Chicago Museums - Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
Downtown Chicago Things-To-Do :: Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
Museum of Science and Industry • 19.0 mi
57th Street & Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60637 • (773) 684-1414
The Museum of Science and Industry is one of the most beloved and visited museums in the world and is the oldest science museum of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. It was inspired by Chicago businessman Julius Rosenwald during a 1911 visit with his son to the Deutches Museum in Munich. Rosenwald returned to Chicago determined to create the museum as a vehicle for public science education, and with the help of other Midwest business leaders, he restored and converted the last remaining major structure from the 1893 World's Fair, the Palace of Fine Arts, into a new type of American museum. In 1933, the Museum of Science and Industry opened to the public and featured interactive exhibits instead of only visual exhibits.
The Museum of Science and Industry currently features over 800 exhibits and over 2,000 interactive units and attracts approximately 2 million visitors per year. Some of the exhibits include a WWII captured German submarine, a 3,000-square-foot model railroad, baby-chick hatchery, a nearly 20-foot walk-through human heart model, and the Apollo 8 Spacecraft. In addition to the thousands of exhibits, there are also several shops and places to eat during your visit to the Museum of Science and Industry.
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