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Tour the museums, historic sites, zoos and nature centers of the midwestern United States onlin, then plan to visit in person!
Michigan | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa
Minnesota | Missouri | Ohio | Wisconsin
Michigan
- Air Zoo, Kalamazoo
- Amasa Historical Society Museum, Amasa
- Arcadia Area Historical Museum, Arcadia
- The Art Museum at Michigan State University, East Lansing
- Automotive Hall of Fame, Dearborn
- Bay County Historical Society & Historical Museum of Bay County, Bay City
- Binder Park Zoo, Battle Creek
- Belleville Area Museum, Belleville
- Castle Museum of Saginaw County History, Saginaw
- Celery Flats Interpretive Center and Historical Area, Portage
- Charlevoix Historical Society, Charlevoix (Harsha House Museum, Charlevoix Depot Museum)
- Walter P. Chrysler Museum, Auburn Hills
- Civilian Conservation Corps Museum, Roscommon
- Cranbrook (Art Museum, Institute of Science, more), Bloomfield Hills
- Crossroads Village and the Huckleberry Railroad, Flint
- Curious Kids Museum, St. Joseph
- Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City
- The Detroit Historical Museums (Detroit Historical Museum, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Historic Fort Wayne, Moross House)
- The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
- Detroit Science Center, Detroit
- Detroit Zoological Institute, Royal Oak
- Dexter Area Historical Museum, Dexter
- Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson
- Exhibit Museum of Natural History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Fayette Historic Townsite, Garden
- Fair Lane - The Henry Ford Estate, Dearborn
- Flint Institute of Arts, Flint
- Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores
- Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum, Grand Rapids
- Grand Traverse Heritage Center (Con Foster Museum), Traverse City
- Greenmead Historical Park, Livonia
- The Henry Ford (Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village), Dearborn
- Fort Miami Heritage Society - Priscilla U. Byrns Heritage Center, St. Joseph
- Fort Wilkins and Copper Harbor Lighthouse, Copper Harbor
- Frankenmuth Historical Association, Frankenmuth
- Gilmore Car Museum, Kalamazoo
- Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids
- Grand Traverse Lighthouse, Northport
- Grand Rapids Children's Museum, Grand Rapids
- Great Lakes Naval Memorial & Museum (USS Silversides, USS LST 393, USCGC McLane), Muskegon
- Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, Whitefish Point
- Hartwick Pines Logging Museum, Grayling
- The Holland Museum, Holland
- Holocaust Memorial Center, West Bloomfield
- Houghton County Historical Museum, Lake Linden
- Huron Lightship Museum, Port Huron
- Huron City Museums, Port Austin
- Impression 5 Science Center, Lansing
- Kalamazoo Valley Museum
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Keweenaw National Historical Park, Calumet
- Kingman Museum, Battle Creek
- Leelanau Historical Museum, Leland
- Mackinac State Historic Parks (Colonial Michilimackinac, Historic Mill Creek and Fort Mackinac)
- Madison Heights Public Library Heritage Rooms, Madison Heights
- Mann House, Concord
- Marquette Maritime Museum. Marquette
- Marshall Historical Society Museums (Capitol Hill School, G.A.R. Hall and Honolulu House), Marshall
- Marysville Historical Museum, Marysville
- Mason Area Historical Society Museum
- Meadow Brook Hall, Oakland University, Rochester
- Meridian Historical Village, Okemos
- Michigan Botanical Garden and Meijer Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids
- Michigan Flywheelers Museum, South Haven
- Michigan Historical Museum, Lansing
- Michigan Iron Industry Museum, Negaunee
- Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven
- Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing
- Michigan Transit Museum, Mt. Clemens
- Michigan Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame , Lansing
- Michigan's Own Military and Space Museum , Frankenmuth
- Midland County Historical Museum, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland
- Minibeast Zooseum and Education Center, Lansing
- Monroe County Historical Museum, Monroe
- Motorsports Hall of Fame, Novi
- Museum at Southwestern Michigan College, Dowagiac, MI
- Museum of Cultural and Natural History, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant
- Museum of Surveying, Lansing
- National Miniatures Trust Museum, Hickory Corners
- Nokomis Learning Center, Okemos
- Oakland County Pioneer and Historical Society, The Pioneer Museum, Pontiac
- Old Mill Museum, Dundee
- Port Huron Museum (Huron Lightship Museum, Edison Depot Museum, Fort Gratiot Lighthouse)
- Potter Park Zoo, Lansing
- Plymouth Historical Society
- Public Museum of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids
- Quincy Mine Hoist Association, Hancock
- River of History Museum, Sault Ste. Marie
- Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm, Rochester Hills
- Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw
