American Fluorite Museum
Main St, PO Box 755, Rosiclare, IL 62982, (618) 285-3513, Mar-Dec, Thu, Fri, Sun
1-4, Sat 10-4, Adult $3, Child 6-12 $1.
Burpee
Museum
737 North Main St., Rockford, IL 61103-6971, (815) 965-3433. Monday-Saturday 10
AM - 5 PM, Sunday noon - 5 PM. Adults $4.00. Outstanding displays on natural
history, walk through geological time, dinosaur bones, fossils, minerals
(especially fluorides), fluorescence.
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
Collinsville, IL 62234, off I-55/I-70 (8 miles from downtown St. Louis). FREE
($2 donation suggested). Open daily 9 AM -5 PM except holidays; call ahead (618)
346-5160. National Register Site and World Heritage Site. Administered by the
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Interpretive Center, Woodhenge; mounds
include largest man-made earthen mound in North America.
Dickson Mounds Museum
Lewiston, IL 62234, (618) 344-9221. Between Havana and Lewiston. FREE. Open
daily 8:30 AM - 5 PM except major holidays
The
Field Museum
1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL, (312) 922-9410. Off US 41. Daily 9 AM - 5
PM except major holidays. Adults $7, seniors/children $4; FREE on Wednesday.
Fossils, etc.
Fryxell
Geology Museum
Swenson Hall of Science, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois (west off 38th
St., eastern campus entrance). FREE. Open daily 1 PM - 5 PM or earlier
Illinois State Museum
Spring & Edwards Sts., Springfield, IL 62703-5000. FREE. Monday-Saturday 8:30 AM
- 5, Sunday noon - 5 PM. Closed major holidays. Collections include Mazon Creek
Fossils.
Illinois
State University [Museum]
Geography-Geology Dept., Campus Box 4400, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
61790, (309) 438-7640 & 438-7649.
Layfayette Funk Prarie Home & Mineral Museum
RR 1 Box 755 Shirley, IL 61772, (309) 827-6792, Mar-Dec, Tue-Sat 9-4
Lakeview Museum
1125 West Lake Ave., Peoria, IL 61614-5985, (309) 686-7000. Tuesday, Thursday &
Friday 11 AM - 5 PM, Wednesday 11 AM - 8 PM, Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM, Sunday noon
- 5 PM. Separate admission fees for Gallery and/or Planetarium
Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art
220 Cottage Hill, Elmhurst, IL 60126, (630) 833-1616. Tuesday - Saturday
10 AM - 5 PM, Sunday 1 PM - 5 PM. Closed Mondays, holidays. Adults $3,
seniors $2, students and teens $1, children under 13 free; FREE on
Friday. Carvings, jade, gems, minerals
Museum of Science and Industry
57th St. & Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL. Weekdays 9:30 AM - 4 PM,
weekends 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM. Adults $7, students $6, children $3.50; FREE
on Thursday. Omnimax tickets can only be purchased with museum
admission. Special rates available for groups of 20 or more with 4 weeks
advanced reservation. For details, contact Museum's Call Center at (773)
684-1414, ext. 2290.
Quincy Museum
Newcomb-Stillwell Mansion (1890-1891,National Register of Historic
Places), 1601 Maine St., Quincy, IL 62301-4264, (217) 224-7669.
Tuesday-Sunday 1 PM - 5 PM. Adults $2, seniors and children $1.
Discovery Room for children. Exhibits include minerals and artifacts
Southern Illinois University Museum
2469 Faner Hall, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale,
IL 62901-4508, (618) 453-5388. Tuesday-Saturday 9 AM - 3 PM, Sunday
1:30-4:30 PM. Closed Mondays, holidays, and University breaks.
Western Illinois University Museum of Geology
Tillman Hall, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455-1390, (309)
238-1414.
Wheaton College
501 College Ave., Wheaton, IL 60187, (630) 752-5000
Wheaton, IL 60187, (630) 752-5000.
