Chicago family weekend planner
Chicago museums for kids and families
Family-friendly museums in Chicago: hands-on science, art, history, and children's museums, plus their upcoming free days and family programs. Browse 30 family-friendly spots and 4 upcoming events on FamHop.
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Upcoming museums
- Family Museum Program · Saturday, May 16, 2026
Field Museum Events, Chicago · $
- Family Museum Program · Sunday, May 17, 2026
Field Museum Events, Chicago · $
- Family Museum Program · Saturday, May 23, 2026
Field Museum Events, Chicago · $
- Family Museum Program · Sunday, May 24, 2026
Field Museum Events, Chicago · $
Museums spots
- Chicago Board of Trade Building Museum · Chicago
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- Money Museum · Chicago
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- Pritzker Military Museum & Library · Chicago
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- The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago
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- Chicago Architecture Center · Chicago
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- Field Museum · Chicago
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- Museum of Ice Cream · Chicago
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- Chicago History Museum · Chicago
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- International Museum of Surgical Science · Chicago
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- National Museum of Mexican Art · Chicago
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- Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art · Chicago
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- Ukrainian National Museum · Chicago
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- Chicago Maritime Museum · Chicago
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- The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum · Chicago
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- National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture · Chicago
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- Busy Beaver Button Museum · Chicago
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- DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center · Chicago
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- Fire Museum of Greater Chicago · Chicago
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- Griffin Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago
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- Stony Island Arts Bank · Chicago
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- Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture · Chicago
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- Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Museum · Oak Park
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- 16 Inch Softball Hall of Fame Museum · Forest Park
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- Hal Tyrrell Trailside Museum of Natural History · River Forest
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- Riverside Historical Museum · Riverside
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- Bronzeville Children's Museum · Chicago
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- Vanderpoel Art Museum · Chicago
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- Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum · Evanston
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- Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center · Skokie
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- Ekdahl House Museum · Western Springs
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