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
- 1843 Durant-Peterson House Museum / St. Charles
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum / Springfield
- American Writers Museum / Chicago
- *Art Institute of Chicago / Chicago
- Bistro Verde / Springfield
- Bix Beiderbecke Museum & Archive / Davenport, IA
- Bronzeville Children’s Museum / Chicago
- Buffalo Grove Park District Community Arts Center / Buffalo Grove
- Cantigny / Wheaton
- Chicago Botanic Garden / Glencoe
- Chicago Children’s Museum / Chicago
- Chicago History Museum / Chicago
- Chicago Hounds Major League Rugby / Chicago
- Chicago Maritime Museum / Chicago
- Chicago Stars FC / Chicago
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Chicago
- Chicago Tempest Women’s Pro Rugby / Chicago
- *Children’s Discovery Museum / Normal
- Civil War Museum / Kenosha, WI
- David Davis Mansion Historical Site / Bloomington
- Dillon Home Museum / Sterling
- Des Plaines History Center / Des Plaines
- Dinosaur Discovery Museum / Kenosha, WI
- Discovery Center Museum / Rockford
- DuPage Children’s Museum / Naperville
- DuPage Symphony Orchestra / Naperville
- Edwards Place / Springfield
- Evanston History Center / Evanston
- Exploration Station / Bourbonnais
- First Floor Theater / Chicago
- Forest Park Nature Center / Peoria
- German American Heritage Center & Museum / Davenport, IA
- Griffin Museum of Science & Industry / Chicago
- Haitian American Museum of Chicago / Chicago
- Harris Theater for Music & Dance / Chicago
- Historic Auto Attractions / Roscoe
- Illinois Holocaust Museum / Skokie
- Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra / Peru
- Kenosha Public Museum / Kenosha, WI
- Kidzeum of Health and Science / Springfield
- Lincoln Heritage Museum / Lincoln
- Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art / Oak Brook
- Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art / Evanston
- The Morton Arboretum / Lisle
- Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago / Chicago
- National Museum of Mexican Art / Chicago
- Normal CornBelters / Normal
- Oakton College Performing Arts Center / Des Plaines
- Peoria Playhouse Children’s Museum / Peoria
- Quad City Botanical Center / Rock Island
- Raupp Museum / Buffalo Grove
- Springfield Art Association / Springfield
- Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum & Gardens / Rockford
- Vermilion County Museum / Danville
- Volo Museum / Volo
- Western Illinois Museum / Macomb
- Wheels O’ Time Museum / Dunlap
This list was last updated on June 20, 2025. 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/
