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Rockford, Illinois

  • Ethnic Heritage Museum

    The Ethnic Heritage Museum is an 1850's house dedicated to depicting the roles six ethnic groups played in area history: African-American, Hispanic, Irish, Italian, Lithuanian and Polish. Special even...
    Ethnic Heritage Museum

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Coronado Theatre

The Coronado Theatre is a fantastically ornate movie palace and Vaudeville hall built in 1927 and restored in 2000. The Coronado hosted legends of show business, the Marx Brothers and Milton Berle. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Coronado showed its first "talkie,"

Rockford, IL Historic Theatres

Burpee Museum of Natural History

Burpee Museum is a natural history museum specializing in paleontology, geology, biology, and Native American life with three floors of exhibits. After four years of preparation, Jane is now on display as the centerpiece of a new exhibit at Burpee Museum - Jane: Diary of a Dinosaur

Rockford, IL Museums

Mitchell's Holsteins Dairy Farm

A family farm since 1960, with a dairy herd of 100 milking cows and 100 replacement heifers, plus 320 acres of corn, 85 acres of alfalfa, 75 acres of soybeans, 40

Rockford, IL Tours

Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum

An example of exotic Victorian architecture, Robert Tinker's 1865 Swiss "cottage" has ornate woodwork, sculptures and family furnishings; the new Visitor Center is a replica of the original barn; newly restored suspension footbridge;

Rockford, IL Museums

NickelWorld, Inc.

Family amusement center with more than 78 free and five-cent games; 40 redemption games dispense tickets to redeem for prizes; 30 video and novelty games. Area provided for waiting parents;

Rockford, IL Fun Centers

Things to do near Rockford, IL

Aldeen Golf Club

Course Access: PublicHoles: 18Reserve Advance Tee Times: 7 days...

Sinnissippi Park Golf Club

Course Access: PublicHoles: 9Reserve Advance Tee Times: Yes...

Chaplin Creek Historic Village

Home of the Franklin Grove Area Historical Society, Chaplin Creek is an evolving prairie community set in the 1835-1895 perio...

Marinelli Field

Minor league baseball field with full facilities and grandstands, plus soccer fields and baseball diamonds in attractive, riv...