Aurora Attractions

The Aurora Historical Society was formed in 1906 and operates several museums. These include the William Tanner Museum, Aurora Art and History Center, and the Local History Research Archives.

The Aurora Regional Fire Museum has seven pieces of fire apparatus, dating from an 1850s hand pumper to a 1960s aerial ladder truck. Thousands of artifacts, photographs and other historical information are on display relating to the history of firefighting in Aurora.

Blackberry Farm's Pioneer Village is a living history museum featuring five large museum collections: the Carriage House, the Farm Museum, the Early Streets Museum and the Huntoon House. The museums contain collections of 19th century items such as 40 carriages, rare farming implements and late Victorian era exhibit stores. Demonstrations include blacksmithing, spinning, weaving, sewing and pottery.

Scitech in Aurora has over 200 hands-on exhibits that explore astronomy, heat, light and magnets. The Outdoor Science Park is a whole-body interactive that includes a giant lever that can lift three adults at one time, giant wave machine, bike on a rope, and a stone xylophone.