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Area museums offer cure for summer boredom with Passport to Adventure

Over 50 Kane and DuPage area museums participate in this free summertime program for kids

Did you know that there are affordable family-focused excursions all around you?  The local museums in Kane and DuPage Counties invite children on a quest this summer to find fun facts, mysterious stories, amazing outdoors, and unbelievable history. The annual “Passport to Adventure Program” is your ticket to the many amazing and exciting activities that museums provide to enrich our lives and communities.  Plus, many of the sites are free to visit!

Children can explore all the wonders that local museums have to offer including art, history and living history, science, games, and nature.  Many sites have designed special activities for children who participate in the program. At each location, your child can receive a stamp in their passport booklet.  Fill your passport with as many stamps as you can!  At the end of the summer, children with seven or more stamps can return their passports to the site stamped on the front page to receive a prize.

The St. Charles History Museum, located at 215 E. Main Street in downtown St. Charles, is one of seven sites in St. Charles alone! Visit the St. Charles History Museum to learn about the town’s history including the arrival of the first settlers in the 1830’s, local involvement in the Civil War, the rise of industry at the turn of the century, the legacy of the Baker, Norris and Gates Families, and much more. The St. Charles History Museum is open year round Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10:00 – 4:00, and Sundays in June, July and August from 12:00 – 4:00. There is a suggested donation of $2.00 for adults and $1.00 for students and seniors.

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The Passport to Adventure Program is designed for children between the ages of 4 and 12 and sponsored by the Kane-DuPage Regional Museum Association.  The program begins each year on Memorial Day and runs through Labor Day. Passports can be picked up at one of the 50 local museums or libraries that are participating in the program. Keep your passport as a reference guide for fun places to visit throughout the year. For more information, please contact Natalie at the St. Charles Heritage Center - 630-584-6967, visit the Heritage Center's Facebook page or visit the Kane-DuPage Regional Museum Association's website or Facebook page

 

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The Kane-DuPage Regional Museum Association is an alliance of more than sixty museums. The organization serves its members through collaborative programming, promotion, professional development, and networking.

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