Chicago
Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
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Opened in 1933, the Museum of Science and Industry is the oldest
of its kind in the western hemisphere and attracts around two million
visitors each year. It was the first museum in North America to
develop the 'hands-on' approach with interactive exhibits and currently
has more than 2000 interactive and 800 regular exhibits, containing
around 50,000 artifacts.
Highlights of the museum collection include Apollo 8, the first
manned craft to orbit the moon, the Aurora 7 Mercury spacecraft,
a WWII captured German submarine listed in the National Register
of Historic Places, a WWII British Spitfire Fighter Plane, one of
a surviving few that flew in the Battle of Britain, a 3000-square
foot (280-square meter) model railroad, one of the world's largest,
a 20-foot (six-meter) tall walk-through model of a human heart and
veteran cars dating from the early 1900s.
The Museum of Science and Industry is free on Mondays and Tuesdays.
For details of opening times, special exhibitions and events, visit
the Museum of Science and Industry official
website.
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