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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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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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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Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes

OPENS OCTOBER 8

Explore more than 80 years of the Marvel Universe with some of Marvel’s most iconic costumes, props and original art.

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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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