Staycation Chicago - Museum of Science and Industry

We decided to act like tourists in Chicago today and visited the Museum of Science and Industry. We haven't been a in few years and the kids have a different perspective as they grow older. They appreciate completely different parts of the Museum and the information that can be learned.

Photo Taken By thedarkhorse: Part of Brick by Brick Exhibit (The LEGO exhibit)

We decided to pony up for a membership this time and went with one that gives us access to all the "exhibits" without paying extra each time we go. With a family this is almost a no brainer if you can swing the money up front

Going to need to look into the free access to "more than 300 science centers and museums outside Chicago" and see what might be good for a day trip. Need to get our moneys worth!

Now need to complain for a second, the cost of a trip to a Museum in Chicago is crazy. We were looking at about $200 for the 4 of us and my Dad who came with us just for admission, the Lego exhibit, and their Deep Sea movie plus another $22 for parking. These prices mean that hard working families just can't afford to take their kids to these museums and they are missing out on a day that might have opened their eyes to things they never knew interested them. Don't know the solution, but this is a serious problem.

Anyone with kids if you have any sort of a Science Museum near you get your kids there. It helps expose your kids to things you would never think to talk about and makes learning fun for them.

Anyways going to share some of the photos from today, but not all of them. Want to do a post on the Lego exhibit on it's own. We spent about an hour in there and that deserves it's own post for sure. We are planning on going back in the near future as we were there for 5 plus hours and didn't nearly see everything. Huge advantage of buying the membership we didn't feel rushed and took our time with what we did see.

The drive into the City of Chicago at any hour can be filled with traffic. Both of these photos were taken at a dead stop. Nice clear day, but still chilly!

Interesting story my Dad shared. The fighter plane shown below is similar to ones that littered Hawaii when he was a kid. He said tons of planes which had been downed during the battle at Perl Harbor were still sitting on cliffs or stuck into the side of mountains. Man he loves to find a way to rub in that he spent part of his childhood in Hawaii.

So one more from the Brick by Brick exhibit, but the rest will be another post. This one is of MSI and the next couple give a little background of the building.

Fairy Castle is the largest "miniature house" I've ever seen. Very cool the attention to detail which included painting that were done with a single bristle paint brush. The patience needed to create this is insane...so glad there are people like this to create amazing works of art for us to enjoy.

Heading home...Friday traffic and stopped sitting on the tollway yet again. Oh how I hate traffic, but it did let the kids take a power nap.

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All photos are taken by @thedarkhorse and all rights are reserved.
Photos are taken with my Smasung S8+