Brick by Brick, LEGO Exhibit - Museum of Science and Industry

Fun for kids of all ages LEGO has captured the hearts of millions of kids around the world. Tiny little bricks used to make everything from a simple house in the hands of a young child up to works of art for Master Builders like Chicago native Adam Reed Tucker.

On Friday I posted about our trip to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and said a second post about the Brick by Brick exhibit would be coming. This exhibit was just to large and amazing to lump in with the general post about MSI.

A little overview from MSI's website about the exhibit:

This 7,000-square-foot exhibit, developed and created by MSI, features a spectacular collection of more than a dozen giant LEGO®-built structures of engineering marvels, including a 60-foot-long Golden Gate Bridge, the International Space Station, St. Louis Gateway Arch, Hoover Dam, Roman Colosseum and more, constructed by LEGO® Certified Professional and Chicago native Adam Reed Tucker.

Seriously a 60 foot long replica of the golden gate bridge...take a look at this.

The details and skill that go into figuring out how to build a structure like this just amaze me. It's one thing to build something cool from a set of instructions with. But to take a real structure, figure out scale to "LEGO Size", figure out what bricks are needed, and then actually build something like this takes an artist and an engineer.

Now I didn't go into this exhibit thinking it would become it's own post or I would have taken more photos. So I'll mention a few fun things that aren't photoed. They had a bunch of Adam Reed Tucker's original LEGO sets, an earthquake simulator which you could build with foam blocks and try and keep your building standing during the earthquake, 2 seats attached to a pulley system which you lifted yourself on at either 1/2 or 1/6 your weight, LEGO building stations to test your abilities, and more.

Well the rest I will allow my photos to do the talking and let you see the exhibits.

While not LEGO this is really cool. It's a skyscraper model from the 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair.

The next time your kids wants to play with their legos remember they are learning while playing. With a little creativity and maybe some direction from you amazing things can be built. Consider jumping onto eBay and buying bulk lego brinks vs buying yet another set. Who knows maybe you have a future Master Builder or Architect.

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