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The mission of Rockford Art Museum is to foster creativity and build community through visual arts.

The DuSable Museum of African American History is a Chicago community institution and the first non-profit Museum dedicated to the collection, documentation, preservation, study and the dissemination of the history and culture of Africans and African Americans. As an educational institution, DuSable attracts school groups from Chicago and surrounding areas. More than 100,000 visitors attend or utilize the facility yearly. Through exhibits, educational programs, the archives, and special activities, the Museum continuously explores the African American experience and accomplishments of the past and present to further advance the education of the future.

The mission of the Irish American Heritage Center is to promote Irish and Irish American culture, music, literature, drama, traditional dancing and the constructive contributions of the Irish and Irish American people to the United States of America.

Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center preserves the legacy of the Holocaust by teaching universal lessons that combat hatred, prejudice, and indifference, and by inspiring audiences to be Upstanders who speak out for what’s right – turning powerful lessons of history into positive actions today. We activate this mission through world-class exhibitions, public programming, educational initiatives, and partnerships that bring diverse communities together to understand history and contemporary human rights issues. The Museum reaches and impacts the lives of more than 180,000 people of all ages and diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds annually, empowering them with the knowledge, skills, and courage to take a stand for humanity.

To create connections between people and animals that will inspire lifelong conservation of the natural world.

Wonder Works is a children's museum that helps increase access to creativity and imagination by delivering hands-on play experience. We inspire curiosity by exposing and engaging young children and their caretakers with thoughtful exhibits and areas of play.

Established in 1992, Woman Made Gallery (WMG) works for the equal representation and recognition of women's art. Woman Made Gallery supports, cultivates and promotes the diverse contributions of women in the arts through exhibitions and other programs that serve, educate and enrich the community.

Making leather, BDSM, kink and fetish accessible through research, preservation, education and community engagement.

TO SPARK EXCITEMENT IN ARCHITECTURE, HISTORY, AND DESIGN THROUGH A DYNAMIC EXPLORATION OF GLESSNER HOUSE, ITS FAMILY, AND ITS PRESERVATION.

The Mission of Elmhurst Art Museum is to provide the people of Elmhurst and surrounding communities with a center for exploring the visual arts of our time.  The Museum strives to produce a welcoming atmosphere, where art can be viewed, studied, created, and appreciated.  The architecturally significant facility enriches the lives of visitors by broadening their knowledge of art and design, increasing the understanding of the visual arts, and sparking the development of individual creative talent.

The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn's mission is to positively impact a child's potential in life through play-based education.

The MCA is an innovative and compelling center of contemporary art where the public can directly experience the work and ideas of living artists, and understand the historical, social, and cultural context of the art of our time. The Museum boldly interweaves exhibitions, performances, collections, and educational programs to excite, challenge, and illuminate our visitors and to provide insight into the creative process. The MCA engages diverse audiences and creates a sense of community by providing a place to contemplate and discuss contemporary art and culture and issues of our day.