Wondering which museums are located in the Midwest? See below!
This is a sample of museums located in the Midwest region. To see a list of active members of our network, join AMM or log into your member account at members.midwestmuseums.org to access our searchable member directory.
ILLINOIS
Abraham Lincoln Pres Library & Museum
Anthropology Museum at NIU
Arlington Heights Historical Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Batavia Depot Museum
bataviahistoricalsociety.org/depot_museum
Bishop Hill Heritage Association
Blackberry Farm Pioneer Village
Blackwell History of Education Museum (Northern Illinois University)
Burpee Museum of Natural History
Butterworth Center & Deere-Wiman House
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts
Chicago Academy of Sciences — Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Chicago Cultural Alliance
Chicago History Museum
Chicago Maritime Society
Children’s Discovery Museum
DePaul University Museum
Des Plaines Historical Society
Discovery Center Museum
DuPage Children’s Museum
DuPage County Historical Museum
DuSable Museum
Elgin Area Historical Society
Elgin Public Museum
Ellwood House Museum
Elmhurst Historical Museum
Erlander Swedish Home Museum
Evanston History Center
First Division Museum of Cantigny
Freeport Art Museum
Glen Ellyn Historical Society
Glessner House Museum
Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
Illinois State Historical Society
Illinois State Museum
International Walldog Mural & Sign Art
Jack Olson Gallery
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
John G. Shedd Aquarium
Joliet Area Historical Museum
Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum Benedictine University
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Lake County Discovery Museum
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens
Lombard Historical Society
Loyola University Museum of Art
Loyola University of Chicago Cuneo Mansion and Gardens
Macon County Historical Society
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
McHenry County College
McHenry County Historical Society
McLean County Museum of History
Mendota Museum & Historical Society
Midwest Open Air Museums Coordinating Council
Morton Grove Park District
Museum of Contemporary Art — Chicago
Museum of the Grand Prairie
Museum of Science & Industry
Museums at Lisle Station Park
lisleparkdistrict.org/museum.htm
Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park
National Great Rivers Museum
Northern Illinois University Art Museum
National Indo-American Museum
Norwood Park Historical Society
norwoodparkhistoricalsociety.org
Oriental Institute Museum
oi.uchicago.edu/OI/default.html
Ottawa Scouting Museum
Peoria Historical Society
Peoria Riverfront Museum
Poplar Grove Vintage Wings & Wheels Museum
Raupp Museum
Richard H. Driehaus Museum
Robert R. McCormick Museum
Rockford Art Museum
Ronald Reagan Museum at Eureka College
Schingoethe Center, Aurora University
SIUE University Museum
siue.edu/community/museum.shtml
Springfield Art Museum
St. Charles Heritage Center
Streamwood Park District
Swedish American Museum
Tarble Arts Center
The Field Museum of Natural History
The Geneva History Center
The Science Center of Southern Illinois
Ukrainian National Museum
University Museum at Southern Illinois University — Carbondale
West Chicago City Museum
Wilmette Historical Museum
Windmill Cultural Center
INDIANA
Art Museum of Greater Lafayette
Auburn-Cord Dusenberg Museum
Ball State University Museum of Art
Brauer Museum of Art
Charley Creek Foundation
Conner Prairie Living History Museum
Creative Company
David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University
Depauw University
Eiteljorg Museum
Evansville Museum of Art, History and Science
Fort Wayne Museum of Art
General Lew Wallace Study & Museum
Hall of Fame Museum Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Historic Madison, Inc.
Indiana Historical Society
Indiana Medical History Museum
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Johnson County Museum of History
Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library
Mathers Museum of World Cultures
Minnetrista Cultural Center
Morris-Butler House Museum
National Model Aviation Museum
North Manchester Center for History
President Benjamin Harrison Home
Richmond Art Museum
South Bend Museum of Art
Studebaker National Museum
Switzerland County Historical Society
Swope Art Museum
The Anderson Center for Fine Arts
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
The History Museum
The Monroe County Historical Society Inc
Wylie House Museum, Indiana University
libraries.indiana.edu/wylie-house-museum
IOWA
African American Historical Museum & Cultural Center of Iowa
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Charles H. MacNider Art Museum
Dubuque Arboretum Association
Dubuque Museum of Art
Family Museum of Arts & Science
Grinnell College Museum of Art
Figge Art Museum
German American Heritage Center
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
Linn County Historical Society
Museum of Danish America
National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library
National Motorcycle Museum
Palmer Museum of Chiropractic History
Pella Historical Society
Putnam Museum and Science Center
Salisbury House & Gardens
Sanford Museum and Planetarium
Science Center of Iowa
The Higgins Museum
University of Iowa Museum of Art
University of IA Pentacrest Museums
University of Northern Iowa Museums
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum
Waterloo Museum of Art
MICHIGAN
Alden B. Dow Home and Studio
Alfred P. Sloan Jr. Museum
Allegan County Old Jail Museum and Historical Society
American Museum of Magic
Arab American National Museum
Bay County Historical Society
Berrien County Historical Association
Broad Art Museum MI State University
Calvin College Center Art Gallery
Cranbrook Institute of Science
Dennos Museum Center—Northwestern Michigan College
Detroit Institute of Art
