Cantigny, A Division of the McCormick Foundation Reviews

Great memorial day service. Museum is a visit every young person should take. Kids big and small live climbing on the tanks. The house tour is a must. I suggest the guided tour. The gardens and ground are beautiful.

I love to Fist division museum ,great history.
The tanks park that surrounds the museum kids can climb on,is always a favorite.
I really find the grounds to be beautiful and the children's garden is a great place for the kids to explore...
The hiking trails with two ponds around the grounds are really scenic.
A must do when you go is to get a house tour of Col
McCormick"s house, they give guided tours .
Tons of interesting history to learn on the tour.
Oh and let's not forget the great food they have in their cafe including ice cream, sandwiche, pie,tea and coffee!!
Brunch on Sundays..top notch!!

Great place, very interesting and informative house tour. Only have to pay for parking. Would defintely recommend visiting.

Incredibly beautiful gardens. You could visit many times and not see all of the grounds.

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We had an excellent experience renting the banquet rooms here (Dec 2016). The facilities are lovely, the food was great, and the staff, particularly Ms. Anderson was very helpful in making sure our event went extremely smoothly and well.

Beautiful place
Took my 9mo and 5yo. We walked the whole place lots of picture opportunities. Take a blanket & lunch and have a picnic lots of pretty spots in the shade. Bring a towel and let the kids play in the mini splash park. My daughter loved it. Worth way more than $5.

A great place for small kiddos. Adults can enjoy fresh air, trail and green too!

The Sunday concerts are great.!! The man announcer is very helpful and great employee.

This place is just ok. Wedding here looked nice, but the food was terrible. Steaks were raw. Service was really bad too, we had to keep asking servers for food. No wine until after main course served. Wound not recommend

Awesome place u can spend the whole day there without getting bored, it's the right place if you have visitors coming from out of town

If you think there's nothing but flat in northern Illinois, come here and be amazed: giant trees, bright flowers, and tanks!!!

Lots of construction going on right now. Really not worth visiting until they're done.

Lovely park for a day outing. Picnic here have lots of fun with friends and family enjoy the war monuments and the botanicals.

After checking if it was open on Google and confirm that yes, we do 20 kilometers and when it arrives it is closed !! The watchman very nice but miles to the fool.
They should update their schedules.

This is very amazing. They have tanks, gardens, museum and much more. They also have very fun events for all. It's a great place to learn about the history of the area and the 2nd world war.

Beautiful, peaceful place to spend the day. The gardens are lovely. I used a wheelchair to get around. There are some paved paths but several areas are gravel or grass making it challenging but not impossible to navigate. I did not go into the mansion or museum. The staff was very helpful and tracked down a compressor when I discovered my tire was flat.

This is such a wonderful park. It was amazing to learn about Colonel Robert R. McCormick, and taking a guided tour of his mansion home was so much fun. I love looking at the old painted portraits and hearing about how life was back then. The tour guides are very informative and entertaining. The war museum was very moving and brought me to tears several times. And the gardens surrounding the estates are beautiful, with staff all around to answer any questions you have at any time. Everyone here was so friendly and I could easily spend days here, wandering the grounds. Just a beautiful place if you like gardening or history, and with lots of fun things to entertain little kids as well.

You can spend a great day there getting to see old military equipment along with the old residency of Chicago tribune owner. We had a fun day!

Nice garden and fun events at a relatively good price

I really enjoy this place because it's fun for every member of the family. Usually not overcrowded. And reasonably priced. A nice place to have a little picnic

All the gardens were not yet open however the rose garden, prairie, and idea garden were beautiful. Need to go back to explore with leisure - cant believe I have lived near to this place for so many decades and this was my first visit!

Great place for family and music on Sunday afternoon. Everyone should come and enjoy.

Always enjoy my time there. Currently partly under construction.

This is great place to visit. It has tanks that the children can play on, as well as great gardens, a mansion and a museum. Admittance is just $5 for parking! I can't recommend this place enough!

Come here for a great day trip. Fun and educational! You can climb on the tanks!

Cantigny is a super nice place to go when you have a free day. You only have to pay for parking and once you are in there are lots of things to do. We like climbing on the tanks, visiting the military museum (which actually simulates and mocks up different environments taking you from the trenches of WWI, to Normandy in WWII, to the jungles of Vietnam), walking around the grounds and gardens, and playing at the park. You should also check their event calendar on their website because they a lot of times have things like reenactments, car shows, outdoor movies or concerts, as well as festivals and other events. Great place for a nice family friendly outing or a quiet day walking the gardens and learning about McCormick and the history of the grounds with the available tours.

Large meeting room, complimentary coffee. Only negative was the lighting in the meeting room too bright to see the overhead projection last night at the battle of the bulge lecture.

