Museum
  www.bethalto.com
  

Big Rock

• Big Rock Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Bishop Hill

• Bishop Hill State Historic Site
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Bloomingdale

• Bloomingdale Park District Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Bloomington

• Childrens Discovery Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• David Davis Mansion State Historic Site
  www.davismansion.org
  
  
• Illinois Great Rivers Conference Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• McLean County Museum of History
  www.McHistory.org
  
  
• Prairie Aviation Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Bolingbrook

• Bolingbrook Historic Preservation Comm.
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Brookfield
  www.brookfieldzoo.orgBuffalo Grove
  
  
• Raupp Memorial Museum / Buffalo Grove Park Dist
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Burr Ridge

• Flagg Creek Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Byron

• Byron Forest Preserve District
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Byron Museum District
  www.byronillinois.org (select Museum link)
  

Cahokia

• Jarrot Mansion Project
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Cairo

• Cairo Public Library
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Carbondale

• African American Museum of Southern Illinois
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• University Museum (SIU-C)
  Southern Illinois University
  www.museum.siu.edu
  

Carterville

• John A. Logan College Museum
  www.jal.cc.il.us/museum/index.html
  

Carthage

• Kibbe Hancock Heritage Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Champaign

• Champaign County Historical Museum
  www.champaignmuseum.org
  
  
• Illinois Association for the Advancement of Archaeology
  www.museum.state.il.us/iaaa
  
  
• Krannert Art Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Orpheum Children's Science Museum
  www.m-crossroads.org/orpheum
  
  
• Staerkel Planetarium
  www.parkland.cc.il.us/coned/pla
  dleake@parkland.cc.il.us
  

Charleston

• Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum
  www.charlestontourism.org/lddm.html
  

Chester

• Randolph County Archives & Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Chicago

• Adler Planetarium
  www.adlerplanetarium.org
  
  
• Architecture is Fun
  www.ArchitectureIsFun.Com
  
  
• Art Institute of Chicago
  www.artic.edu
  
  
• Chicago Architecture Foundation
  www.architecture.org
  
  
• Chicago Historical Society
  www.chicagohs.org
  
  
• Chicago Public Library, HWLC
  www.chipublib.org/001hwlc/001hwlc.html
  
  
• Clarke House Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• DuSable Museum of African-American History
  www.dusablemuseum.org
  
  
• Field Museum of Natural History
  www.fmnh.org/
  
  
• Glessner House Museum
  www.glessnerhouse.org
  
  
• Hellenic Museum & Cultural Center
  www.hellenicmuseum.org
  
  
• Illinois Humanities Council
  www.prairie.org
  
  
• Jane Addams Hull House Museum
  www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull
  
  
• Landmark Preservation Council of Illinois
  www.landmarks.org
  
  
• McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum
  www.freedommuseum.us
  
  
• Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
  www.mfacmchicago.org/visitorinfo.htm
  
  
• Museum of Broadcast Communications
  www.museum.tv
  
  
• Museum of Contemporary Art
  www.mcachicago.org
  
  
• Museum of Contemporary Photography
  www.mocp.org
  
  
• Museum of Science and Industry
  www.msichicago.org/
  
  
• National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
  www.nvvam.org
  
  
• Oriental Institute Museum
  www_oi.uchicago.edu/oi/mus/oi_museum.html
  
  
• Parma Conservation
  www.parmaconservation.com
  
  
• Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum/Chicago Academy of Science
  www.naturemuseum.org
  
  
• Polish Museum of America
  www.prcua.org/pma
  
  
• Shedd Aquarium (John G.)
  www.sheddnet.org
  
  
• Swedish American Museum
  www.samac.org
  
  
• Terra Museum of American Art
  www.terramuseum.org
  
  
• Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
  www.uima-art.org
  

Chillicothe

• Chillicothe Historical Society Museum
  www.chillicothehistorical.org
  
  
• Three Sisters Park
  www.threesisterspark.com/
  

Clinton

• DeWitt County Museum Association
  www.chmoorehomestead.org
  

Coal Valley

• Niabi Zoo
  www.niabizoo.com/
  

Collinsville

• Cahokia Mounds Museum Society
  medinfo.wustl.edu/~mckinney/cahokia/cahokia.html
  
  
• Collinsville Historical Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Danville

• Danville Junction RR Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Vermilion County War Museum
  www.vcwm.org
  
  
• Childrens Museum of Illinois
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Governor Oglesby Mansion
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Hieronymus Mueller Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

DeKalb

• Blackwell History of Education Museum
  www.edu/acad/leps/blackwl
  
  
• Ellwood House Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Joseph F. Glidden Homestead
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• NIU Anthropology Museum
  www.niu.edu/anthro_museum
  

