What is Explore More Illinois?
Explore More Illinois is a free service provided by your library that provides instant online access to free and discounted tickets to museums, science centers, and other fun and local cultural venues.
Participating Attractions
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum / Springfield
- American Writers Museum / Chicago
- *Art Institute of Chicago / Chicago
- Bistro Verde / Springfield
- Bronzeville Children’s Museum / Chicago
- *Brookfield Zoo / Brookfield
- Buffalo Grove Park District Community Arts Center / Buffalo Grove
- Butterworth Center & Deere-Wiman House / Moline
- Chicago Academy of Sciences Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum / Chicago
- Chicago Botanic Garden / Glencoe
- Chicago Children’s Museum / Chicago
- Chicago Maritime Museum / Chicago
- *Children’s Discovery Museum / Normal
- Civil War Museum / Kenosha, WI
- David Davis Mansion Historical Site / Bloomington
- Des Plaines History Center / Des Plaines
- Dinosaur Discovery Museum / Kenosha, WI
- Discovery Center Museum / Rockford
- DuPage Children’s Museum / Naperville
- DuPage Symphony Orchestra / Naperville
- The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center / Chicago
- Edwards Place / Springfield
- Ellwood House / Dekalb
- Exploration Station / Bourbonnais
- *Field Museum / Chicago
- Fox River Grove Memorial Public Library / Fox River Grove
- German American Heritage Center & Museum / Davenport, IA
- *Glencoe Beach / Glencoe
- Haitian American Museum of Chicago / Chicago
- Historic Auto Attractions / Roscoe
- Illinois Holocaust Museum / Skokie
- The Insect Asylum / Chicago
- Kenosha Public Museum / Kenosha, WI
- Kidzeum of Health and Science / Springfield
- Lincoln Heritage Museum / Lincoln
- Lincoln Land Community College Athletics / Springfield
- Lincoln Park Zoo / Chicago
- Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art / Oak Brook
- Love’s Sweet Arrow / Tinley Park
- Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art / Evanston
- McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage / Glen Ellyn
- McCormick Bridgehouse and Chicago River Museum / Chicago
- Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago / Chicago
- Museum of Science and Industry / Chicago
- National Museum of Mexican Art / Chicago
- National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture / Chicago
- North Suburban Library District / Loves Park and Roscoe
- Normal Theater / Normal
- Peoria Playhouse Children’s Museum / Peoria
- *Peoria Riverfront Museum / Peoria
- Pritzker Military Museum & Library / Chicago
- Raupp Museum / Buffalo Grove
- Soulside Healing Arts / Peoria
- Springfield Art Association / Springfield
- Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum & Gardens / Rockford
- Whim Chicago @ Stage 773 / Chicago
- Vermilion County Museum / Danville
- Volo Museum / Volo
- Western Illinois Museum / Macomb
- Young People’s Theatre of Chicago / Chicago
This list was last updated on March 28, 2024. The list of participating and attractions and their offers are subject to change.
*Not all attractions will be available to all libraries. Please log into Explore More Illinois to see the most current offerings.
How do I get a Pass?
Log in with your library card credentials and browse for passes by date or attractions. When you log in, you will see the current day’s events. To view all attractions, click the text link “All Attractions” that is located next to today’s date at the upper left hand side of the page. Make your reservation and print or download your pass shortly before your visit. You can have two active reservations per library card. Please cancel your reservation(s) if unable to attend, otherwise the reservation will count as being used. Remember that once you print or download your pass you cannot cancel your reservation.
- Find an attraction/make a reservation
- For more information visit: https://exploremoreillinois.org/
