Reviews of Illinois State Military Museum (Museum)

Karen Marshall

Volunteers will answer any questions and give fun facts. They have the complete dress uniform of Audie Murphy which includes a Medal of Honor.

Mat Melissa Muirheid

Class Act

Ms. Kelly

Lots to see and do. My boys love it, lots of hands on stuff, and its not so big you have to worry about someone getting lost. We love it.

Gloricelly Franceschi

We are so glad we stopped in. Truly a very nice museum with informative artifacts and collections from the various wars. The location is off the beaten path but it's absolutely worth it. Our 3 kids were engaged and asked interesting questions about each exhibit. The museum is continuing to expand and add new items. Excited to support this museum and our veterans who take the time to engage with students in educational workshops and tours.

nick raebig

joliet us army

Chris Bloomfield

Great museum. We learned so much while visiting. Had a good question and answer session with an actual helicopter pilot that was so nice. The museum is done well and informative. I would recommend checking this place out. Donation requested, other wise it's a free museum.

William Spray

Very cool history from the wars from the civil war to the war on terror.

Gordon K. Davis

Go, you'll dig it

Nicole Byrley

Very informative!

Leon R Jones

Wonderful, a walk in history

kathy brautigam

Very interesting. I had never seen a colt rifle with a cylinder. Informative, friendly volunteers as guides.

Marcelo Santos Severo

(Translated by Google) Living history Very good. (Original) História viva. Very good.

Carol Newton

This is a small museum but full of great things.

James Strickland

Outstanding

Carl Johnson

Smaller museum of Illinois military history, however it is really worth stopping to see.

Rafał Praczkowski

Jestem pod dużym wrażeniem zbiorów które zgromadzono w tym muzeum. Broń, mundury oraz zdjęcia z różnych konfliktów zbrojnych w których brała czynny udział Gwardia Narodowa. Uważam że warto poświęcić dwie godziny aby zobaczyć wszystkie eksponaty.

hgfdghjjcd hi

This place is awesome

Dave Hensen

Real nice collection. Staff was really nice and had lots of friendly information. My son got a dog tag made on an original 50's machine. Displays from many wars.

Linda Denny

Wonderful historic place to visit.

Friedrich Josellis

A hidden gem. The museum tells the story of the Army and Air Guard in Illinois. Many exhibits are physical recreations where the Guard deployed to help the community or be a part of a battle.

william heaton

The Illinois Military Museum is very intriguing with its many displays. The arrangements range from several different time periods of American Military action, including: WW-1, WW-2, Vietnam, Korean Conflict, etc.. The exhibits are nicely designed, and the smaller objects have a number guide to Help you identify them if you are unfamiliar with any objects. There is a wide selection of hand guns in the displays with different years of uniforms. I would highly suggest taking the time to browse the exhibits.

Sam LeVon

Not very large but a good place to brings kids who like military stuff

Justin Adkins

This was my first time there so I'm not sure what the experience would be like under normal circumstances but The world war I encampment was very interesting especially given such a small space to do it. They fired small arms blanks in what's essentially a residential neighborhood lol. The multitude of different army uniforms and equipment was very fascinating. There were many very knowledgeable participants. The museum itself is small but had great displays inside and a handfull of very neat military vehicle displays. Great experience! Check it out it's free!

Andrew Surratt

Hidden gem of the museums in Springfield. I toured with a school group and got the deluxe tour with living historians, but any visitor can appreciate the unbelievable artifacts from decades and campaigns. I would recommend this to anyone interested in Illinois' involvement in war.

Robert Shanks

Small but very interesting and the gentleman there was very nice and informative.

James Bunger

Small museum, sweet people, neat items. Could use extra stuff to keep retention time longer.

Samadha Longinus

Small but comfortable child friendly museum.

jason roth

If you love history this is a place to see. Very good time.

