The Museum of Science and Industry is one of my favorites in Chicago. I have been going to this museum since i was a kid. My favorite exhibit there is the baby chicks exhibit where thye display hatching eggs and fully developed chicks. they have a new exhibit right now called Body Worlds where they have taken the human body and encased it in a polymer, and so in some places all you see is the skeleton, or just blood vessels and muscles. and they had posed these figures doing various activities such as playing chess to playing a sport. Their other exhibits include various industries such as the coal mine, a 727 airplane, cars, petroleum. And for their life sciences they have a giant heart that you can walk through. There are very many school and group activities and labs that one can join as well as events hosted throughout the year. check out this museum if you are in chicago.
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