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Home museum in Rockford's first brick home, built by a Swedish family in 1871. Collections include Rockford-made furniture, Charlotte Weibull doll collection and artifacts pertaining to Swedish immigration and Rockford's Swedish heritage.

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


Anderson Japanese Gardens

Rockford's 12-acre, "pond-strolling"

Rockford, IL Gardens

Klehm Arboretum and Botanic Garden

Modern buildings, themed gardens and groves accessed by miles of paved and chip paths, workshops, special events, an art gallery and gift shop make this 150-acre premier garden, with plantings dating back to 1910

Rockford, IL Aboretums

Things to do near Rockford, IL

Watchekee's Revenge

Indian exhibit of local Kankakee County tribal artifacts, historic lore, narrative, Native American Library and Old Northwest...

Oak Club Of Genoa

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

Bon Vivant Country Club -North

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

Lincoln The Debater Statue

The famous Lincoln The Debater Statue was designed by Leonard Crunelle of Chicago and was presented to Freeport at the 71st a...

Park Hills Golf Club -West

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