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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

Camp Grant Museum

Camp Grant Museum is a museum of postcards, pictures and memorabilia of the U.S. Army'

Rockford, IL Museums

Midway Village & Museum Center

Midway Village represents a late 19th Century village with 26 buildings on 137 acres. Permanent indoor exhibits on area heritage, aviation & history are in the museum. Special events include a WW II re-enactment, Sock Monkey and Scarecrow Harvest Festivals. 1.2

Rockford, IL Museums

Sinnissippi Gardens, Greenhouse, Lagoon & Recreation Trail

A take-off point for the 10-mile Rock River Recreation Path, this riverside park features annual gardens, a floral clock planted each year with 1000's of colorful annuals, a lagoon &

Rockford, IL Gardens

Things to do near Rockford, IL

Old River School Historic District

Includes original Freeport and the city's first street, Monterey. In later years, the area was known as the "Gold Coast". Num...

Cedardell Golf Club

Course Access: Semi-PrivateHoles: 9Reserve Advance Tee Times: 2 days...

Klehm Arboretum and Botanic Garden

Modern buildings, themed gardens and groves accessed by miles of paved and chip paths, workshops, special events, an art gall...

Morrison Country Club

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

Boulder Ridge Country Club

Course Access: PrivateHoles: 18Reserve Advance Tee Times: Yes...