Cantigny, A Division of the McCormick Foundation Review

Very nice park, I wish I found this place sooner. Lost of families out for a stroll. Many places to visit and paths to take. Real Army tanks on display and kids can touch and climb on some of them. Really great place to come for family photographs and spend some time in the Museum and learn about D day and other war battles. Very inespensive and you can spend a while day there, bring a picnic basket or a bbq and hang out with the family. Plenty of room to play frisbee or tag football.

A wonderful stop to visit with my son. He enjoyed the tank park, and we are both history lovers, so the mansion and military museum were very interesting. The flower garden is absolutely beautiful!

My family loves visiting Cantigny! We visit at least once every year. It's sort of nostalgic....my mom used to take my brother and I every year when we were kids. Great time, and awesome picture ops!!!

Beautiful grounds, museum is new and has so much information.

Always a pleasure to visit the beautiful and lovingly maintained grounds! Enjoy a picnic and stroll!

As a veteran. I cried after and during the museum visit. It's a one of a kind place. God bless those guys and my friends. Amen

Pleasant place - a reminder of what those WWI soldiers fought for. Makes you feel proud to be from a country that mot only fights for itself; but slso sacrifices for others.

Just a beautiful place to do stuff with family. We had our wedding pictures taken there a while back. Very nice place.

A lot of information about just about everything on display. Very immersive with all of the sounds and displays and a lot of creative things to do with different wars and parts of them. Awesome experience really! Got to learn a lot about tanks also since you can climb all over them! Also very cheap to go because it's only $5 a car

Was part of some wedding photos here. Cool place, but really busy and some parts were closed off because of it.

So pretty this time of the year nice to get out before weather gets to cold

Beautifully landscaped, clean, and reasonable parking fee.

Cantigny is an amazing place to bring your family to relax.

The grounds of Cantigny (former estate of Robert McCormick) are a lovely and tranquil place to take a walk. The Idea Gardens, Rose Garden, and Exhibition Gardens are all a treat to walk through for nature lovers, and the McCormick mansion provides something for the architecturally inclined. History bluffs will love the 1st Army Division Museum, detailing the unit's history from WW1 through the Vietnam War. Finish up with a lunch or dinner on the picnic grounds.

Lots of military stuff to see and mansion is interesting tour too. Lady's baseball movie shot there too.

Wonderful grounds, war museum and information about military.

Sensational! I highly recommend for families and children! Beautiful scenery and historic landmarks

Coming here is awesome! The best days to come, imo, are the Revolutionary War reenactment days. They have a full set of stores set up with handmade, period-accurate goods, and they use weapons that would actually be used during battles! It can get a bit loud for younger (and older) kids, but seeing an actual cannon go off is awesome.

2nd annual brew fest was nice. Maybe next year a heated tent so as to have the kids be warm.

Wonderful open air park with lots of American tanks you can climb on. The tanks date from the first world war to today. Some of the tanks feature authentic period artwork. Close by is the first division museum. One half is about recent conflicts and features some virtual reality exhibits. The other half is historical and includes life size recreations of first world war and d day battlefields (cleverly done to fit within the building). The visitor center has a reasonably priced restaurant with surprisingly good fare. Entry is technically free, but you do have to pay to park.

Always a beautiful experience, no matter the Season. Truly nice people who are helpful. The snacks & beverages are very good & freshly prepared

Went 2019 summer. - A lot of construction was going on. Will come back again when it is done

Great park...watched a concert and heard a lecture on Col. McCormick

Very nice park. Great for family. A lot of great activities for kids. A lot of good stuff for adults as well. Great museum.

Beautifully maintained, excellent quality museums. Watch out for the current revitalization project impacting a large portion of the grounds.

The museum was closed due to COVID-19 but the tank park and gardens were open. Cool tanks and artillery for the kids to climb on. Their grounds are beautiful.

Cantigny is a beautiful place and so full of history, the best times to go are mid to late spring when all the flowers are in full bloom and mid fall to see all the beautiful colors on the trees, the houses have a guided tour every hour or so it definitely worth going on, plenty of benches to sit back and relax while enjoying the view. One thing to check before you go is if any local high schools have a dance that day as the park will be overwhelmed with awkward teen prom photo shoots

Very nice everyone was very nice for my first time being there

Beautiful and colourful flowers from so many stayed and countries.

Cantigny Park is truly a beautiful and interesting place to spend the day. There's a little something for everyone! I grew up visiting this place and it has a lot of sentimental value for me.

Lots of beautiful grounds to explore and those with a green thumb will really appreciate the array of flowers and other various plant stuff going on. There's certainly a lot of nature to enjoy.

Military history buffs will enjoy the tanks on display and recently expanded museum. Really cool and surprisingly high quality exhibits that I highly recommend everyone take a few minutes to see.

Don't forget to climb a tank!

Perfect trip with my 85 yr old father! Easy access from parking lot to the beautiful manicured gardens. Easy paths and natural beauty at every glance.

Large park with beautiful gardens, about a dozen war tanks on open display, and a military themed museum. Great place for a day with the family.

