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
- Annoyance Theatre / Chicago
- Buffalo Grove Park District Community Arts Center / Buffalo Grove
- Butterworth Center & Deere-Wiman House / Moline
- Chicago Children’s Museum / Chicago
- Chicago History Museum / Chicago
- Chicago Maritime Museum / Chicago
- Civil War Museum / Kenosha, WI
- Dillon Home Museum / Sterling
- Dinosaur Discovery Museum / Kenosha, WI
- Discovery Center Museum / Rockford
- DuPage Symphony Orchestra / Naperville
- Edwards Place / Springfield
- Elgin Symphony Orchestra / Elgin
- Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park / Oak Park
- Exploration Station…a children’s museum Bourbonnais Park District / Bourbonnais
- Fox River Grove Memorial Public Library / Fox River Grove
- German American Heritage Center & Museum / Davenport, IA
- Governor John Wood Mansion from the Historical Society of Quincy & Adams County / Quincy
- Hegeler Carus Mansion / LaSalle
- Illinois Holocaust Museum / Skokie
- Kankakee County Museum / Kankakee
- Kenosha Public Museum / Kenosha, WI
- Kidzeum of Health and Science / Springfield
- Lansing Historical Society Museum / Lansing
- Lincoln Heritage Museum / Lincoln
- Lincoln Land Community College Athletic Department / Springfield
- Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art / Oak Brook
- Love’s Sweet Arrow / Tinley Park
- Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art / Evanston
- Metropolis Performing Arts Center / Arlington Heights
- Museum of Broadcast Communications / Chicago
- Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College / Chicago
- Museum of Science and Industry / Chicago
- Museum of the Grand Prairie / Mahomet
- North Suburban Library District / Loves Park and Roscoe
- Peoria Riverfront Museum / Peoria
- Pritzker Military Museum & Library / Chicago
- Raupp Museum / Buffalo Grove
- Rockford Art Museum / Rockford
- Soulside Healing Arts / Peoria
- Springfield Art Association / Springfield
- Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum & Gardens / Rockford
- Vermilion County Museum / Danville
This list was last updated on December 15, 2022. The list of participating and attractions and their offers are subject to change, 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/