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Naper Settlement

Naperville, Illinois

Culture, General, History, Historic House, Library, Park

Naper Settlement is Chicagoland’s outdoor history museum, located in the heart of suburban Naperville, just 28 miles west of Chicago. Explore historic homes and businesses throughout the 12-acre site where you’ll understand the past and how it connects to the present. Discover Naperville’s history through engaging and unique experiences.

New Lenox Area Historical Society

New Lenox, Illinois

Culture, General, History, Historic House, Historical Society

Historical Society has restored the one-room schoolhouse called Schmuhl School, located on the corner of Rt. 30 and Schoolhouse Road in New Lenox, Il. Students from the area schools use the building to spend a day in class as students would have done in the 1930's. School is open by appointment.

National Hellenic Museum

Chicago, Illinois

Archaeology, Art, Culture, History, Library

The National Hellenic Museum is the second oldest American institution dedicated to displaying and celebrating the cultural contributions of Greeks and Greek-Americans.

NIU Anthropology Museum

DeKalb, Illinois

Anthropology, Archaeology, Culture, History, Library, Science, University

The Anthropology Museum houses over 12,000 ethnographic and archaeological objects. The ethnographic collection has regional strengths in Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and the plains and southwest regions of North America. Ethnographic specimens from Africa, Mesoamerica, and South America are also represented.