Chicagoland
Cook
Chicago

Museum of Science and Industry Chicago

The Museum of Science and Industry is a private, non-profit science museum located in , the neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois. It is adjacent to and the campus.
Tap on a place
to explore it
msichicago.org
Wikipedia
Photo: zooey, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Griffin Museum of Science and Industry”, “Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry”, “MSI”, “msichicago.org”, “Museum of Science & Industry Chicago”, and “Museum of Science and Industry”
  • Address: 5700 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60637

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include 55th/56th/57th Street station and Robie House.

Railway station
Photo: vxla, CC BY 2.0.
55th–56th–57th Street is a commuter rail station in , that serves the Metra Electric Line north to and south to , , and ; and the South Shore Line to and . is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Museum of Science and Industry Chicago.

Photo: grego1402, CC BY 2.0.
The Frederick C. is a historic house museum on the campus in the neighborhood of , Illinois, United States. is situated 3,600 feet west of Museum of Science and Industry Chicago.

Railway station
Photo: LHOON, CC BY-SA 3.0.
59th Street/University of Chicago is a railway station that serves the Metra Electric Line in Chicago, Illinois. The station is on 59th street, originally the 's southern border, and the . is situated 2,000 feet southwest of Museum of Science and Industry Chicago.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hyde Park and Indian Village.

Photo: Urbanrules, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of 's most famous neighborhoods, most certainly so on the South Side, located along the south lakefront. Having played host to the White City, the University of Chicago, President Obama, the setting for Richard Wright's Native Son, and…

Neighborhood
Photo: Monika Bonckute, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the small southeast corner of , a community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is bounded by Lake Shore Drive to the east, to the north, 51st Street to the south, Harold Washington Park to the southeast, and the Illinois Central Railroad tracks used by the South Shore and Metra Electric Lines to the west.

Suburb
is a neighborhood on the of Chicago, Illinois, near the shore of 8.5 miles south of . It is one of the city's 77 municipally recognized community areas, bounded by the lake to the east, 60th Street to the north, King…

Museum of Science and Industry Chicago

Latitude
41.79076° or 41° 47′ 27″ north
Longitude
-87.58294° or 87° 34′ 59″ west
Elevation
587 feet (179 metres)
Named after
Kenneth C. Griffin
Abbreviation
“MSI”
Open location code
86HJQCR8+8R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24826230
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­museum
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
4903226
Wiki­data ID
Q1414079
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Museum of Science and Industry Chicago from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Museum of Science and Industry Chicago” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف العلوم والصناعة”
  • Armenian: “Գիտության և արդյունաբերության թանգարան”
  • Armenian: “Չիկագոյի գիտության և արդյունաբերության թանգարան”
  • Basque: “Zientzia eta Industria Museoa (Chicago)”
  • Basque: “Zientzia eta Industria Museoa”
  • Belarusian: “Музей навукі і прамысловасці”
  • Chinese: “科学与工业博物馆 (芝加哥)”
  • Chinese: “科学与工业博物馆”
  • Dutch: “Museum of Science and Industry”
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo de Scienco kaj Industrio (Ĉikago)”
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo de Scienco kaj Industrio”
  • Finnish: “Museum of Science and Industry”
  • French: “Musée des sciences et de l’industrie Chicago”
  • French: “musée des Sciences et de l’Industrie de Chicago”
  • French: “Musée des Sciences et de l’Industrie de Chicago”
  • French: “Musée des sciences et de lindustrie de Chicago”
  • Georgian: “ჩიკაგოს მეცნიერების და მრეწველობის მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Museum für Naturwissenschaften und Technikgeschichte Chicago”
  • German: “Museum of Science and Industry”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון המדע והתעשייה”
  • Italian: “Museo della scienza e dell’industria”
  • Japanese: “シカゴ科学産業博物館”
  • Korean: “과학 산업 박물관”
  • Korean: “과학산업박물관”
  • Latin: “Museum scientiae et industriae”
  • Marathi: “विज्ञान आणि उद्योग संग्रहालय”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Museum of Science and Industry”
  • Norwegian: “Museum of Science and Industry”
  • Persian: “موزه علم و صنعت شیکاگو”
  • Persian: “موزه علمی صنعتی شیکاگو”
  • Portuguese: “Museu da Ciência e Indústria”
  • Portuguese: “Museum of Science and Industry”
  • Russian: “Музей науки и промышленности”
  • Slovenian: “Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry”
  • Slovenian: “MSI”
  • Slovenian: “Muzej znanosti in industrije Kennetha C. Griffina”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Ciencia e Industria (Chicago)”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Ciencia e Industria”
  • Swedish: “Museum of Science and Industry”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей науки та промисловості”
  • Uzbek: “Fan va sanoat muzeyi (Chikago)”
  • Uzbek: “Fan va sanoat muzeyi”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as East Hyde Park and Parkside.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Stan’s Donuts & Coffee and Admissions.

Chicago: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Loop, Near North, O’Hare International Airport, and Hyde Park.

Curious Museums to Discover

Uncover intriguing museums from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Museum of Science and Industry Chicago”. Photo: zooey, CC BY 2.0.