Science and technology museum in the Palace of Fine Arts built for Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Hands-on exhibits fill the halls, and a captured German U-boat from the Second World War has a hall of its own.
Highlights
- U-505 submarine
- Model railway
- Palace of Fine Arts building
Good to know
- Submarine tour sells out; book ahead
- Allow a full day
- Some exhibits closed
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