Plan Your Visit

Pleasant Home is open to the public for weekly tours, artistic performances, and community events.

 

PUBLIC HOURS ARE UPDATED ON A WEEKLY BASIS

 Week of November 18 - 24

Thursday, November 21: Guided Tours at 12 and 1pm, Self-Guided Tours 2pm - 4pm

Friday, November 22: Guided Tours at 12 and 1pm, Self-Guided Tours 2pm - 4pm

Saturday, November 23: Guided Tours at 12 and 1pm, Self-Guided Tours 2pm - 4pm

Sunday, November 24: Guided Tours at 12 and 1pm, Self-Guided Tours 2pm - 4pm

 

Week of November 25 - December 1

Thursday, November 28: No regular tours. Closed for Thanksgiving.

Friday, November 29: Guided Tours at 12 and 1pm, Self-Guided Tours 2pm - 4pm

Saturday, November 30: Guided Tours at 12 and 1pm, Self-Guided Tours 2pm - 4pm

 

Sunday, December 1: Self Guided Tours 12pm-4pm

 

Week of December 2 - December 8

Thursday, December 5: Guided Tours at 12 and 1pm, Self-Guided Tours 2pm - 4pm

Friday, December 6: Guided Tours at 12 and 1pm, Self-Guided Tours 2pm - 4pm

Saturday, December 7: Self Guided Tours 12pm-4pm

Sunday, December 8: Guided Tours at 12 and 1pm, no Self-Guided Tours. Father Christmas will be visiting Pleasant Home that afternoon!

 

Week of December 9 - December 15

Thursday, December 12: Self Guided Tours 12pm-4pm

Friday, December 13: Guided Tours at 12 and 1pm, Self-Guided Tours 2pm - 4pm

Saturday, December 14: Guided Tours at 12 and 1pm, Self-Guided Tours 2pm - 4pm

Sunday, December 15: Guided Tours at 12 and 1pm, Self-Guided Tours 2pm - 4pm

 

Week of December 16 - December 22

Thursday, December 19: Guided Tours at 12 and 1pm, Self-Guided Tours 2pm - 4pm

Friday, December 20: Guided Tours at 12 and 1pm, Self-Guided Tours 2pm - 4pm

Saturday, December 21: Guided Tours at 12 and 1pm, Self-Guided Tours 2pm - 4pm

 

Sunday, December 22: Guided Tours at 12 and 1pm, Self-Guided Tours 2pm - 4pm

 

Week of December 23 - December 29

Thursday, December 26: Guided Tours at 12 and 1pm, Self-Guided Tours 2pm - 4pm

Friday, December 27: Self Guided Tours 12pm-4pm

Saturday, December 28: Guided Tours at 12 and 1pm, Self-Guided Tours 2pm - 4pm

 

 

Sunday, December 29: Guided Tours at 12 and 1pm, Self-Guided Tours 2pm - 4pm

 

NEW HOURS: Join us in 2020 when self-guided tours will be FREE on Thursdays from 2-4pm.

Winter weather can be tricky! If you plan to come for a tour December-March, please give us a call ahead of time at (708) 383-2654 to confirm there is a guided tour that day.

 

We are closed to the public Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and national holidays.

 

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ADMISSION & TOUR RATES

Members are always free!

 

General Admission (Self-Guided): $5 per person

 

Admission with Guided-Tour:

Adults - $10.00

Seniors 65+ and students (18+ with I.D.) - $8.00

Children between 6 and 18 - $7

 

Free for children 5 and under

Free for Illinois teachers

 

Starting in 2020, Pleasant Home will be FREE to the public on Thursdays from 2:00-4:00pm.

 

Tickets can be purchased at the door or call (708) 383-2654.

 

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Accessibility 
The first floor of Pleasant Home is accessible for wheelchairs. There is no disabled access to the house’s upper floors, but we do have two photo albums of historical photographs available for review.

 

Please call us at (708) 383-2654 to make arrangements to use our wheelchair lift.

 

Safety

Help keep Mills Park Safe

 

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Location

217 Home Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois 60302
Located at the corner of Pleasant Street and Home Avenue, just steps from downtown Oak Park, shopping, restaurants, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Home & Studio and Unity Temple.

 

Directions

By train: Take the CTA Green Line or Metra UP-W line to Harlem.  Walk east one block to Home Avenue, then south one block to Pleasant Street.

By car: Take the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290 to Harlem Avenue).  

Exit north and go 5 blocks to Pleasant Street. Go east 3 blocks. Pleasant Home will be on the right at Home Avenue.

 

 

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Group Tours

Check back soon for our updated group tours!

 

 

 

 

Supporting Our Military

Pleasant Home participates with Blue Star Museums, providing free admission to the nation's active-duty personnel and their families from Memorial Day-Labor Day.