Museum of Science and Industry

The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago is the largest science center in the Western Hemisphere. Under its roof collected more than 35 000 exhibits, causing genuine interest in children and adults and encourage the study of exact sciences and the development of technical thinking.

The museum is housed in the only building remaining from the 1893 World Exhibition. Having spent huge funds on its restoration, the famous businessman and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald opened a museum exposition in 1933. It was the first in North America where exhibits were not boring and static – everything moved and worked like in real life. For example, the current model of a coal mine, where today you can go down to see how the coal mining process is organized.

Since 1954, the German submarine U-505 has taken an honorable place in the permanent exhibition. You can climb on board to see the interior of the submarine, feel like a member of the crew.

The Museum of Science and Industry has a miniature railway with precisely worked out details that fully correspond to the real structure of the railway networks. This section is loved by boys of all ages. And young ladies can not take their eyes off this puppet palace, whose interiors are painted by Walt Disney, and chandeliers and lamps shine with the lights of real diamonds and emeralds.

This is a museum for the whole family, where time will pass unnoticed, leaving a lot of new impressions.