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Newly renovated, stunning open-air theater with retractable roof, home to Starlight Theatre, the area's oldest summer theatre, and to RVC's annual Shakespeare Festival. The Studio Theatre provides a venue for amateur and student productions.

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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

Jane Addams International Peace Garden

Jane Addams International Peace Garden honors Rockford College alumna and Nobel laureate, Jane Addams. Located at Fisher Chapel/

Rockford, IL Gardens

Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum

An example of exotic Victorian architecture, Robert Tinker's 1865 Swiss "cottage" has ornate woodwork, sculptures and family furnishings; the new Visitor Center is a replica of the original barn; newly restored suspension footbridge;

Rockford, IL Museums

Labyrinth Meditation Garden

This quiet place is for healing, reflection, prayer and meditation. The site has a walking labyrinth, an ornamental grass berm, shade garden, two sunny perennial gardens, vine-covered arbors and benches. A "finger labyrinth"

Rockford, IL Gardens

Things to do near Rockford, IL

Machine Tool Companies

The Rockford Area has many machine tool companies that are available for tours. Contact John Groh at the Rockford Area Conven...

Streatorland Historical Museum

Displays include 19th century clothing, music room, local artifacts, and many photographs depicting Streatorland history....

Rockford Country Club

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

Rockford Art Museum

The Rockford Art Museum is Illinois' largest art museum outside of Chicago, with a permanent collection of 19th and 20th Cent...

Burma Shave - Like Signs

Sublette was awarded the signs by Reminisce Magazine, the only such site in Illinois. Signs are approximately a half mile Sou...