Detroit Zoological Society
DeVos Art Museum—Northern Michigan University
Edsel & Eleanor Ford House
Ella Sharp Museum
Flint Institute of Arts
Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum
Grand Rapids Art Museum
Grand Rapids Children Museum
Holland Museum
Holocaust Memorial Center
Kelsey Museum
Krasl Art Center
Lakeshore Museum Center
Mackinac State Historic Parks
Mason Co Historical Society
Michigan Women’s Historical Center & Hall of Fame
North Berrien Historical Society
Organization for Bat Conservation
Plymouth Historical Museum
Public Museum of West Michigan
Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society
The Henry Ford
The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
The Kalamazoo Valley Museum
The Museum at Southwestern Michigan College
Tri-Cities Museum
Turtle Museum of Ann Arbor
University of Michigan Museum of Art
MINNESOTA
American Swedish Institute
The Bakken
Carleton College
Dakota County Historical Society
Dorothy Molter Museum
Excelsior Springs Historical Museum & Archives
Flaten Art Museum St. Olaf College
stolaf.edu/collections/flaten/
Gammelgarden Museum
Goldstein Museum of Design at the University of Minnesota
Goodhue County Historical Society
Hennepin History Museum
Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County
Koochiching County Historical Society
McLeod County Historical Society
Midwest Art Conservation Center
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minnesota Children’s Museum
Minnesota Discovery Center
Minnesota Historical Society
National Frontier Trails Museum
Richfield Historical Society
Rochester Art Center
Science Museum of Minnesota
Stearns History Museum
Textile Center
The Ramsey County Historical Society
The Works
Tweed Museum of Art — University of Minnesota, Duluth
Walker Art Center
Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota
Wells Fargo History Museum
Winona County Historical Society
MISSOURI
Advertising Icon Museum
Air & Military Museum of Ozarks
Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art
Andrew County Museum and Historical Society
Bootheel Youth Museum
Campbell House Museum
Clay County Historic Sites
Contemporary Art Museum St Louis
Delta Dental Health Theater
First Missouri State Capitol SHS
Holocaust Museum & Learning Center
International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum
Kansas City Museum/Union Station Kansas City, Inc.
Laumeier Sculpture Park
Laura Ingalls Wilder Home Association
Margaret Harwell Art Museum
Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum
May Gallery — Webster University
Missouri History Museum
National Churchill Museum
National World War 1 Museum
Ralph Foster Museum
Saint Louis Art Museum
Saint Louis Science Center
SEMO State University Museum
Spiva Center for the Arts
Springfield Art Museum
St. Louis Zoo
The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog
The Division of State Parks and Recreation
Field House Museum
The Magic House — St. Louis Children’s Museum
The Museum of Osteopathic Medicine
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
The Toy & Miniature Museum of Kansas City
University of Central Missouri Archives and Museum
OHIO
Canton Museum of Art
Cincinnati Museum Center
Cincinnati Public Library, Acquisitions
Cleveland Clinic Art Program, Arts & Medicine Inst
clevelandclinic.org/arts_medicine/default.aspx
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Codington County Heritage Museum
Columbus Museum of Art
DAAP Galleries University of Cincinnati
Decorative Arts Center
Denison Museum
Great Lakes Science Center
Kennedy Museum of Art
Maritime Museum of Sandusky
Massillon Museum
McKinley Memorial Library
Miami University Art Museum
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Oberlin Heritage Center
Ohio Historical Society
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Ross Art Museum
Springfield Museum of Art
The Canton Museum of Art
Toledo Museum of Art
Western Reserve Fire Museum
Western Reserve Historical Society
Wilmington College Quaker Heritage Center
Zanesville Art Center
WISCONSIN
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
Arvid E. Miller Library/Museum
mohican-nsn.gov/Departments/Library-Museum/
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum
Cable Natural History Museum
Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion
Chazen Museum of Art
Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Art Museum
Children’s Museum of Fond Du Lac Inc
Chippewa Valley Museum
City of Platteville — Museum Department
platteville.org/CityDepts/MiningRolloJamisonMuseums/ tabid/1859/Default.aspx
Deke Slayton Memorial Space and Bicycle Museum
Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse Preservation Society
Dunn County Historical Society
Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum
Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection
Jewish Museum Milwaukee
John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Kenosha County Historical Society/Kenosha History
Kenosha Public Museum
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
Logan Museum of Anthropology
Madeline Island Museum
Madison Children’s Museum
Marathon County Historical Society
Military Veterans Museum & Education Center
Miller Art Museum
Milwaukee Art Museum
Milwaukee Public Museum
Mitchell Gallery of Flight
Museum of Wisconsin Art
Neville Public Museum
Oneida Nation Museum
Oshkosh Public Museum
Outagamie County Historical Society
Port Washington Historical Society
portwashingtonhistoricalsociety.org
Racine Heritage Museum
Racine Art Museum
Rahr-West Art Museum
Rock County Historical Society
Sheboygan County Historical Society & Museum
co.sheboygan.wi.us/html/d_museum.html
The Charles Allis and Villa Terrace Art Museums
UW Geology Museum
Washington County Historical Society
Waukesha County Museum
Wisconsin Automotive Museum
Wisconsin Historical Museum
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Wisconsin Veterans Museum
Wright Museum of Art — Beloit College