Museum Hours & Admissions

Hours
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday, Noon - 5 pm
Closed: New Years Eve, New Years Day, Easter Sunday, Independence Day (July 4), Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.

Closed Mondays except where specified, below:
Martin Luther King’s Birthday (January), Presidents Day (February) and Columbus Day (October).

The Route 66 Experience and the Museum Gift Shop are open from 10 AM until 1 PM each Monday from May through September.

Holiday Hours 2013
Open:  President’s Day-February 18, and Columbus Day-October 14 
Closed:  Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day

Free Days 2013
President’s Day:  February 18
Inventor’s Day:  March 16
Mothers Free on Mother’s Day: May 12
International Museum Day:  May 18
Fathers Free on Father’s Day: June16
Museum’s 11th Birthday:  September 18
Light Up The Holidays Celebration:  November 29

Admission Fees
$6 Adults
$5 Seniors (60+)
$4 Full-time students with valid school ID
$3 Youth (age 4-17)
FREE-Members and children under 3

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Joliet Area Historical Museum

204 Ottawa St.
Joliet, IL 60432
Phone: 815-723-5201
Fax: 815-723-9039