Des Plaines

• Des Plaines Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Dixon

• John Deere Historic Site
  www.JohnDeerePavilion.com/attractions/historic.htm
  

Downers Grove

• Beller Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Downers Grove Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Downers Grove Park District Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Edwardsville

• Friends of Col. Benjamin Stephenson House
  www.stephensonhouse.com
  
  
• Edwardsville
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Madison Co Historical Museum & Library
  www.plantnet.com/museum
  

Elgin

• Elgin Area Historical Society & Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Elgin Public Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Elizabeth

• Apple River Fort State Historic Site
  www.appleriverfort.org
  
  
• Elizabeth Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Elmhurst

• Elmhurst Historical Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Theatre Historical Society of America
  www.historictheatres.org
  

Elsah

• Historic Elsah Foundation
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Evanston

• Evanston Art Center
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Grosse Point Lighthouse
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art
  www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu
  
  

Evergreen Park

• Bronzeville Childrens Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Flossmoor

• Chicago & E I Railroad Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Frankfort

• Frankfort Area Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Franklin Park

• Village of Franklin Park "B-12 Tower"
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Freeport

• Silvercreek Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Stephenson County Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Galesburg

• Illinois Citizen Soldier Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Geneva

• Chicago Area Conservation Group
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Friends of Fabyan
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Geneva Historical Society & Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Glen Carbon

• Glen Carbon Historical Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Glen Ellyn

• Glen Ellyn Historical Society / Stacy's Tavern
  www.glen-ellyn/historical
  

Glencoe

• Chicago Botanic Garden
  www.chicagobotanic.org
  
  
• Glencoe Historical Society
  www.glencoehistoricalsociety.org/home/index.shtml
  

Glenview

• Grove Heritage Association
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Golconda

• Pope County Historical Society Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Great Lakes

• Great Lakes Naval Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Greenville

• Hoiles-Davis Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Hampton

• Blacks Store / Museum
  www.hamptonhistory.org
  

Hartford

• Lewis & Clark State Historic Site
  www.campdubois.com
  

Harvard

• Greater Harvard Area Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Hennepin

• Putnam County Historical Society & Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Hillsboro

• Montgomery County News
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Hinsdale

• Hinsdale Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Robert Crown Center for Health Education
  www.health-ed.org
  

Homewood

• South Suburban Heritage Association
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Jacksonville

• Art Association of Jacksonville
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Joliet

• Joliet Area Historical Society & Museum
  www.jolietmuseum.org
  
  
• Joliet Jr. College Education History Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Pilcher Park Nature Center
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Kenilworth

• Kenilworth Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

LaFox

• Garfield Farm Museum
  www.garfieldfarm.org
  

Lake Bluff

• Vliet Center for Lake Bluff Area History
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Lake Forest

• Lake Forest / Lake Bluff Historical Society
  www.lflbhistory.org
  

LaSalle

• Hegeler Carus Fdn & Museum
  www.hegelercarus.org
  

Lawrenceville

• Lawrence County Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Libertyville

• David Adler Cultural Center
  www.adlercenter.org
  

Lincoln

• Lincoln College Museum
  www.lincolncollege.com
  

Lisle

• Lisle Station Park
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Morton Arboretum
  www.mortonarb.org

Lockport

• Gaylord Building
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Lockport Area Gen. & Hist. Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Lombard

• Stone Soup Communications
  www.jorn.com
  

Lyons

• Lyons Historical Commission
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Macomb

• Macomb Area Conv. & Visitors Bureau
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Two Rivers Arts Council
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• W.I.T.D.O.
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Maeystown

• Maeystown Preservation Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Mahomet

• Early American Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Martinsville

• Lincoln School Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Mattoon

• Coles County Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Maywood

• West Town Museum of Cultural History
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Mendota

• Mendota Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Metamora

• Illinois Mennonite Historical & Genealogical Society
  www.rootsweb.com/~ilmhgs
  

Moline

• Butterworth Memorial Trust
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• John Deere Collectors Center
  www.JohnDeereCollectorsCtr.com
  
  
• John Deere Pavilion and Store
  www.JohnDeerePavilion.com
  
  
• Rock Island County Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Monticello

• Monticello Railway Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Morrison

• Morrison Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Morton Grove

• Morton Grove Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Mt. Carmel

• Wabash County Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Mt. Carroll

• Campbell Ctr for Historical Preservation Studies
  www.campbellcenter.org/
  

Mt. Vernon

• Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Mundelein

• Watson, President Dottie
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Murphysboro

