Driving Directions/Public Transportation

From Downtown Chicago & the Loop

By Automobile/Taxi
Take the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) west to AUSTIN AVENUE (Exit 23A, a left lane exit). Turn right (north) onto Austin Avenue and travel about .7 mile, then turn left (west) onto WASHINGTON BLVD. Travel about 1 mile and then turn right (north) onto S OAK PARK AVE. Go .5 miles on Oak Park Ave after you cross under the "L" tracks the Ernest Hemingway Museum is two blocks north on the right.

By Public Transportation
From the North Loop take either the Chicago-Northwestern (Metra) or Green Line "L" to the OAK PARK CTA station. Walk 0.2 mile north to 200 N OAK PARK AVE.
www.transitchicago.com/maps/rail/rail.html

From Evanston & North Chicago

By Automobile/Taxi
Take the Edens/Kennedy Expressway south to the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) west to AUSTIN AVENUE (Exit 23A, a left lane exit). Turn right (north) onto Austin Avenue and travel about .7 mile, then turn left (west) onto WASHINGTON BLVD. Travel about 1 mile and then turn right (north) onto S OAK PARK AVE. Go .5 miles on Oak Park Ave, after you cross under "L" tracks the Ernest Hemingway Museum is two blocks north of the right.

By Public Transportation
Take the appropriate CTA line to the North Loop, then transfer to either the Chicago-Northwestern (Metra) or Green Line "L" to the OAK PARK CTA station. Walk 0.2 mile north to 200 N OAK PARK AVE
www.transitchicago.com/maps/rail/rail.html

From Midway Airport

By Automobile/Taxi
Take Cicero Avenue north to Roosevelt Road, turn left on Roosevelt and travel about 2 miles to Oak Park Avenue. Turn right (north) onto Oak Park Avenue. Go about 2 miles north on Oak Park Avenue; after you cross under "L" tracks the Ernest Hemingway Museum is two blocks north of the right.

By Public Transportation
Take the CTA Orange Line "L" to the Loop, then transfer to the CTA Green Line "L" to the OAK PARK CTA station. Walk 0.2 mile north to 200 N OAK PARK AVE
www.transitchicago.com/maps/rail/rail.html

From O'Hare Airport

By Automobile/Taxi
Exit the airport on the expressway I-190, then turn right onto N RIVER RD which eventually becomes DES PLAINES RIVER RD. Continue south about 4 miles and turn slight right onto N 1ST AVE. Go about 1.5 miles and turn left (east) on Chicago Avenue go 2 miles, turn right (south) onto Oak Park Avenue proceed 3 blocks to 200 N OAK PARK AVE.

By Public Transportation
Go to the CTA station underneath the baggage area, and take the Blue Line to Forest Park. It is important to get a "Forest Park" train and not a "54th/Cermak" train on the same tracks. Exit at the Oak Park Avenue station. Catch a Pace bus or Taxi north on Oak Park Ave to the Museum (about 1 mile)
www.transitchicago.com/maps/rail/rail.html

From the Western Suburbs

By Automobile/Taxi
From most locations, take either the Eisenhower Expressway I-290 or the I-88 extension to I290. Exit (EXIT 21B) from the left lane onto HARLEM AVENUE. Turn LEFT (north) onto Harlem and go .5 miles. Turn RIGHT (east) onto WASHINGTON BLVD and go another .5 miles. Turn LEFT (north) onto S OAK PARK AVE the Ernest Hemingway Museum is 6 blocks north.

By Public Transportation
The only real choice is to take the Chicago-Northwestern (Metra) to the Harlem/Marion station. Out of the station walk North one block to LAKE STREET. On Lake Street take a PACE Bus (309 or 313) to Oak Park Ave. Walk north one block to the Museum.
www.metrarail.com