The Aurora Regional Fire Museum is a non-profit, tax exempt, educational institution whose purpose is to preserve and exhibit the artifacts and history of Aurora and surrounding area fire departments, as well as teach and promote fire safety and prevention.

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Check out the Planetarium, then take a tour of the galaxy you'll never forget! Visit the World's Largest Complete Solar System Model. For the outdoor enthusiast, check out our Interplanetary Bike Ride and Interplanetary 5K Run/Walk through the solar system model. Browse pictures of our collection at the Teaching with Digital Content UIUC web-site. Also, now you can visit the virtual exhibit of this fine African Art Collection.

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The Leather Archives and Museum is a vital institution for the future of the Leather Communities of the world. In the collections, libraries and archives housed by the LA&M, generations of leather men and women will find the stories, artifacts and information of their forebears.

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McDonald's #1 Store Museum is a recreation of the first McDonald's Restaurant opened in Des Plaines, Illinois by McDonald's Corporation founder, Ray Kroc, on April 15, 1955. There is no Museum store. An operating McDonald's restaurant is located across the steet from the museum.

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The Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC) is one of only two broadcast museums in America. Located in the Chicago Cultural Center on Michigan Avenue at Washington Street since the summer of 1992, the extensive public archives collection houses more than 70,000 radio and television programs and commercials. Within the MBC are state-of-the-art studios, spacious screening suites, special galleries and the museum's own gift shop.

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The Raggedy Ann & Andy Museum is located in the historic town of Arcola, Illinois - birthplace of the creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy, Johnny Gruelle.

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Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum offers tours, educational programs and a small gift shop. The stunning twenty-room Swiss cottage that Robert H. Tinker built on a limestone bluff in 1865 was the brainchild of a nine-month world tour. Tinker, a prominent Rockford industrialist, philanthropist and artist, incorporated stone and wood to create the flowing eaves, beautiful woodwork and painted murals that he saw while travelling through Switzerland, The Netherlands, and other countries. The Tinker library alone, with its unique octagonal shape and Walnut spiral staircase, was built with seven kinds of wood and remains a fine example of Tinker's personal vision.

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