Exhibits and Events

Exhibits and Events Press Kits

Download press materials and high-resolution photos of MSI's exhibitions and events.

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Upcoming
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Christmas Around the World + Holidays of Light

Open Through January 5, 2020

Come holiday together during MSI's annual exhibits that highlight the rich customs of more than 50 countries and cultures.

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MedLab

online simulated medical lab

Using cutting-edge technology and programming, students work as a classroom and take on the role of medical interns, working alongside a virtual doctor to meet their patient, make a diagnosis and prescribe treatment.

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Wired to Wear

Open through May 2020

Wired to Wear™ showcases cutting-edge, global technologies from industry pioneers and creative visionaries that will make us stronger, smarter and healthier.

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Makers United

Open through January 5, 2020

This workshop will allow guests to build their own piece of wearable technology while rekindling their interest in all forms of making.

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U-505 Submarine: 75 Stories

Built from the Museum’s vast Collection and archives, the exhibit tells the U-505’s story through 75 rarely seen artifacts and photographs.

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Extreme Ice

Extreme Ice explains and illustrates climate change through stunning photographic documentation and time-lapse videography.

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Art of the Bicycle

See an amazing collection of bicycles, from the earliest prototypes to the latest innovations, in this gallery of bikes.

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Black Creativity

January 20 Through March 1

Black Creativity celebrates its 50th anniversary honoring African-American innovations in science, technology, engineering, art and medicine.

Ships Gallery

The new Ships Gallery, presented by Captain Dave Truitt, showcases the highlights of ship design and evolution through beautifully detailed model ships.

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Numbers In Nature: A Mirror Maze

Numbers In Nature: A Mirror Maze is MSI's newest permanent exhibit, which explains and exposes mathematical patterns found in nature and features an 1,800-square-foot mirror maze.

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Future Energy Chicago

MSI's dynamic new experience focuses on Chicago’s energy future, using a state-of-the-art, multi-player visual simulation, combined with real-world data.

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Science Storms

Science Storms explores the extraordinary science behind some of nature’s most powerful and compelling phenomena, including a 40-foot-tall indoor tornado, a tsunami tank and a Tesla coil launching lightning strikes!

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U-505 Submarine

The U-505 Submarine is the only German submarine in the United States, and, now, a national memorial to the 55,000 American sailors who gave their lives on the high seas in WWI and WWII.

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YOU! The Experience

YOU! The Experience celebrates the whole "you": mind, body and spirit. See your heart beat 13 feet tall and run inside a human-sized hamster wheel.

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Colleen Moore's Fairy Castle

The amazing Colleen Moore's Fairy Castle structure, which took seven years and nearly $500,000 to create in 1935, has been at the Museum since 1949.

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