Calendar of Events

Children will observe and investigate worms in their natural habitats.

Explore movement with a ribbon wand as it twirls in the wind.

Be an explorer. Go on a hunt to find different species of insects native to Illinois in Habitat Park.

Chagall for Children Closes to the Public

The Museum will be closed from Monday, Sept. 1 through Friday, Sept. 5 for our annual clean-up week. The Museum will reopen with sparkle and shine on Saturday, Sept. 6.

Enjoy a book reading and signing with Velisse Ammons Williams, author of Candy-Colored Friends. Free with Museum admission.

Create a colorful wind sock made from different types of materials to explore the movement of the wind.

Do a simple painless cheek swab to submit your DNA to a national database and determine if you can be a bone marrow donor for a person in need.

Testing fee may apply.

Use your prediction skills to test the power of air and wind by moving different objects such as blocks, feathers, straws, cardboard and more.

To complement the Let's Play Railway exhibit, the Museum is featuring rides around the Museum property on a fully operational kiddie train.

To complement the Let's Play Railway exhibit, the Museum is featuring rides around the Museum property on a fully operational kiddie train.

It’s full steam ahead as Kohl Children’s Museum debuts their newest exhibit, Let’s Play Railway! The exhibit will run through May 4, 2009.

As members, you’re invited to quarterly free members-only evenings. Please RSVP below.

Children will arrange and glue squares, rectangles, circles and triangles to design different types of train cars.

Let's Play Railway will have a grand opening celebration on October 7!

To complement the Let's Play Railway exhibit, the Museum is featuring rides around the Museum property on a fully operational kiddie train.

The Museum will be open late (until 5 p.m.)

The Museum will close early (at 2 p.m.) for our annual gala event, An Evening to Imagine

Children will explore simple machines that are used by trains.

Children will explore size, shape and textures of pumpkins.

We are blending technology with nature at this exciting event, the Turkey Trot!

Learn how to shell corn while exploring volume and measurement. Use corn cobs as a printing tool to create unique textured patterns.

The Museum will be open late (until 5 p.m.)

The Museum will be closed for the Thanksgiving Day holiday.

Usborne has books for kids of all ages. From board books to fascinating non-fiction to stories of pirates, princesses and animals. The pictures are great!