Children's Discovery Museum of Central Illinois - 716 East Empire Street, Bloomington, IL 61701, 309/829-6222.  Tuesday, Wednesday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Friday, Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Admission $3.00/person over age 2.  Interactive museum - lots of hands on.  Exhibits include:  Kids Bank, Kids Grocery, Toddler Town, and much more!
Illinois State University Galleries - 110  Center for the Visual Arts, Campus Box 5620, Normal, IL   61790-5620, 309/438.5487.  Tuesday 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Wednesday through Friday 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday through Monday 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Contemporary art in a variety of media.
Illinois State University Planetarium - Felmley Hall of Science, College Avenue and School Street, Normal, IL  61790, 309/438-8756.  See web site for public show hours and admission information, or call for private group show information.  Many special group shows available.
McLean County Museum of History - 200 North Main Street, Bloomington, IL&nbssp; 61701, 309/827-0428.  Monday and Wednesday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m.; Tuesday 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Admission $2.00/adult (over 12 years) or $1.00/children 12 and younger; Tuesday is free day.  Local history; permanent and temporary exhibits, including some hands-on.
Moraine View State Recreation Area - R.R. 2, Box 110, LeRoy, IL 61752, 309/724-8032.  Picnicking, camping, group trail rides (including horse rental), fishing, and other outdoor opportunities.  Call for hours and admission information.

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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