Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)

Museum of Science and Industry

The Museum of Science and Industry (or MSI) is in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.. It is in Jackson Park, in the Hyde Park neighborhood between Lake Michigan and The University of Chicago.^[1] The museum was sponsored by Julius Rosenwald, the Sears, Roebuck and Company president and philanthropist. It was supported by the Commercial Club of Chicago. It opened in 1933 during the Century of Progress Exposition.

MSI is the largest science museum in the Western Hemisphere. It has a full-size replica coal mine, a German submarine (U-505) captured during World War II, a 3,500-square-foot (330 m2) model railroad, the first diesel-powered streamlined stainless-steel passenger train (Pioneer Zephyr), and the Apollo 8 spacecraft that carried the first humans to the Moon.^[2]

Museum Of Science And Industry (Chicago) Media

Palace of Fine Arts floor plan
Interior of Palace of Fine Arts — unlike other structures at the World's Fair, the palace was constructed to be more permanent.
Museum of Science and Industry from 1700 East 56th Street
The Pioneer Zephyr
U-505 at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL. October 2005.
A U-505 flattened US penny from the MSI
The Chicago portion of the The Great Train Story at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999
A picture of a Junkers Ju 87 on display in the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Germany used this plane during World War II to inflict serious damage on cities and towns. The Junkers Ju 87, or "Stuka", was a dive-bomber. Each Stuka carried sirens to terrify their targets before dropping its payload. Their wings were inverted gull wings.