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Open to the public from February through December, Cantigny comprises expansive formal and informal gardens, a historic Georgian-style brick house, a military museum, a visitor center with cafe, a picnic grove with pavilion, an outdoor playground, hiking paths and a 27-hole golf course with driving range, pro-shop and restaurant.
Name Image Affiliation City Coordinates Anderson Japanese Gardens: Rockford: Bethalto Arboretum Bethalto: Cantigny: Wheaton: Century Park Arboretum Vernon Hills
1,000-acre (4.0 km 2) estate with two museums: Robert R. McCormick Museum, a 1930s historic mansion with biographical exhibits, and the First Division Museum at Cantigny: Carl Sandburg State Historic Site: Galesburg: Knox: Western: Biographical: Boyhood home and museum about poet Carl Sandburg: Carnegie Museum: Olney: Richland: Southern: Local ...
Cantigny, the former estate of Chicago Tribune owner Robert R. McCormick, contains extensive formal and natural gardens and two museums, one relating to the Chicago Tribune, and the other devoted to the First Division of the United States Army, as Robert McCormick was a colonel in the First Division during World War I. Adjacent to the park to ...
Cantigny, a large park with historical museums and gardens, in Wheaton; The Convocation Center, a 10,000-seat arena on the campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb; Drury Lane Theatre, a theater and dining center in Oakbrook Terrace; The DuPage Children's Museum, a museum and interactive learning center in downtown Naperville
The Morton Arboretum, in Lisle, Illinois, United States, is a public garden [1] and outdoor museum with a library, herbarium, and program in tree research including the Center for Tree Science. [2] Its grounds, covering 1,700 acres (6.9 square kilometres), include cataloged collections of trees and other living plants, gardens, and restored ...
The post of Curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew was established in 1841. [1] When the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew came into state ownership in 1841 Sir Willian Jackson Hooker (1785–1865) was appointed its first Director. [1] Over the period 1841 to 1856 Hooker established four curatorial posts at Kew, namely:
Cantigny (French pronunciation:; Picard: Cantegny) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. History. During World ...