What is Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)?
[[File:MSIChicago.JPG|thumb|right|210px|Museum of Science and Industry]] The '''Museum of Science and Industry''' (or '''MSI''') is in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[United States|U.S.]]. It is in [[Jackson Park (Chicago)|Jackson Park]], in the [[Hyde Park, Chicago|Hyde Park]] neighborhood between [[Lake Michigan]] and The [[University of Chicago]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msichicago.org/whats-here/exhibits/science-storms/science-storms-news/ |title=Museum of Science and Industry &#124; Science Storms News |publisher=Msichicago.org |accessdate=2012-05-23 |archive-date=2012-05-27 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120527084352/http://www.msichicago.org/whats-here/exhibits/science-storms/science-storms-news/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The museum was sponsored by [[Julius Rosenwald]], the [[Sears|Sears, Roebuck and Company]] president and philanthropist. It was supported by the [[Commercial Club of Chicago]]. It opened in 1933 during the Century of Progress Exposition. MSI is the largest science museum in the [[Western Hemisphere]]. It has a full-size replica coal mine, a German submarine (U-505) captured during [[World War II]], a 3,500-square-foot (330 m2) model railroad, the first diesel-powered streamlined stainless-steel passenger train (Pioneer Zephyr), and the [[Apollo 8]] spacecraft that carried the first humans to the [[Moon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msichicago.org/whats-here/exhibits/you/the-exhibit/your-heart |title=Museum of Science and Industry &#124; Your Heart |publisher=Msichicago.org |accessdate=2012-05-23}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category|Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)}} *[http://www.msichicago.org/ Museum website] *[http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?m=museum+of+science+and+industry Commercials and news clips] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416130011/http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?m=museum+of+science+and+industry |date=2017-04-16 }} at [[The Museum of Classic Chicago Television]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Museum of