Amenities & Rooms

Accessibility

We think it’s important that the Museum be equally available to guests with any level of physical, visual, auditory, or cognitive ability. All public areas are 100% ADA-compliant. The facility and all exhibits have been designed using the principles of universal design, which go beyond accessibility with an approach that uses multi-sensory experiences as educational tools. These experiences allow all guests with any level of physical, visual, auditory, and cognitive ability to experience the Museum and its offerings.

Universal design simplifies life for everyone by making products, communications, and elements of the Museum’s spatial environment easier to use for every child, including those with movement differences, reduced vision or hearing, or cognitive impairments. Special attention has been paid to such aspects as labels and signage, accessible routes, and positioning of interactive elements that will enhance the Museum experience for everyone.



  • Diaper Dispensers are available in restrooms. The fee is $1. Wall-mounted changing stations are included in all restrooms. The second Family Restroom near the Admissions Desk includes a cot which may be used for larger children or those with special needs.


  • A nursing station near Grocery Store provides a semi-private area for nursing mothers. For complete privacy, the second Family Restroom near the Admissions Desk includes a nursing cot.


  • Stroller parking is available at the front of the Museum. Strollers are always allowed in the Museum. However, if you are not actively using your stroller, we may suggest you park your stroller in the stroller parking at the front of the Museum.


  • While the Museum is fully accessible by wheelchairs brought from home, the Museum regrets that it cannot provide wheelchairs for guest use while in the Museum.


  • A staff member will provide sensory headphones to any guest upon request.


  • All outlets in the Museum are tamper-resistant receptacles (TRR). These look just like ordinary outlets, but are designed with spring-loaded receptacle cover plates that close off the receptacle openings, or slots. When equal pressure is simultaneously applied to both sides, the receptacle cover plates open to allow the standard plug to make contact with the receptacle contact points. Installed by the Museum when it was built in 2005, TRRs have proven to be so effective that the National Electrical Code has since 2008 required them to be installed in all new come construction. Plastic outlet plugs are not required or recommended with TRRs.


  • Wifi internet access is available in the Museum for guests.
  • Lockers are available at the front of the Museum. The fee is 25¢.
  • The Lost and Found can be checked at the Admissions Desk. Call (847) 832-6600 for more information.
  • First Aid can be requested by alerting a Museum staff member.
  • Water fountains are located near the Admissions Desk, Cooperation Station, and in the Traveling Exhibit Gallery, as well as throughout Habitat Park.

Program Room 1

  • Size: approx. 21′ x 31′ (650 square feet)
  • Capacity: 60
  • Includes: 5 (6′) tables, 10 benches
  • Floor plan

 

Program Room 2

  • Size: approx. 25′ x 24′ (600 square feet)
  • Capacity: 60
  • Includes: 5 (6′) tables, 10 benches
  • Floor plan

 

Program Room 3

  • Size: approx. 25′ x 24′ (600 square feet)
  • Capacity: 60
  • Includes: 5 (6′) tables, 10 benches
  • Floor plan

 

Group Welcome Center

  • Size: approx. 30′ x 28′ (840 square feet)
  • Capacity: 60
  • Includes: 8 (6′) tables, 10 benches
  • Floor plan