Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Review

An amazing place to visit. Tours are led by people who really know and love their jobs.

Be sure and check out the many free talks offered.

Big fan of this place. The only down side is every time I come here, I feel like I lose a little part of myself, but I just can't figure out what it is.

Check out the museum on the top floor and some great photographs of the tri-cities!!! Very educational in the museum...and there are a number of art, cultural, and educational activities throughout the year.

It's a lot to learn, but great place for a science student.

Excellent public programming and grounds. Buffalo are a serious draw. The cafe is decent food, and it is relatively cheaply priced. The tours are good for all ages, and everyone there is pretty friendly. Unlike other labs in the area, it is pretty open and not a lock and key sort of affair.

Friday Lecture series is great. Interesting topics, engaging lecturers, perfect start time for being able to work, and not worry about traffic having you miss any of the lecture.
The gallery space is also great. Always something new and different to see.

Cool place to bring kids to learn about real life that doesn't involve video games or social media!! You can go in Wilson tower to top floor (15th) and on a clear day you can see Chicago skyline. They have trails for walking/jogging and bike paths too...

Great place to view buffalo, underused forest preserve, and great arts program

More people should learn about this wonderful place. I wish I lived closer to take advantage of the programs that they offer for kids. When we went in it was a self guided tour but you get a very good idea of what they do and why they do it here. A lot of advances in science have been made at this facility. It was also interesting to see the CERN remote control center. Very cool building as well if you are into architecture too. I would strongly suggest checking this out.

Interesting high energy physics lab. Self tour available.

Fun place for any science geek or family. Of course a top notch lab as well.

One of the few high energy physics laboratories in the world. If you are interested in science, you must visit the lab. Wilson Hall is a great sight and will leave you in awe.

Weather Spotter training Day. It can be 5 hours long show. The show runs 2 times on the same day. There were a lot of people there. I got to meet Weather Meteorologist Tom Skilling from Channel WGN 9 News.

Awesome spot. Went here for open house and it was a great time! They were super organized; I mean, go figure - scientists and all. The food they had catered was really good with vegetarian options. Busses ran quickly and everyone seemed to know where to go. I highly recommend!

So many teralectron volts..... Yea i dropped an e... And they drop neutrinos, so what punk.

Half nature reserve half place to learn science. The fishing here is very good fished here all the time as a kid.

On our 95 family road trip to Chicago, FermiLab was one of the attractions we visited. It s in the midst of a somewhat agrarian part of Illinois, in particular a bison pasture. The particle accelerator ring lies beneath the ground, and while the bison graze in relative serenity above, the lab performs energetic experiments on the quantum level to piece together the workings of the Universe. The concourse in the building is huge with skylights stories above and offices on multiple balconied levels. I m a bit of a geek so all this interested me to no end!

I love this place. Whether I go there to take a run, to play my guitar by the bison, or to go to the top of the main building for the view. Like a unicorn, it's truly magical.

We went for the family fair day and it was awesome. I had no idea all the events and programs they offer here.

Fantastic 2 hour public tour covering the facility, scientific studies and the physics community.

Great place to see science works! Great explanations and awesome tours plus dog park and buffalo.

This place phenomenal science center for anyone who has any interest in science. I was really fortunate to visit and wished had much more than 2 hours I had spent. They are also very visitor friendly and that is a great plus. Plenty o f information for visitors at all levels.

Great Trails
Fun visitor center (great for a day trip with kids)
Buffalo can be hard to find at times, but well worth looking for.

Amazing public exhibits made better by knowledgeable docents.

Outstanding! Kinda out of the way idea but it was fantastic. Attended open lecture and toured open part of facility. Highly recommended for all with inclination to science / physics.

Excellent place to learn about high energy physics. There are guided tours of the facilities for all ages. A very pleasant multicultural environment.

Definitely worth a visit. I've been here before eight years ago, but it was certainly worth coming back and seeing all the new experiments (and the old bisons).

Excellent for particle physics fans. Make sure to catch the once a month Ask A Scientist 3-hour program.

Wonderful place to see birds and enjoy a little fresh air.

Took students on a field trip here. Our guides were informative as were all the staff we met.

Came here today on a trip with my AP Physics class. We participated through an educational tour taking us through multiple levels of the lab. A couple of our stops included talking to a professional on neutrinos. At the end, we got about an hour in a lecture hall with a physicist to ask questions and he responded at a high school/low-college level. Our tour guide was very nice an extremely informative.

Beautiful to bike through! The prairie is so serene.
The path is quiet and well kept! The top floor museum in the main building is worth it once or twice to understand the types of experiments Fermi lab does and it's impact on our world. I am also a science teacher so I may be biased

Wow, visiting a national laboratory for free. There are free tours on Wednesday, but if you'd prefer to walk their parries or look at their bison they are open everyday to the public

A great educational experience for kids of all ages

Super cool place. Can't wait til next open to public day

Looks like a billion dollars, make that a trillion dollars. Amazing place

Incredible science here. A world leader in innovation and collaboration. This is how things should work.

What more could you ask for. The cafeteria was plentiful and delicious. The lecture that was given upon astronomy and cosmology was well done and well informed. And the public tour was even better. Unlike a lot of other laboratories, Fermilab is completely public towards people who yearn for more knowledge.