Great French experience. Music, food, sitting under the stars....

This was such a wonderful place to visit on a summer afternoon. From the gardens to the tank park.
Make sure you come early before it gets too crowded and you can spend the day. Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy a great experience. Don't forget your camera.

$ 10.00 per car. Everything inside the park is free. Still planting and adding gardens.

Great place to spend the day with friends and family. They have beautiful gardens, walking paths and lots of open spaces for playing, picnicking and relaxing.

Wonderful park as always. Be sure to note that the western gardens are under construction just south of the McCormick mansion, but also look to be open relatively soon with some upgrades. Also the rose garden has been moved to the Western side of the gardens inside of the hedges. As always, the gardens are beautiful. Even a pandemic can't stop God's beautiful creation from giving us so much joy.

This is a great place, especially if you are interested in military history. The grounds are beautiful and the 1st Division (US Army) museum is great.

They host all kinds of events here including reenactments, scouting, etc.

Love going here. Gardens are beautiful. The whole place is awesome to see.

Go here! Enjoyable and very well maintained,. Take long day. Looking forward to returning this spring.

A well known park with an outdoor display of military vehicles, mainly tanks. Some well manicured flower beds. The tours inside are interesting. They have a cinema room that the Tribune management/ family used. The kitchen has some of the earliest refrigerators which I believe are still operational.

Great place to visit. It was nice to explore when they weren't too busy/crowded. Plenty of cool things to see!

Beautiful grounds, nice history museum. Everything you ever need to know about the First Division.

The hours are easily spent in the exhibition of tanks, museum, gardens and house. I went with my children ds 13 and 7 and they loved it !!! I highly recommend it

There was a $10 entrance fee per car when we visited in Labour Day. Although the carpark was filled, there was still plenty of space in the park for everyone. We found a quiet corner to have a picnic on our own!

Be sure to put aside time to check out the War museums and the mansion(didn t manage to check that out). We were so blown away by the war museum and all its exhibits. The curators did a fantastic job putting it together to make it very captivating and engaging.

Beautiful place to walk around and enjoy the lovely grounds.

We love Cantigny. The museum is filled with information about the army and the Big Red One and its contribution to the wars. The tank park is fun to climb on. The new playground is awesome. (Its new so the trees don't provide much shade yet.) We also enjoy the kids programs they have. And they are always reasonably priced with great activities for kids!

Wonderful park, as a child I used to love climbing on the tanks and going to the fountains. As of 2017 they are doing tons of renovations so only one tank was available to climb on, but my son still had tons of fun.

Great place, kids love it especially the war museum and sitting on the tanks

A great place for a walk and enjoying beautiful flowers!!

Beautiful flowers, trees, and grounds generally. Lots of construction just now, but still plenty to do. They seem to have lots of events and activities through the year. We'll definitely be back when renovations are done to see what's new.

Grounds are beautiful. Especially during the spring.

Museum about 1st Infantry Division from WW1 to present. Cool VR exhibits.

An amazingly beautiful facility that has so much to offer! We will definitely be returning!

Cantigny is a great place for a range of interests, ages, and times of year. They have many festivals and events at Cantigny. We enjoyed a fall fest today with our 2 little kids. They had tent shops, hay rides, petting zoo, food trucks, and two stages with live entertainment! Great time for the family.

It needs to market itself like the Botanical Gardens and Morton Aboretum. It has so much to offer at a minimum price.

It's an awesome place to visit with family or friends or for events photo shoots, beautiful flowers and scenery!

Roughly an hour's drive from Chicago, this place is well worth the drive. Take the whole family, bring a picnic lunch and be prepared to stay for hours. There is something for everyone here. 500 acres of gardens, picnic grounds, golf, 2 museums, and 4 eateries. There is even a golf course for those interested in that. Last summer the cost was $5.00 per car load, which is a bargain.

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Great grounds well maintained with walking paths , & buildings (educational war museum ) staffed by great people.

Everybody should come and see this.. very eye opening

It was very nice. The staff are know a lot about the wars that happened and they know a lot about Robert McCormick. Down side is there is a lot of walking.

Beautiful well maintained park. Historical site featuring cannons and lovely museum. Relaxing walking paths and picnic areas. Gift shop and concessions available. Watch local newspaper for special events.

Wonderful legacy from Colonel Robert McCormick. I have been visiting since I was a child. The park is a great place to learn and explore. Thank you to the staff and the many volunteers that make it so.

We love this place. My wife and two daughters really enjoy the peaceful and beautiful gardens in addition to the playground and outdoor tank collection upon which the kids can climb and explore. I'm a bit more into history and enjoyed the house tour and military museum. For only 5 dollars a car parking fee and no other admission fees, this is a great place to spend a day.

Beautiful park to explore.

The house was nice, but not of much particular historical significance.