Hours & Info All your basic museum info right here!
To make your visit spectacular, Children’s Museum of Illinois offers the following amenities for our visitors.
PARKING
The Museum offers free parking. Our parking lot can be accessed by turning off of South Country Club Road onto Imagination Place, right in front of the Children’s Museum.
FOOD
Mess Hall
For your convenience, the Museum’s Mess Hall is located on the second floor and offers tables, chairs, and high chairs. You may bring your own lunch or snacks. Beverage and snack vending machines are also located in the Mess Hall.
We appreciate your kindness in throwing away trash and leaving your seating clean for the next visitor.
Picnic Area
There is a picnic area located outside near our firetruck and helicopter.
Drinking Fountains
Drinking fountains are located downstairs in our front hall.
FOR YOUR STUFF
Coat and Bag Lockers
There are lockers in the Coat Room near the entrance by the front desk. Lockers are available to rent for $.50.
Missing Something?
Lost and found is located at the Museum’s front desk.
GETTING AROUND
Handicap Accessibility
Children’s Museum of Illinois is fully accessible.
Elevator
We have two elevators to take visitors to the second floor. Elevators are located near the west stairwell and in Heroes Hall.
RESTROOMS
Restrooms with Changing Tables
All restrooms are equipped with changing tables.
Family Restroom
Two family restrooms are located in the Mess Hall on the second floor, as well as in Heroes Hall.
Forget the Diapers?
Diapers in varying sizes are available for purchase at the Museum’s front desk.
Photo & Video Disclaimer
Photos and/or videos taken at Children’s Museum of Illinois and associated events may be published in print or posted online for download, in online photo albums, on photo/video sharing sites such as YouTube and/or on social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, WordPress, or TikTok. Photos and videos may also be made available on CD, DVD, Flash Memory devices, or through email.
By paying admission to the Museum and/or attending an event, photos and videos of you at the event may be published in any or all of the above-mentioned media and devices at the sole discretion of Children’s Museum of Illinois. By your attendance at the Museum, you are consenting to photographs being taken and shared through the above-listed platform(s) unless you expressly revoke your consent in the manner stated below.
Please note that Children’s Museum of Illinois staff members are instructed to ask permission from parents or guardians before taking photos of individual children. If a parent or guardian declines to have their child photographed, the Museum staff member has been instructed to refrain from photographing the family. If a staff member refuses to comply with your request, please email info@cmofil.org
Inclusion and Accommodations
Children’s Museum of Illinois is an inclusive museum with facilities, offices, exhibits, services, programs, and staff accessible to all. We are proud to offer the following accommodations to anyone who can benefit from them:
Wheelchair Accessibility
- The entire museum is wheelchair accessible.
- Elevators serve each of the museum’s floors.
- All bathrooms and water fountains are wheelchair accessible.
- Service animals are always welcome.
Assistive Devices
The following devices are available at the museum’s admissions desk:
- Sound-reducing headphones
- Sunglasses
