Driving and Parking Information
The Children's Discovery Museum is located at 101 E. Beaufort Street in Uptown Normal, Illinois. The Museum is two blocks east of Illinois State University’s 28-story Watterson Towers.
Driving Directions
Uptown Normal is an exciting place to be as it undergoes an amazing redevelopment. The following directions to the Museum and parking lots reflect the most up-to-the-minute information. Directions may change- so visit this page often to ensure you have the latest details that make your drive here as enjoyable as possible!
Click here if traveling to the
Museum by Bus
Click here if traveling to the Museum by
Car
Click here if traveling to
the Museum by Train
Parking Information
- Want a guaranteed parking spot
within walking distance of the Museum? Consider the
convenience of the College Avenue Parking Deck.
It features 685 spaces and is only a block away from the CDM. The deck is free during the evenings (6p-6a), on Sundays, and the first hour is always free no matter what time of day. Otherwise, parking will be just $1 an hour, and special all-day and overnight rates are also available. - There is a small parking lot across the street from the
Museum, directly to the north. This lot offers two hour
parking.
- There is another small lot, located near the
intersection of Beaufort and Broadway, to the west of the
Museum, that offers two hour parking.
- Parkinson Street Lot: The Constitution Trail RR crossing at the AMTRAK Station is permanently closed to all traffic effective Monday, January 23, 2012. If you park in the Parkinson Avenue (Amtrak) lot, you must cross the tracks on the west side of Linden Street.
