Museums

Museums | Air Station Prairie | The Grove National Historic Landmark | Schram Memorial Chapel Wagner Farm

Protecting and Preserving Our Natural and Historic Treasures

For the past 35 years, the Glenview Park District has been dedicated to protecting and preserving our region’s most important natural and historic landmarks.  We invite you to visit:

Air Station Prairie/Evelyn Pease Tyner Interpretive Center is a 32-acre remnant of tallgrass prairie where visitors can experience what much of northern Illinois was like during pre-settlement times. Learn more…

The Grove National Historic Landmark is a 123-acre history and nature museum, once home to one of Glenview’s earliest settlers and his family, with two historic homes, replicas of 19th century buildings and a Native American longhouse, a natural history museum, and self-guided trails through mature oak forests and wetlands. Learn more…

Schram Memorial Chapel is a restored Navy chapel, originally built at the Glenview Naval Air Station during World War II and named after a renowned Navy flier, which can be rented by the public for weddings, meetings and other special ceremonies. Learn more…

Wagner Farm is one of the last working dairy farms in Cook County where visitors can get “up close and personal” with cows, chickens, pigs and horses and learn about farming from the early 20th century through the present. Learn more…