Estate of colonel Mccormick who loved his sorry but eventful military career so much he dedicated his estate to the 1st ID. Nice gardens, historic mansion, and golf courses. Free for veterans

The grassland is beautiful, the sky is beautiful, the air is fresh, enjoy!

Beautiful gardens, fun tanks to play on. Military museum walk through is pretty cool, but might be a little frightening for under 4-5 (war scenes) Lots of awesome activities throughout the year. Check Facebook for events!

They have Segways and you can't find a more beautiful garden setting. Something for every family, tanks, picnic area, concerts, movies and great restaurants

Going to Cantigny park was awesome. It's only $5.00 a car to enter. It's really a historical "jewel". That should be visited often. Take the kids. Pack a lunch. You can eat in the grass in front of the building... There are a lot of parks to eat at... Spend a day visiting this beautiful place.

Park grounds are extensive and entrance fees are by the car. They are in the middle of a renovation, but everything is still accessible. Make sure you check out the war museum - its very interesting. Where else can you go and climb on tanks?

Always extraordinary to visit sites with history. And this place is especially wonderful.

We've been Cantigny members for years. My father was a WWII veteran and we began going because he really enjoyed the First Division Museum. We love the special events - art fair, vintage baseball, lectures, concerts - the beautiful Gardens and paths, and the events for families. The big play space is located in a shady spot near the picnic area. Perfect for a family picnic. One of my favorite memories is sitting under the trees watching baseball as the breeze carried the music from a nearby concert in the pavilion. Cantigny Park is a gem.

Great place for kids and grown ups to visit, learn some history and honor those who fought for the right cause.
Best part, small and big kids as well can see, touch and climb real tanks.
A lot of fun. Nice park with a lot of flora.

A wonderful place to walk on this wonderful autumn day

This museum prepped me for Academic Super Bowl. It was great!

Its wonderful park. My daughter loved it here. She played on and around the tankers and a very beautiful garden its well maintained we took lots of pics. And a large Picnic area .just 5 $ per car to access the parking lot. Everything is clear and well maintained loved it

Beautiful grounds, informative military museum, will catch the other museum next time.

Love the old tanks, it shows that even in beauty there was war.

Breathtaking. Beautiful. Wonderful employees and tours

Awesome museum and tank display if you are into military history, especially WW1. The gardens are nice as well, if that's your thing.

Beautiful gardens and nice even walking paths. Lots of picnic benches and clean restrooms

One of my absolute favorites parks in town. Very varied. Summer concerts starting again soon. My neighbors and I love to go to the parks, listen, enjoy, socialize.

This place is really cool. From the beautifully kept grounds and gardens, to the unique playground, to the awesome tanks and amazing museum, I could spend all day there with my kids. I have 2 boys so they particularly didn't want to leave the tank area. But so much to see and a great place that educates and honors the 1st Division! For anyone who appreciates the American military, our veterans, history in general, and particularly anyone with kids, I highly recommend a visit here!

Love coming here, great place to bring the family, more than just a museum. A must see.

Great place to visit. Make sure you wear you walking shoes. Your gonna need them.

Beautiful grounds (even with the on-going improvements being worked on). Very friendly & knowledgeable staff. The tour guides in the mansion were spectacular! You pay a nominal fee for parking and that's it. I would have loved to spend more time there!!

Amazing history of Chicago, the Daily Tribune, WGN and the First Infantry
Division. Beautiful place and definitely a must-see if you're a history buff, Midwestern or just a good old patriot of our blessed country!

Beautiful and accessible gardens. I love the mansion and they have lots to do, even with construction.

This is a very well documented look at the US First infantry Division from WWI through present. Well done!

Always loved the park, its short movies, museum and exbitions. Tanks are also a great attraction to the park.

Nice gardens. Clean. Lots of history. Lots of parking. Great staff.

If you like tanks and military history you'll love this place.

Very interesting area. It has a golf course, war museum, and very cool area for large events such as weddings. The war museum is a fascinating experience and the decommissioned tanks are very cool and fun too look at. The giant mansion also is very cool with several different tours for it. Overall very cool place with lots of interesting history behind it, would reccomend!

Beautiful gardens but visitors don't seem to realize there's a pandemic

We went here today for family photos and were robbed of cash, credit cards and our sense of safety while we were visiting Cantigny Park. When relalizwd what happened and called the park officials they wanted nothing to do with us. I called back and told them I would take to Social media and then they decided to call the police and place an incident report.

When my sisters returned and spoke with the police, they were made to feel like the victims.

What a scam and such an insider job. Starting with the front gate attendee who you PAY TO PARK THERE to the people who watch over the parking lot and cars while families are inside and cannot see what is happening outside to the people who take the calls and complain about what happened. No one gave an interest and could care less until like I mentioned social media.

Hmmmmm they care more about the people who read about their property then the ones that come there and pay to park there.

Just shameful and. Disgusting. Shame on the guest services agents at Cantigny as well as the Wheaton Police who could care less who did this. Disgusting.

Wonderful place to visit Great War Museum beautiful grounds.