Air Classics Museum of Aviation - Aurora Airport - Veterans Memorial Parkway, 43W636 US 30, Sugar Grove, IL 60554, 630/466-0888.  Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday noon to 4 p.m.; Guided tours for groups are available but reservations much be made at least one week ahead.  Call for admission information.  Dedicated to aviation history; many hands-on activities.
Blackberry Historical Farm-Village - 100 S. Barnes Rd, Aurora, IL 60506, 630/892-1550.  Open April 24 through Labor Day 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily;  Labor Day through October 12: Friday through Sunday 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  For residents: $3.75/adult, $3.25/child/senior.  For non-residents: $7.50/adult; $6.50/child/senior.  Under 2, free.  Five museum buildings, including a Farm Museum and Early Streets Museum.  Period craft demonstrations; haywagon rides; and more.
Garfield Farm and Inn Museum - 3N016 Garfld Road, LaFox, IL 60147, 630//584-8485.  June through September, Sunday and Wednesday 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.  Other hours by appointment year-round.  Call for admission prices.  A number of special events occur throughout the year, including hands-on learning opportunities, such as basket-weaving, fireplace cooking, etc., recalling farm life in the first half of the nineteenth century.
SciTech Interactive Science Center - 18 West Benton Street, Aurora, IL 60506, 630/859-3434.  See web site for hours, parking location, and admission information.  Exhibits include the Midwest Wild Weather and Chemistry.  Lots of hands-on activities.
Waubonsie Valley High School Planetarium - 2590 Ogden Ave., Aurora, IL 60504, 630-375-3247. A unique facility best described as a 'celestial classroom'. All programs are presented live by the planetarium director, and are more like lessons than shows. The programs are set up by grade level and address the curriculum established by Indian Prairie School District #204. However, outside school districts and home schooling groups are welcome. The programs run approximately 45-60 minutes. Admission is $1 for students (8th grade & under) and $2 for adults (and high school students). There is a minimum fee of $30. Reservations are required and can be made after September 15, 2006. Contact Stephanie Gove at (630) 375-3247 for further details and to make reservations.

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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