Naper Settlement outdoor history village
Photo: John D. Buell · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
🎨 Museum · Naperville
2 hours · $ · No reservation needed
- 🚗About 5 min driveFrom Naperville · Parking: Free museum lot (Webster St / Porter Ave)
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Some shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days · Fine on cold days
- ⏱️Typical visit: 2 hoursBest seasons: Summer · Fall · Spring · Winter
A 12-acre history village south of the Riverwalk with 30 19th-century buildings: a clanging blacksmith shop, a one-room schoolhouse where kids sit at old desks, and interpreters in long dresses leading old-time games; the Naper Nights summer concerts and Christmas Memories in December are the liveliest times.
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