Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
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| place | Chicago |
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| opening | 1933 |
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The Museum of Science and Industry is a science center in Chicago .
Museum building
The Museum of Science and History of Technology is located in Jackson Park , just south of downtown Chicago. The museum building was built in 1893 for the World's Columbian Exposition . As the only building in the exhibition, it was built as a solid construction because art from all over the world was shown in it and the building was therefore subject to increased requirements with regard to fire protection . After the exhibition it was preserved and is now the only building that still exists at this world exhibition.
After the exhibition, it initially housed the Field Museum of Natural History , but it moved to downtown Chicago in 1921. After a few years, the building was renovated with the support of the entrepreneur Julius Rosenwald . The interior has been redesigned in the Art Deco style. In 1933 the Museum of Science and Industry was opened in the course of the world exhibition A Century of Progress .
exhibition
According to Rosenwald's ideas, many exhibitions were designed to be interactive. This concept has been retained to this day. For example, walk through a model of the human heart , learn the history of the telephone in the Hall of Communications , or visit a replica coal mine . The museum also shows the German submarine U 505 , the only submarine captured from Germany by the USA in World War II , as well as NYC No. 999 , the first locomotive to reach a speed of 100 miles per hour (mph). = 160 km / h reached.
The Henry Crown Space Center allows a look into the command module of the Apollo 8 mission and shows a replica of a space shuttle .
In temporary exhibitions, among other things, pieces recovered from the Titanic were on view in 2000 . The touring exhibition Body Worlds by Gunther von Hagens was also a guest at the Museum of Science and Industry. Body Worlds 2 was exhibited there until the end of April 2007, followed by Body Worlds of Animals in September 2013 .
Web links
- www.msichicago.org: Official website (English)
- History of the MSI (English)
Coordinates: 41 ° 47 ′ 26 " N , 87 ° 34 ′ 58" W.