DeKalb Municipal Band - Live concerts.  See web site for commplete details.
Ellwood House Museum - 509 North First Street, DeKalb, IL, 815/7756-4609.  Guided tours Tuesday through Friday 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.  $4/adult, $1/child 6 to 14 years, free/under 6.  Tours for large groups by reservation.  Buildings include a playhouse built in 1891, Carriage House Museum, barb wire history exhibit and more.
Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra - Performances given at the Egyptian Theateer, 135 N. 2 Street, DeKalb, IL.  See web site for season schedule and ticket info.
Olmstead Museum, Somonauk - South Depot Street, Somonauk, IL, 815/4988-2417.  Sundays, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., closed holidays. Local history museum.
Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area - 4201 Shabbona Grove Road, Shabbona, IL 60550, 815/824-2106.  May 1 to October 31, 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.; remainder of year 8 a.m. to sundown.  Picnicking, hiking, camping, and many more outdoor activities.
Shabbona-Lee-Rollo Historical Museum - 119 W. Comanche, Shabbona, IL 60550,  815/824-2759 or 815/824-2745.  Call for hours and admission info.
 

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

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