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Museum of Science and Industry (Photo courtesy of Reddit user booberryyogurt)

One of the coolest things I can remember from my childhood was going on field trips to the city's various museums. One of my favorite museums was the Museum of Science and Industry.

Now called the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, it was established in 1933 and is located at 5700 South DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois, US, 60637. Considered the largest science museum in the Western hemisphere, this museum is housed in the last building from the 1893 World's Fair.

After the 1893 World's Fair, the palace was home to the Columbian Museum to display collections left over from the fair. It eventually morphed into the Field Museum then called the Field Museum of Natural History. But in 1920 the Field Museum moved and the building was left vacant.

By 1928, Julius Rosenwald urged his fellow club members of the Commercial Club of Chicago to convert the building into a science museum, and thus the Museum of Science and Industry was born.

Some of the exhibits that can be seen at the museum are the German Submarine U-505, the FarmTech exhibit, The Great Train Story, and Yesterday's Main Street. In the past, I have purchased tickets to their Marvel exhibit with my mother and enjoyed it. Whether you pay for other exhibits or attend the free exhibits, something is intriguing going on.