Jim Palm

This is an excellent museum, with many unique and one of a kind artifacts on display, right now they have a fantastic exhibit on WW I. A must see when you're in the area .

Sarah Paige

Great info provided to school aged kids. Stations and uniforms added to experience.

Michael Brunson

Had a great time

Brian Edwards

Children LOVE the museum. If you either love history of weapons and wars, or your children have an odd fascination with weaponry, this is a good place for you.

Thomsen James

Very nice

sara king

Small.

Pattijamieson69.pj@gmail.com midnight69

Very nice. Lots of useful information.

Nathon Kelley

Great military history museum. It is small but free. Lots of exhibits to see and they are laid out by conflict. We spent about a hour here.

Stephen Hake

I enjoyed this museum. It begins from the 1700 to the 2000s. It's a nice look back of the Illinois NG and where and what they did It takes any where from 15 minutes to over an hour to go through. Just depends on what you're interested in reading about

Venom gaming

Amazing, great experience and many things to learn, wax/facts/guns upstairs i love it

Rick Raxton

Great hidden museum. Nicely put together but you wont find it without directions

Nichole Floyd

Great place to go! Donations accepted.

kara pecoraro

Great little museum full of amazing artifacts and even better stories.

Mark Eggers

Small museum with interesting stuff. Santa Annas leg is put away.

Ed Winters

Love to see military vehicles.

Ryan Boward

Simon friendly staff good history and great layout I support our troops just saying people need to see this stuff then maybe they would respect our troops and veterans a little more.

Yara Alvarez

Really enjoyed going here. Very nice staff.

William Pritts

Great Museum, Highly recommend!

Heath Sylvester

Great museum.They have reenactments a few times a year also

SkiZ Favidthedavid

Fun!

Patricia Smith

This is a small but very well layed out museum. Worth the trip, really enjoyed it.

Trevor Maxwell

It is something to see if your in the area but only when they have Santa Anna's leg out for show. Last time I went it was sadly in storage.

I'м Dave

Great selection of historical and modern military equipment weapons and uniforms

Matthew Stamp

Was a great little exhibit! Easy to walk around and everything is marked to tell the story of each era!

marine grunt

This place keeps the sacrifice our vets pay for our freedom alive and pays homage to what they pay for our freedoms of life liberty and what we believe in even if they don't agree with with what we say.

Antonio Wellmaker

Great museum. A excellent place to see some military history.

Audi 720

Cool place

Mara Monsivais

It was a very interested museum. More interesting if you go with someone who has knowledge about military guns and vehicles. Went specifically to see Santa Anna's artificial leg, but they had moved it into storage. Was very disappointed about this. Still an interesting museum.

Patrick DeGeorge

Perhaps one of Springfield's best kept secrets. This museum displays a unique piece of Illinois history.

chris hagemeier

Excelet place to check out

Steve Empson

Nice

Amy Nichols-Davis

Great place to view historical facts about IL history!

Dave Picchi

In a city of museums this gem often goes overlooked. Well worth the time to immerse yourself in the miltary history of Illinois

Joshua Baker

Nice place to go. But the alarms are a little touchy.

Jim Blanton

Well worth the time to stop and visit

Silvia Esposto

(Translated by Google) Interesting (Original) Interessante

D Cas

Amazing history

La P

Small but very well organized, don't miss Santa Ana's false leg. Mannequins were not creepy which is often hard

La Hart

Well done displays. Nice people there.

Tasha P

Very cool chronology of war with uniforms, weapons, maps and more on display. Outside, there are some planes, helicopters, howitzers.

Nurse Lancaster

Grandson loved it.

Carrie Weems

Free!!! Small, but good displays. Sadly Santa Ana's leg is in storage right now to preserve it, but we were told it should be out in a couple of years.

Ken Stephens

Great display of Illinois National Guard history.

deztiney beck

Favorite place!

Chad Savage

Pleasantly surprised at the amount of information available in exhibits covering all major wars and Illinois military involvements.