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Funk Prairie Home and Gem and Mineral Museum

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Open Opens at 9:00-16:00
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Funk Prairie Home, 10875 Prairie Home Ln, Shirley, IL 61772, United StatesMap
Phone+1 309-827-6792
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  • Dr_Xaos
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    Extremely Impressive House and Museum Tours

    Scheduled a Saturday morning tour of both the Funk Prairie Home as well as the Mineral Museum for my teenage daughter and myself. The museums are located nearby to each other, but you do need to drive...

    Reviewed on Jul 28, 2022
  • Beverly S
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    Great Place to Visit!

    I have been visiting my husbands family in Illinois for many years, and this is the first year I knew about the Funk Prairie Home Museum. It was so interesting - and amazing! The Tour Guide, Bill Ca...

    Reviewed on Aug 12, 2021
  • Mike S
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    Funk Prairie Home and Mineral Museum

    Having an Interest in minerals I thought that Funk Prairie Home Museum and Mineral collection would be neat. OMG So much more then I anticipated. We set up our time to have our tour and right as we pu...

    Reviewed on Jul 28, 2021
  • keith9551
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    Fascinating house and amazing mineral collection

    Fascinating history. Amazingly-well-preserved house. Well worth visiting. Found the docent’s focus on how fast fossils can form to be odd and wondered if he was pushing a creationist viewpoint. He cr...

    Reviewed on Nov 30, 2019
  • Clwells3
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    Junior high field trip hit!

    I was really nervous that my junior high students would think this was too childish, but they LOVED it!!! The mineral museum was amazing, as was the barn tour. Very engaging tour guides that are SO in...

    Reviewed on Apr 30, 2018

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