Museum of Science and Industry
The largest science museum in the Western Hemisphere, with a real German U-boat, a coal mine, a 727 jet and a tornado you can stand beside.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid; some exhibits cost extra
- Time Needed
- 4 hours
- Address
- 5700 S DuSable Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60637Google MapsApple Maps
- Getting There
- Metra Electric to 55th–56th–57th St, or bus 6.
- Accessibility
- Fully accessible.
Why Go
Housed in the last great building of the 1893 World's Fair, the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry is packed with hands-on exhibits: the captured U-505 submarine, a working replica coal mine, a model railroad and a 40-foot indoor tornado.
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