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
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