Naper Settlement is Chicagoland's only accredited outdoor history museum. Visit Naper Settlement’s historic village to discover Naperville's growth from a pioneer settlement to a bustling Midwestern community, located 30 miles west of Chicago. The past comes to life at the 13-acre museum with interactive exhibits, a hands-on family activity center, historic structures, including a Victorian mansion listed on the National Register of Historic Places, homes, working blacksmith and print shops, a log house, fort, chapel and a one-room schoolhouse. Naper Settlement's mission is to instill an appreciation of the past through preservation and education in a museum village setting and seeks to enrich the lives of a diverse audience of adults, families and children.