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If one museum can hold a re-created coal mine, a Zephyr steam locomotive, a German U-Boat, a Boeing 727 and an Apollo 8 spacecraft, you know it has to be big. The Museum of Science and Industry certainly is that, with more than 350,000 square feet holding more than 800 exhibits. An adjoining 342-seat Omnimax theater offers panoramic movies.

After a day of touring the museum, visit the neighboring Jackson Park. Designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, who designed New York's Central Park, the park covers two square miles and includes a bird sanctuary, a Japanese Garden and a golf course.

Do not forget about the Hyde Park neighborhood that surrounds the museum and the park. Designed in the 1800s by renowned architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, this neighborhood is home to The University of Chicago, one of the nation's best. Long on the National Historic Register, the neighborhood retains an air of dignity and sophistication with vintage architecture, formal gardens and tree-lined streets.

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Jackson Park

Wooded city park

6401 South Stony Island Avenue
Chicago, IL 60615
United States
+1 312 747 6187

Starting behind the Museum of Science and Industry, Jackson Park contains acres and acres of re-created forest and lush greens. Be sure to stroll through the wooded island and stop at the Japanese pavilion, a re-creation of the one that stood at that very spot during the 1893 Columbian exposition. Along with the museum, the Wooded Island is one of the last remaining vestiges of that fabled fair. Well worth a visit after a trip to the museum, but be careful, the neighborhoods nearby can be shady after dark.

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Museum of Science and Industry

Technological Treasury 5700 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60637-2003
United States
+1 773 684 1414
http://www.msichicago.org/
msi@msichicago.org This museum makes science fun with interactive, educational exhibits that stretch the imagination. Spend time in a 16-foot heart as you learn about how yours works. Find out how technology has influenced history by stepping back in time on 'Yesterday's Main Street'. Watch action-packed films in the museum's giant-screen Omnimax Theatre or take a ride down a coal mine. And don't leave without picking up some great souvenirs at The Big Idea museum shop. Omnimax requires additional fee. Parking available in underground garage for USD5.

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University of Chicago

Gothic campus, birthplace of the atomic bomb & breeder of Nobel Prize Winners 5801 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
United States
+1 773 702 1234
http://www.uchicago.edu The University of Chicago has done it all, from the birth of the atomic bomb to the first living-donor living transplant to the birth of sociological study. On a lighter note, Chicago's famous Second City comedy group was conceived at the UOC, and the nation's first Heisman Trophy winner, Jay Berwanger, ran the pigskin here. Former home of Enrico Fermi, Albert Einstein, Milton Friedman and Saul Bellow, the UOC is rightfully proud that more Nobel laureates have studied or taught here than at any other university. The school was founded by the lakefront in 1891 and houses a richly detailed, gothic style campus. Take in one of many concert programs or events on campus, or take a stroll through scenic Hyde Park, the beautiful old neighborhood that engulfs the university.

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