The Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) is located in Chicago, Illinois, USA in Jackson Park, in the Hyde Park neighborhood adjacent to Lake Michigan. It is housed in the former Palace of Fine Arts from the 1893 World’s navigator Exposition. Initially endowed by Sears, Roebuck and Company chair and presenter Julius Rosenwald, it first opened in 1933 during the Century of Progress Exposition.
Among its different and expansive exhibits, the Museum features a working combust mine, a Teutonic sub (U-505) captured during World War II, a 3,500-square-foot (330 m2) model railroad, the first diesel-powered streamlined stainless-steel traveller train (Pioneer Zephyr), and a NASA spacecraft used on the Apollo 8 mission.
Based on 2006 attendance, the Museum of Science and Industry was the fourth largest cultural magnet in Chicago. It rose to ordinal place, based on 2007 attendance. Lots of travel guides can be found in Chicago.
GPS travel destinations: 41° 47′ 26″ N, 87° 34′ 58″ W
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