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![]() Built as a private residence, the Cuneo mansion is now a historic house museum, which is really many museums blended into one. As a "living museum," the building and gardens preserve in vivid detail the flavor of an era and a way of life. The grand spaces of the Venetian style architecture, filled with antique furnishings and artwork and the quiet paths through the manicured grounds allow the visitor to savor the elegant splendor of the "gilded age." The Cuneo mansion is one of the few surviving manor homes from the early 20th century settlement of gentleman farmers in the fields south of Libertyville, which included Joseph Medill Patterson of the Tribune and Adlai Stevenson, the presidential candidate. Now surrounded by busy suburban development, the museum is a magnificent relic of the domestic opulence and rustic retreat of that former period.
The Cuneo Museum will close for cleaning and restoration on January 1, 2010. Please call or visit our website in February for the date when tours will resume. We continue to book group tours and special events for the coming season. Please call 847 362-3042. The Cuneo staff wishes to express our gratitude to those of you who have supported the Museum over the years. The Cuneo Museum is also an art museum. In fact, the building itself is a work of art, housing an art gallery within. The mansion was designed by prominent architect Benjamin Marshall, builder of the Edgewater Beach and Drake Hotels in Chicago. The grounds were laid out by famous prairie style landscaper, Jens Jensen. Inside the museum is filled with a variety of objects of great beauty from different periods and countries and in different media. The paintings, porcelain, silver, tapestries, statues and furnishings are the result of a lifetime of discriminating collecting by Mr. Cuneo and his family. Whether you are interested in the history of the period, or you admire fine art or you simply want to step back into a quieter, more elegant time, a tour of the Cuneo Museum has much to offer you. | ![]() |
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| Department | Contact | |
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| Museum Director & Event Rental | Pam Adams | padams@cuneomuseum.org |
| Tours & Public Relations | Mary Cook | mcook@cuneomuseum.org |
| History, Operations & Programs | John Byrne | jbyrne@cuneomuseum.org |
| Security | Brian Keena | bkeena@cuneomuseum.org |
| Gardens & Grounds | Bob Probst | bprobst@cuneomuseum.org |
| Maintenance | Stan Serkowski | sserkowski@cuneomuseum.org |
| Accounting | Asher Warso | awarso@cuneomuseum.org |
Directions DIRECTIONS: NORTH & SOUTH ON I94: Traveling north or south on I 94 exit on US Route 60 (Townline Road) and turn west off the exit ramp, towards Vernon Hills. Drive 3 miles to Milwaukee Avenue (Route 21) and turn right (north). Stay in the left lane and proceed north 1/4 mile through two stoplights. You will see the entrance on the left (west) side of the road. NORTH & SOUTH ON ROUTE 45: Traveling north or south on Route 45 (Lake Street) turn east on US Route 60 (Townline Road) and drive 2 miles to Milwaukee Avenue (Route 21) and turn left (north). Stay in the left lane and proceed north 1/4 mile through two stoplights. You will see the entrance on the left (west) side of the road. NORTH & SOUTH ON ROUTE 21: Traveling north or south on Route 21 (Milwaukee Ave). The Cuneo Museum entrance is on the west side of the highway between the EJ&E Railroad tracks and Westfield Hawthorn Mall. Traveling south, the entrance is on your right, just after the small state sign announcing "Museum Entrance." If you come to the AMLI apartments, you have gone too far. Traveling north the entrance sign is visible on your left after the AMLI apartment complex. NORTH ON ROUTE 53: Go north on Route 53 until the expressway ends and take the exit for Lake Cook Road east. Travel east about 3 miles to the Milwaukee Avenue exit ramp. Turn left (north)off the ramp. Drive about 8 miles north on Milwaukee Avenue 1/4 mile past Route 60. The Museum entrance is on your left. | ![]() |
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