- Saginaw Railway Museum, Saginaw
- A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological University, Houghton
- Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor
- Sleeping Bear Point Coast Guard Station/Maritime Museum, Empire
- Alfred P. Sloan Museum, Flint
- Southwestern Michigan College Museum, Dowagiac
- S.S. City of Milwaukee, Manistee
- S.S. Milwaukee Clipper, Muskegon
- Tecumseh Area Historical Museum, Tecumseh
- Troy Museum & Historic Village, Troy
- Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center, Lansing
- University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology, Ann Arbor
- University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor
- University of Michigan Papyrus Collection, Harlan Graduate Hatcher Library, Ann Arbor
- U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame and Museum, Ishpeming
- Walker Tavern, Brooklyn
- White Pine Village, Ludington
- William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, Escanaba
- Wing House Museum, Branch County Historical Society, Coldwater
- Wolcott Mill Metropark, Ray Township (se of Romeo)
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit
- The Wyandotte Museum
- Yankee Air Museum, Ypsilanti
- Ziibiwing Center (history of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian tribe), Mt. Pleasant
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Illinois
- Jane Addams Hull-House Museum at the University of Illinois at Chicago
- Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
- Alton Museum of History and Art
- The Art Institute of Chicago
- Brookfield Zoo
- Burpee Museum of Natural History
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
- Cantigny (Robert R. McCormick House and First Division Museum)
- Center for American Archaeology, Kampsville
- Cernan Earth and Space Center
- Champaign County Historical Museum
- Chicago Architecture Foundation
- The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design
- Chicago Botanic Garden
- Chicago Children's Museum
- Chicago Cultural Center
- Chicago Historical Society
- Children's Discovery Museum of Central Illinois
- Des Plaines Historical Museum
- Dickson Mounds Museum
- Dietrich Friedrichs House Museum, Mount Prospect Historical Society
- Discovery Center Museum
- Downers Grove Park District Museum
- DuPage Children's Museum
- DuPage County Historical Museum
- The Early American Museum, Mahomet
- Elmhurst Art Museum
- Elmhurst Historical Museum
- The Field Museum
- Fox River Trolley Museum
- Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust (Home and Studio, Oak Park; Robie House, University of Chicago campus)
- The Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest
- Illinois Railway Museum
- Illinois State Museum
- International Museum of Surgical Science
- Klehm Arboretum and Botanic Gardens
- Kohl Children's Museum
- Korean War Veterans National Museum and Library, Tuscola
- Krannert Art Museum, Champaign
- Lake County Discovery Museum, Wauconda
- Lakeview Museum
- Lincoln Park Zoo
- Lincoln's New Salem
- John A. Logan College Museum and Art Galleries
- McLean County Museum of History
- Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
- Midway Village & Museum Center
- Midwest Museum of Natural History, Sycamore
- Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Kendall College
- The Morton Arboretum
- Museum of Broadcast Communications
- Museum of Contemporary Art
- Museum of Funeral Customs, Springfield
- Museum of Science and Industry
- Naper Settlement
- Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
- Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago Academy of Sciences, Chicago
- Prairie Aviation Museum
- Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago
- Rockford Art Museum
- SciTech Hands-on Science Museum
- Shedd Aquarium, Chicago
- Spertus Museum, Chicago
- The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art
- Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary and Volkening Heritage Farm
- University Galleries of Illinois State University
- University Museum, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
- Wilmette Historical Museum
- Wood River Refinery History Museum
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Indiana
- Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum, Fort Wayne
- The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
- Conner Prairie, Fishers
- The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis
- Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, Fort Wayne
- Fort Wayne Children's Zoo
- Fort Wayne Museum of Art
- The President Benjamin Harrison Home, Indianapolis
- Huddleston Farmhouse Inn Museum, Cambridge City
- Indiana History Center, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis
- Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites
- Indianapolis Museum of Art
- Indianapolis Zoo
- William Hammond Mathers Museum, Indiana University
- The Lincoln Museum, Fort Wayne
- Mid-America Windmill Museum (Kendallville Windmill Museum and Historical Society, Inc.)
