Chicago's super niche, super special museum, even if you skip school!

Chicago as the art capital, of course, there are no fewer museums, but the downtown museum is always a lot of people, organized three super niche museums, (general people I don't tell him), come and see if you like it.

🏆American Museum of Magic

Located in Michigan, the American Museum of Magic has more than 350,000 magic artifacts on site, which is perfect for children to explore the magical world. There are a lot of old magic props and posters, and some legendary characters' stories.

🎫 Admission: Adult $7, child $4.5, under 5 years old free
📅 Opening hours: December - March by appointment only, April - November Wednesday - Saturday 10am-4pm Sun 12pm-4pm
📌 Address: 107 E. Michigan Ave.Marshall, MI 49068



🏆Volo Auto Museum

An hour and a half from Chicago, from Thunderbirds and Oldsmobiles from the 50s to Britney Spears' 2006 Mercedes-Benz. Elvis Presley's 1974 Cadillac, and there's a batmobile exhibit that Batman fans can't miss ️

🎫 Admission: Adult $19.95, child 5-12 $12.95, 65 and older $17.95, younger than 5 free
⏰ Business hours: 10am-5pm
📌 Address: Volo Auto Museum 27582 Volo Village Rd. Volo, IL 60073

🏆Illinois Railway Museum

IRYM is the largest railroad museum in the United States, an hour and a half from Chicago, where you can visit a large number of antique train cars. From the steam trains of the 1800s, to the recently decommissioned CTA Red Line train cars.

Founded in 1953, it is the largest railway museum in the United States, with a collection of hundreds of various rolling stock and some special trains of the American railway in the past 150 years, covering an area of more than 1 square kilometers.


At the open house last weekend, many of the national precious collections were put into operation, and a round-the-clock ride was also opened on the circular line (tram) inside the museum and about 20km of lines outside the museum. As a fan, it was extremely moving to see a milestone in the history of American rail come to life today.

In addition, the museum also has different opening activities every weekend, many weekends the 1929 Shay5 vertical cylinder steam locomotive and 1918 Frisco1630 heavy load steam locomotive of the St. Louis San Francisco Railway Company will be online, taking visitors to experience the shock of the industrial age 100 years ago.

🎫 Admission: Adult $12 - $16, child 2-12 $9 - $12, youth 13-17 $10 - $14, age 65 and older $10 - $14
📌 Illinois Railway Museum 7000 Olson Road, Union, Illinois 60180

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