Suburban Museums Worth the Trek

This is a list from Time Out Chicago of great museums out in the burbs.  It might be fun if you can find the time for a little day trip...so maybe we can start thinking about this over the summer break, when we might have any time for leisurely-learning.  Having been to a few of these museum and knowing how great some of them are I would be willing to bet the ones here offer a variety of really unique experiences.

1.  Discovery Center

Mon–Fri noon–10pm; Sat 9am–6pm; Sun 9am–9pm

2940 N Lincoln Ave (between George St and Wellington Ave) Chicago,

2.  Health World Children's Museum

1301 S Grove Ave

3.  Kohl Children's Museum

Mon 9:30am–noon (June–Aug 9:30am–5pm); Tue–Sat 9:30am–5pm, Sun noon–5pm

2100 Patriot Blvd, the Glen Glenview, North Suburbs 

4.  Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center

Mon–Wed 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–8pm; Fri 10am–5pm; Sat, Sun 11am–4pm

9603 Woods Dr Skokie, North Suburbs

5.  Mitchell Museum of the American Indian

Tue, Wed 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–8pm; Fri, Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–4pm

3001 Central St Evanston, North Suburbs

The Kohl Museum is probably a little less than an hour from SAIC, but, given you have a small child or someone who acts like a small child with you, it is really an amazing place to explore.
The Mitchell Museum is a tiny place from what I remember, a little less interactive than say, the children's museum, but really interesting, especially when we are thinking about forgotten histories in the context of a master narrative.  The location of the museum speaks to this as it is situated in Northwest Evanston, where the non-white resident population is a whopping 7%.
I haven't been to the Holocaust Meseum in Skokie yet, despite my uncle being a docent there.
The other two I have never heard of, and it look like at least the Discovery center isn't actually in the suburbs, but pretty north in Chicago.  Anyone interested in a field trip or two let me know...transportation will be on me.

To check out the Time Out Chicago complete list with descriptions of the museums, click here.