• Gen. John A. Logan Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Naperville

• DuPage Childrens Museum
  www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org
  

Nauvoo

• Nauvoo Restoration, Inc.
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

New Boston

• New Boston Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Newark

• Fern Dell Historic Association
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Northbrook

• Northbrook Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Oak Brook

• Graue Mill & Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Mayslake Peabody Estate
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Oak Park

• Ernest Hemingway Foundation
  www.hemingway.org/hemingway
  
  
• Historical Society of Oak Park & River Forest
  www.oprf.com/oprfhist/
  
  
• Pleasant Home Foundation
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Wonder Works, A Childrens Museum in Oak Park
  www.wonder-works.org
  

Oblong

• Illinois Oilfield Museum
  www.theonlyoblong.com/oil_field/
  

Olney

• Richland Heritage Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Oregon

• Ogle County Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Oswego

• Oswegoland Heritage Association
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Ottawa

• Ottawa Scouting Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Paxton

• Illinois Central Railroad Historical Society
  www.icrrhistorical.org
  

Pecatonica

• Pecatonica Heritage Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Pekin

• Tazewell County Historic Places Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Peoria

• Lakeview Museum of Arts & Sciences
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Peoria Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Wheels O' Time Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Petersburg

• Lincolns New Salem State Historic Site
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Pinckneyville

• Perry County Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Piper City

• Piper City Comm. Hist. Society
  

Plainfield

• Plainfield Historical Society & Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Pontiac

• Catharine V. Yost Museum & Arts Center
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Quincy

• All Wars Museum / IL Veterans Home
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Friends of the Dr. Richard Eells House
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Gardner Museum of Arch. & Design
  www.gardnermuseumarchitecture.org
  
  
• Historical Society of Quincy
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Quincy Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Villa Kathrine Tourist Information Ctr
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Rantoul

• Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

River Forest

• Forest Preserve District of Cook County
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Riverside

• Riverside Historical Comm. & Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Robbins

• Robbins Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Rochester

• Brunk Morgan Horse Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Rock Island

• Chippiannock Cemetery Heritage Fdtn
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Colonel Davenport Home
  www.davenporthouse.org
  
  
• Rock Island Arsenal Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Rockford

• Burpee Museum of Natural History
  www.burpee.org
  
  
• Discovery Center Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Erlander Home Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Ethnic Heritage Museum
  
  
• Klehm Arboretum & Botanical Garden
  www.klehm.org
  
  
• Land of Lincoln Theatre Organ Society
  
  
• Midway Village & Museum Center
  www.midwayvillage.com
  
  
• Northern IL Botanical Society, Klehm Arboretum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Rockford Art Museum
  www.rockfordartmuseum.org
  
  
• Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum
  www.tinkercottage.com
  

Rockton

• Macktown Living History Education Center
  www.macktownlivinghistory.com
  1-815-624-4200
  

Rolling Meadows

• Rolling Meadows Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Roseville

• Henderson-Warren Tourism Council
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Round Lake

• Prairie Grass Nature Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Salem

• Marion County Genealogical & Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Schaumburg

• Volkening Heritage Farm
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Shabbona

• Shabbona-Lee-Rollo Historical Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Sheffield

• Sheffield Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Skokie

• Skokie Heritage Museum / Skokie Historical Society
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

South Elgin

• Fox River Trolley Museum
  www.foxtrolley.org
  

South Holland

• South Holland Historical Society
  www.southholland.org
  

Springfield

• Abraham Lincoln Association
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Illinois Fire Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
  www.state.il.us/hpa
  
  
• Illinois National Guard & Militia Hist. Soc.
  www.ilng-history.org
  
  
• Illinois State Archives
  www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/archives.html
  
  
• Illinois State Historical Library
  www.state.il.us/hpa/lib
  
  
• Illinois State Military Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Illinois State Museum
  www.museum.state.il.us/
  
  
• Lincoln Memorial Garden & Nature Center
  www.lmgnc.com
  
  
• Old State Capitol State Hist. Site
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

St. Charles

• Pioneer Sholes School Restoration Society
  www.pioneersholesschool.org
  
  
• Preservation Partners of Fox Valley
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Sterling

• Dillon Home Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  
  
• Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society & Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Streamwood

• Streamwood Park District
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Sycamore

• Midwest Museum of Natural History
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Tamms

• W.O.W. Childrens Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Tampico

• Tampico Area Historical Society & Museum
  www.tampicohistoricalsociety.citymax.com
  

Taylorville

• Christian County Historical Society & Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Thomson

• Thomson Depot Museum
  www.state.il.us/hpa/iam
  

Tuscola

• Korean War Vets Natl Museum & Libr