The Museum Of Science and Industry

Kyle Wang

Location of the Museum of Science and Industry

Fact 1:

• The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago is the largest science museum in the western hemisphere.

Fact 2:

• The Museum of Science and Industry was originally built as a temporary exhibit for the 1893 World’s Fair. At the time, it was called the Palace of Fine Arts.

Photo of the World’s Fair, or the Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893.

Fact 3:

• The museum was rebuilt as a permanent structure and opened to the public in 1933.

Photo of the interior of one of the exhibits at the Museum of Science and Industry.

Fact 4:

• The museum has over 2,000 exhibits.

Kyle Wang at the The Great Train Story and the Floating Balloon exhibit.

Fact 5:

• The M.S.I is the only museum in the western hemisphere to have a U-505 German submarine on display.

Photo of the U-505 German submarine.

Fact 6:

• In the past, the M.S.I. has many temporary and traveling exhibits such as Harry Potter and The Titanic.

Photo of Hagrid’s room at the Harry Potter exhibit at the M.S.I.

Fact 7:

One present exhibit is Animals Inside Out which shows an animal’s insides.

Photo of the insides of a giraffe and an elephant.

Fact 8:

Many of the museum’s exhibits are interactive, like the Science Storms exhibit where people can view a real water vapor tornado.

Photo of a water vapor tornado demonstration.

Television Source

Leshock, Marcus, WATCH: Inside the new Animal Inside Outside Exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. Chicago, Illinois, WGN News Chicago, Channel 9. March 19, 2013.

Internet Source

Wikipedia. “ Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)”<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Science_and_Industry_(Chicago)March 25, 2013

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