
Explore More Illinois is a free service that offers 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. Participating attractions are located across Illinois, eastern Iowa, and southern Wisconsin.
Featured Locations

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Step inside key moments in Lincoln's life, from triumph to tragedy. Explore immersive displays and shows that drive home the human costs of slavery and war.

Chicago Children's Museum
There are so many ways to play at Chicago Children's Museum! Climb on our Cloud Buster, hide in a tree house, construct a skyscraper, tinker with real tools, fish in a river, make art you can take home and so much more.

Children's Discovery Museum
The Children’s Discovery Museum inspires the love of learning. We offer 3 floors of hands-on exhibits that actively engage visitors of all ages in experiences that stimulate imagination, curiosity, and wonder.

Kidzeum of Health and Science
Kidzeum is designed so that kids of all abilities can explore, learn and have fun while understanding how to make healthy choices for ourselves, our communities and our earth!

Lincoln Park Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo is a 49-acre zoo and arboretum in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois. The zoo offers free admission and welcomes more than 3 million visitors every year.

Museum of Science and Industry
The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry—one of the largest science museums in the world—is home to more than 400,000 square feet of hands-on exhibits designed to spark scientific inquiry and creativity.

Peoria Park District Playhouse Children's Museum
The Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum provides children with the tools and inspiration they need to be explorers and creators of the world.

Peoria Riverfront Museum
The Peoria Riverfront Museum is a unique multidisciplinary institution of art, science, history, and achievement.

The Forge; Lemont Quarries
The Forge is a state-of-the-art adventure park designed to deliver unique year-round activities for adventurers of all ages and abilities.

Wheels O' Time Museum
The Wheels O' Time mission is to provide a facility where folks of all ages can see, hear and sometimes touch items representing transportation, industry, farm and home life, as well as entertainment from times past, from mostly in the central Ill