Explore More Illinois

What is Explore More Illinois?

Explore More Illinois is a free service provided by your library that provides instant online access to free and discounted tickets to museums, science centers, sporting events, zoos, park districts, theatres, and other fun and local cultural venues.

Check Out A Pass
  1. Log in with your library card credentials and browse for passes by date or attractions. If you do not know your PIN or password, please contact the library.
  2. Make your reservation and print or download your pass shortly before your visit. You can have two active reservations per library card.
  3. Please cancel your reservation(s) if unable to attend, otherwise the reservation will count as being used. Remember that once you print or download your pass you cannot cancel your reservation.
Need Help?

Watch the tutorial video to see how easy it is to use Explore More Illinois. After watching the video, if you require additional assistance, please call the library at 630-260-1550.

Participating Attractions
  1. 40th Chicago International Children’s Film Festival / Chicago
  2. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum / Springfield
  3. American Writers Museum / Chicago
  4. Anderson Japanese Gardens / Rockford
  5. Annoyance Theatre / Chicago
  6. Art Institute of Chicago / Chicago
  7. Bix Beiderbeck Museum & Archive / Davenport, IA
  8. Bistro Verde / Springfield
  9. Bronzeville Children’s Museum / Chicago
  10. Brookfield Zoo / Brookfield
  11. Buffalo Grove Park District Community Arts Center / Buffalo Grove
  12. Butterworth Center & Deere-Wiman House / Moline
  13. Chicago Academy of Sciences Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum / Chicago
  14. Chicago Botanic Garden / Glencoe
  15. Chicago Children’s Museum / Chicago
  16. Chicago History Museum / Chicago
  17. Chicago Maritime Museum / Chicago
  18. Chicago Red Stars / Bridgeview
  19. Children’s Discovery Museum / Normal
  20. Civil War Museum / Kenosha, WI
  21. Community Players / Bloomington, IL
  22. Dillon Home Museum / Sterling
  23. Dinosaur Discovery Museum / Kenosha, WI
  24. Discovery Center Museum / Rockford
  25. DuPage Children’s Museum / Naperville
  26. The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center / Chicago
  27. Edwards Place / Springfield
  28. Ellwood House / Dekalb
  29. Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park / Oak Park
  30. Exploration Station…a children’s museum / Bourbonnais
  31. Field Museum / Chicago
  32. Fox River Grove Memorial Public Library / Fox River Grove
  33. German American Heritage Center & Museum / Davenport, IA
  34. Governor John Wood Mansion from the Historical Society of Quincy & Adams County / Quincy
  35. Haitian American Museum of Chicago / Chicago
  36. Hegeler Carus Mansion / LaSalle
  37. Illinois Holocaust Museum / Skokie
  38. The Insect Asylum / Chicago
  39. Kankakee County Museum / Kankakee
  40. Kenosha Public Museum / Kenosha, WI
  41. Kidzeum of Health and Science / Springfield
  42. Lansing Historical Society Museum / Lansing
  43. Lincoln Heritage Museum / Lincoln
  44. Lincoln Land Community College Athletics / Springfield
  45. Lincoln Park Zoo / Chicago
  46. Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art / Oak Brook
  47. Love’s Sweet Arrow / Tinley Park
  48. Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art / Evanston
  49. McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum / Chicago
  50. Metropolis Performing Arts Center / Arlington Heights
  51. Museum of Contemporary Art / Chicago
  52. Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College / Chicago
  53. Museum of Science and Industry / Chicago
  54. Museum of the Grand Prairie / Mahomet
  55. National Museum of Mexican Art / Chicago
  56. National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture / Chicago
  57. Newberry Library / Chicago
  58. Normal Theater / Normal
  59. North Suburban Library District / Loves Park and Roscoe
  60. Peoria Riverfront Museum / Peoria
  61. Pritzker Military Museum & Library / Chicago
  62. Raupp Museum / Buffalo Grove
  63. Rockford Art Museum / Rockford
  64. Rockford Symphony Youth Orchestra / Rockford
  65. Soulside Healing Arts / Peoria
  66. Springfield Art Association / Springfield
  67. Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum & Gardens / Rockford
  68. Vermilion County Museum / Danville
  69. Wheels O’ Time / Dunlap

This list was last updated on October 10, 2023. The list of participating and attractions and their offers are subject to change. Not all attractions will be available to all libraries. Please log into Explore More Illinois to see the most current offerings.