- NATMUS (National Automotive and Truck Museum of the United States)
- Old City Hall Historical Museum, Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society
- Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame
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Iowa
- Amana Colonies National Historic Landmark, Amana
- Blank Park Zoo, Des Moines
- Brucemore Historic Site and Cultural Center, Cedar Rapids
- Carrie Chapman Catt Childhood Home, Charles City
- Danish Immigrant Museum, Elk Horn
- Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport
- Mamie Doud Eisenhower Birthplace, Boone
- Floyd County Museum, Charles City
- The Fluxus Indian Museum (NOT a museum of Native American history), Coon Rapids
- Grout Museum District (Grout Museum of History & Science, Bluedorn Science Imaginarium, Rensselaer Russell House Museum and the Snowden House), Waterloo
- Living History Farms, Urbandale
- National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum, Knoxville
- Science Center of Iowa, Des Moines
- Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City
- University of Northern Iowa Museum, Cedar Falls
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Minnesota
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Missouri
- The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, Saint Joseph
- Arabia Steamboat Museum, Kansas City
- George Washington Carver National Monument, Diamond
- International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame, St. Louis
- Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Gateway Arch, Museum of Westward Expansion, and St. Louis's Old Courthouse)
- Kansas City Museum, Kansas City
- Kansas City Zoo, Kansas City
- The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City
- The Magic House, St. Louis Children's Museum, St. Louis
- Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- Missouri Historical Society Missouri History Museum, St. Louis
- Museum of Art & Archaeology, University of Missouri - Columbia
- Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Kansas City
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
- The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis
- St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis
- St. Louis Zoo, St. Louis
- Science City at Union Station, Kansas City
- Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City, Kansas City
- Harry S. Truman Library & Museum, Independence
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Ohio
- Akron Art Museum
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
- Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum
- The Bicycle Museum of America
- Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
- Butler Institute of American Art
- Carillon Historical Park, Dayton
- Cincinnati Art Museum
- Cincinnati Fire Museum
- Cincinnati Museum Center
- Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
- Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
- The Contemporary Arts Center
- COSI
- The Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center
- Dayton Art Institute
- Drake Planetarium
- Thomas Edison Birthplace Museum
- The Firelands Museum of Military History
- Fort Meigs Museum, Maumee
- Great Lakes Science Center
- Harmar Station
- Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
- Historic Sauder Village
- The Inland Seas Maritime Museum of the Great Lakes Historical Society, Vermilion
- Inventure Place, The National Inventors Hall of Fame
- Maritime Museum of Sandusky
- McKinley Museum and McKinley National Memorial
- The National Aviation Hall of Fame
- The Ohio Historical Society, Columbus
- Ohio Museum of Transportation
- The Ohio State University Insect Collection
- Oxford Museum Association (Doty Homestead, Pioneer Barn, Black Covered Bridge, DeWitt Homestead), Oxford
- Piqua Historical Area
- Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Ritter Planetarium and Brooks Observatory
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Shaker Historical Society and Museum
- The Steamer William G. Mather Museum
- SunWatch Indian Village/Archaeological Park
- Toledo Firefighters Museum
- The Toledo Museum of Art
- Toledo Zoo
- Welsh Jaguar Classic Car Museum
- Western Reserve Historical Society
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Wisconsin
- The Angel Museum, Beloit
- Circus World Museum, Baraboo
- Door County Maritime Museum, Sturgeon Bay
- EAA AirVenture Museum, Oshkosh
- Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin - Madison
- The Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University
- Heritage Hill State Historical Park, Green Bay
- Hoard Historical Museum, Fort Atkinson
- Houdini Historical Center, Appleton
- The House on the Rock, Spring Green
- International Clown Hall of Fame, Milwaukee
- Little Norway, Blue Mounds
- The Milton House Museum Historic Site, Milton
- Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
- Milwaukee County Zoo, Milwaukee
- Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee
- Mount Horeb Mustard Museum, Mount Horeb
- National Railroad Museum, Green Bay
- Old World Wisconsin, Eagle (All Wisconsin Historical Society Historic Sites)
- Oshkosh Public Museum, Oshkosh
- Outagamie County Historical Society, Appleton
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum, Madison
- Wisconsin Historical Museum, Madison
- Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc
- Wisconsin Veterans Museum, Madison
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Updated 08/20/2008
This list is provided by the Michigan Historical Center. Please contact us if you find an outdated link here, or send us a midwestern museum URL to add.
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