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Accessibility

SBurpee Museum of Natural History is committed to making its buildings, exhibits, and programs accessible to all visitors with special needs. This is an ongoing process, and your feedback is helpful.  Please email Burpee@Burpee.org with any comments or improvement suggestions.

We offer ramps, accessible restrooms, an elevator, and ample room around each exhibit. We adhere to the Smithsonian Institute’s guidelines for accessibility. Our classes accommodate children (and their parents) with special needs.

Let us help.

We believe there should be no boundaries to your Burpee Museum experience. If you have an accommodation request related to a disability, we are happy to help please call us at 815-965-3433.  Services include assistance within the museum by a docent during your visit, museum wheelchair rental, before/after hour visits with museum lighting or soundscape changed. Due to the complexity of changing exhibits, these types of changes require advance requests.

A Burpee Museum Visit Includes

  • Use of stairs; elevators are available
  • Walking/standing; free wheelchair rental available
  • Hands on buttons and touchable specimens
  • Very light and very dark spaces
  • Somewhat loud noises
Science For All

Burpee Museum offers several SCIENCE FOR ALL events each year for individuals with disabilities and their immediate families to experience our exhibits free of charge before/after the museum opens/closes to the public. Advance registration is required.