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Adams County Field Trip Ideas
All-Wars
Museum - 1707 N. 12th St., Quincy, IL 62301; Telephone: (217)
222-8641 ext. 338. Their website indicates that they are open
Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m. to noon, and every day from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
(except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years) and that they take
donations but admission is free. Go to website for more info.
Dr. Richard Eell's
House - 415 Jersey Street, Quincy, IL 62301; Telephone: 217/224-1799.
Underground railroad site.
Gardner Museum
of Architecture and Design - 332 Maine Street, Quincy, IL;
Telephone: (217) 224-6873 Tuesday through Sunday 1 p.m.
to 5 p.m. Admission rates: Adult - $2; Senior Adult - $1;
Child - $0.50
Governor John Wood Mansion - 425 S. 12th Street, Quincy, IL; Telephone
(217) 222-1835. Open 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends (April through
October) for guided tours. Group tours can be arranged at other
times in advance. Admission rates: Adult - $2; Student - $1.
Quincy Art Center
- 1515 Jersey Street - Quincy, IL 62301; Telephone: (217) 223-5900
Visual arts museum offering tours, hands-on classes for children
from age 5 and adults. They also host several art competitions
and a variety of temporary exhibits, as well as their own permanent
collections. Admission details not given on web site.
Quincy Community Theatre
- 300 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 118, Quincy, IL 62301; Telephone:
(217)222-3209 2001 Season includes "Stuart Little" and
"James and the Giant Peach".
Quincy Symphony Opera
Association - 428 Maine Street, Suite 270, Quincy, IL 62301;
Telephone: (217) 222-2856 Offerings include a Youth Orchestra
and a Children's Choir. Website does not have current calendar
of productions.
Siloam
Springs State Park - 938 E. 3003rd Lane, Clayton, IL 62324;
Telephone: (217) 894-6205 Picnicking, camping, boat/canoe
rentals (seasonal), riding paths (bring your own horse, as there
are no rentals available), fishing, hiking, hunting, and winter
sports.
World Freefall Convention 2001
- Quincy (Adams Co), IL - August 3 - 12 2001 - 1659 Hwy. 104,
Quincy, IL 62301; Telephone: (217) 222-5867. This is an annual
skydiving convention.
PLEASE NOTE: It should go without saying, but HOUSE assumes absolutely no responsibility for anything that occurs while you are partaking of a field trip with your family. In addition, please contact the site of your field trip before you go to verify that you have current information on hours, admission prices, and other details. The field trip information herein has been gathered in an exhaustive search of the various counties and localities on the web. The information is thus only as accurate and current as the information on the various web sites from which it was gathered.
If you have information about field trip possibilities in your area, please drop us an email at admin@illinoishouse.org and let us know about it, including the county name, so that we can review and possibly include it in our Field Trip Idea pages. If you have a brochure about a field trip site that you would like to mail to us, please mail it to c/o P.O. Box 74, Ringwood, IL 60072