Bicentennial Art Center and Museum - 132 South Central Avenue, Paris, IL 61944, 217/466-8130.  Hours:  Tuesday through Friday noon to 4:00 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 1:00 p.m.to 3:00 p.m.  Call for admissions information.  Features local artists in a variety of media.
Edgar County Historical Museum -    414 North Main, Paris, IL 61944, 217/463-5305.  Wednesday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Sunday 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Local history; Victorian house and log cabin.  Call for admission information.
Pumpkin Works - 21788 Lower Terre Haute Road, Paris, IL. 61944, 217-275-3327.  Open September and October only.  Hours:  September: Saturdays 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Sundays Noon to 6:00 p.m.; Labor Day 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; October: Monday through Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Sunday Noon to 6:00 p.m.  See web site for ticket/admission information; group rates available.  Mazes, hayrides, bonfires, Madhouse Museum, petting zoo, and more.

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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