Chicago Travel Forum

where is the al capone museum? someone mentioned it, but i cant find it....

I've never heard of one here, this link suggests that it once existed but is now closed

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/445

There's a John Dillinger Museum in Hammond, IN but it'd be impossible to get to without a car.

I've never heard of one here, this link suggests that it once existed but is now closed

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/445

There's a John Dillinger Museum in Hammond, IN but it'd be impossible to get to without a car.

The museum no longer exist although you can find some of the items that were formerly housed in the museum at a steakhouse in a Chicago suburb of St. Charles. To get there you would have to have a car or take an AMTRAK commuter train as it is about 35 miles west of downtown Chicago. Their website is http://www.alphonsecaponeent.com/steakhouse/index.html.

There is an internet site about Al Capone at www.alcaponemuseum.com also.

Don't know about the museum, but there is (was) something called the Untouchable Tour, billed
as Chicago's original gangster tour. It's a bus trip where you travel to some of Capone's original (and still existing) haunts, etc. Try www.gangstertour.com. A phone number is: 773-881-1195.
Not sure if these folks are still in business but it's worth a try.