Beautiful, enlightening, makes you proud to be an American, and citizen of the planet.

It is quite quaint and interesting. It needs more pizzazz and aside from that, it is intriguing. Let's do physics together here :-)

Came here for a concert as part of their performance series. Had a great time!

I love going to fermilab lectures! Very exciting if you're into science. They Feynman exhibit was great!

Fermilab is proof our government can do great things not just for us but for all of humanity. They offer excellent science education programs as well. Check out their website for all this amazing lab offers.

Great place to spend the day. Top floor in the main building is now open to the public - you don't have to be with a tour. Bison are out often, lots to do and see especially in the warmer months. Plenty of prairie, woods and an activity center. Plenty is off-limits, but plenty is open as well. Lots of sculptures and cool looking buildings.

Fermilab is a majestic place. The facilities and the expansive grounds evoke a feeling of wonder. What I most admire about Fermilab is that they continue to push the boundaries of cutting edge research. We're very fortunate to have a National laboratory open to the public (thanks to Robert Rathburn Wilson) ! One of the most exciting and challenging subjects they are working on is quantum computing. They have a large computing facility dedicated to this endeavor. Fermilab is collaborating with CalTech to merge the awesome power of quantum computation with the internet. This is a good example of a research endevour that would yield a novel utility if realized. It would certainly change the world.

Meanwhile, high up on Fermilab's priority list is completing construction on the LBNF (Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility). The LBNF is the essential infrastructure for a greater international effort, DUNE (Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment). The LBNF/DUNE "will send neutrinos 800 miles through Earth's mantle to a former gold mine in Lead, South Dakota" (according to the official website). Further insight into the elusive neutrino is necessary to unify the standard model. A firm understanding of neutrino dynamics could present a number of utilities.

If you love science and would enjoy learning about a cutting edge physics research facility visit Fermilab for a tour. You don t have to have a firm grasp of particle physics to appreciate the research being done here. You can marvel at the concepts of muons and neutrinos and have a delightful time exploring and discovering the latest contributions from this unique laboratory. Great fun for adults and curious kids.

I've been there for 3 ask-a-scientist events (Neutrino Oscillations, Amazon cloud computing, and Dark Matter/Energy). The events are great for adults and high schoolers. The topics have been well presented and they all do a great job at fielding questions. They do hard science there so some of the topics are pretty intense, but I've definitely learned something new each time I've attended. The events include a lecture, a tour of the particle accelerator, and ~45 minutes of time to ask the presenter (and the other physicists) questions. It's a really cool place and it's crazy to think it's right down the road from a Pep boys and an outlet mall.

I couldn't believe it when I saw the buffalo. or the arch over the front door. This place is truly magnificent. I spent all days roaming around the fields with the cayotes while doing physics with magnificent people. The Wilson Hall is very tall and worrth seeing! You can feel the energy of the callaborations' collective will. We have to come back.

My place of employment for 42.5 years. Great place to visit for science, nature.

Brilliant experience for anyone who likes to learn while having fun! A day worth more than 5 stars!

Cutting edge research, particle accelerators, astrophysics, hi speed electronics. But best of all amazing family friendly daycare and they treated our baby as if he was their own

What a great place to tour. The docent was very knowledgeable. We even got to see the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment underway.

If you like science, nature, or just doing something out of the ordinary, you'll like Fermilab. I bring my kids to check out something that most will never see--a particle accelerator. People who live near here (myself included) forget about and take for granted that they live so close to a modern marvel. Albeit Cern has taken Femilab's crown as far as accelerators go, Fermilab continues to do extremely cutting edge, and relevant science everyday.

As a science dork, I love being around this place; as a nature lover, I love being around this place; as a dog owner I love taking my dog to the dog training area; and as a father, I love the fact that my kids can learn about the nature of the universe right in my own backyard.

Super fun place to visit if you like science-y things.

Buffalo! This is a beautiful place. When one things of research facility they don't picture a lovely public park and buffalo roaming about.

Very interesting place to visit. Recommend using the app guided tour for the driving portion of the complex. Beautiful view from the upper exhibit floor in the main building.

The building is beautiful, and the visitor reception is better than any other science facility that I have seen. I was fortunate enough to be assisted by a wonderful docent, Jane. I hope to be about to visit again!

This place is just awesome the property is gorgeous the buildings are classic the information is captivating and the views are spectacular!

Fermi is one of the best research institutions in the world, they have wonderful internship opportunities and their public outreach is engaging and well organized!

The public lectures are interesting, accessible, and inexpensive.

World class national laboratory for research in high energy physics. Public visitors can visit with valid drivers license.

It looked pretty and the bison are pretty cool too.

Whooooo!!! I love it!
SCCCIEENCE!!!

The best accelerator particle place to learn in the world!

Amazing experience. My guide was very knowledgeable and the science they do is very interesting. I pray that I can get an internship here. My only complaint is that it's quite far from my house.

Went for the Open House - a great introduction to the facility but I recommend going Any Other Day due to the crowds.

Good place to learn and also become one with nature