So many museums, so little time…. check out our list of some of our favorites in Chicago, the United States and internationally (list always being updated) ….

Chicagoland

• Burpee Museum of Natural History, Rockford IL
• Dave’s Down To Earth Museum, Evanston, IL
• Elgin Public Museum, Elgin, IL
• Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL
• Hawthorne Hill Nature Center, Elgin, IL
• Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, Elmhurst, IL
• Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
• Oriental Museum, Chicago, IL
• Schingoethe Center For Native American Studies, Aurora, IL
• Sci-Tech Museum, Batavia, IL
• Wonderworks, Oak Park, IL

Illinois

• Dickson Mounds Museum, Lewistown, IL
• Fryxell Geology Museum, Rock Island, IL
• Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
• Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL
• Quincy Museum, Quincy, IL

Midwest

• Falls of the Ohio, Clarksville, Indiana
• Kenosha Dinosaur Discovery Museum, Kenosha, WI
• Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI
• The Mineral Museum of Michigan, Houghton, MI
• University of Madison Geological Museum, Madison, WI

Farther Afield

• Academy of Natural Sciences, PA
• American Museum of Natural History, NY, NY
• Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Museum
• Black Hills Mining Museum, Lead, SD
• Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA
• Clement Museum, Marion, Kentucky
• Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver Colorado
• Dinosaur National Monument Natural Park, Dinosaur Colorado
• Mammoth Site, Hot Springs, North Dakota
• Natural Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles CA
• New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM
• Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, Denver, CO
• Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, Alberta Canada
• Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology, Abiquiu New Mexico
• Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
• South Dakota School of Mines Museum of Geology, Rapid City, SD
• Virginia Museum of Natural History
• Wyoming Dinosaur Museum, Thermopolis, Wyoming