Culture of Chicago. Places to visit - old town, temples, theaters, museums and palaces

» The Museum of Science and Industry was opened in 1933 on the initiative of D. Rosenwald, a rich businessman and fan of scientific and technological progress.
»  The museum is a very interesting modern complex that attracts a lot of visitors. There are 75 halls that house 35 000 exhibits.
»  The most attractive thing here is that visitors can touch any exhibits and even take part in phenomena and processes.
»  In the museum, permanent and temporary exhibitions are organized. Not so long ago, an exhibition where natural phenomena, e.g. tsunami, tornado, and Tesla coil, are demonstrated. Also, there are: a full-size replica coal mine that uses original equipment of 1933, German submarine U-505 captured during the Second World War, and the first Apollo 8 spacecraft.
»  The number and variety of exhibits is really huge. In the Omnimax Showroom, you can watch contemporary popular-science films.

» The Field Museum is named after Marshall Field who founded a charity organization in 1894 and donated a million dollars for the construction and opening of the museum. At that time, 600 first exhibits were collected.
»  Now, the museum fund contains 21 million exhibits collected in all parts of the world. The most unique exhibits are skeletons of dinosaurs and scarecrows of such big animals, as African elephants and lions.
»  In the museum, there are 30 permanent exhibitions. You can also see here artifacts from Ancient Egypt, Tibet, China, and Africa.
»  Visitors with children who visit the Underground Adventure can become 100 times smaller and look for the way among plants’ roots like spiders, earthworms, and grasshoppers.
»  The museum offers an interesting promotion: everyone can stay overnight when the museum is closed. They get a sleeping bag for it.

» The Chicago Children's Museum in Chicago is an interesting place for children and adults. It does not look like a classical museum.
»  It is a big playground where children can do everything their parents do not allow them to do, for example, play with water or construct “houses” of pieces of furniture (sofas, chairs, drawers, or blankets).
»  Here, they can become a seller, a pilot, or a driver.
»  The museum is divided into sectors where children of all ages study the world and conduct experiments.
»  The museum has an “open house” once a week.