Museum of Science and Industry's Christmas Around the World fun for all ages

Visitors to Christmas Around the World will stroll through 50 trees decorated by local ethnic communities, enjoy intermittent falling "snow" and see performances on the Holiday Stage.

OFFBEAT: Holidays a perfect season to enjoy Charlie Brown and Snoopy in Chicago museum exhibit

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Charlie Brown and Christmas Tree by Charles M. Schulz

Charlie Brown and the Great Exhibit is a temporary exhibit that continues at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago through Feb. 18, 2012.

Flaming Pumpkin Science Show at Museum of Science and Industry for Halloween

Flaming pumpkins, "slime" and other surprises are part of the October Halloween activities at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.

The Science of Spooky: Museum of Science and Industry offering scary fun in October

Having the Halloween spirit equals a chance to educate and entertain all ages according to the staff at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.

The Peanuts Gang of Charles M. Schulz

Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz and his Peanuts Gang are being saluted with a new exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry for a new exhibit opening Oct. 25, 2012.

OFFBEAT: Peanuts Gang Coming to Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry in October

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GREEN NOTES: MSI's Smart Home features revamped gardens

When the Smart Home at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry was remodeled this year, its gardens also got a bit of a face-lift.

Chicago museum helps Hammond students fight summer learning loss

HAMMOND | The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry on Friday introduced 15 students at the Hammond Academy of Science and Technology to its Summer Brain Games.

Museum of Science and Industry debuts revamped Smart Home

On the surface, the design elements of The Museum of Science and Industry's Smart Home exhibit are urban retro chic, with sleek industrial lines and vintage objects blending with state-of-the-art technology.

PUC students make presentation to Chicago museum officials

HAMMOND | A group of Purdue University Calumet engineering students may play a role in renovating parts of the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.

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Mat Barney, left, a Purdue Calumet University electrical engineering junior, and Brad Smith, computer engineering junior, give a presentation Wednesday in Hammond on their team proposal for enhancing the group tour experience at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

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Stephanie Richmond, a mechanical engineering junior student at Purdue Calumet University in Hammond, gives a presentation Wednesday on her team proposal for enhancing the group tour experience at the Museum of Science and Industry.

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Purdue Calumet University engineering students listen Wednesday to classmate presentations on enhancing the group tour experience at the Museum of Science and Industry at Purdue's Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation in Hammond.

Nights at the museum: Contest winner Kevin Byrne calls MSI home for 30 days

"Home" can take on a myriad of milieus. For 33-year-old Southwest Virginia native Kevin Byrne, Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry was transformed into Kevin's "home" during his 30-day tenure as winner of "Month at the Museum 2." From October 19 to November 17, 2011, Kevin's mission was…

'Mythbusters: The Explosive Exhibition' Interactive Rain Display

'Running in the Rain' offers museum guests the chance to run through a 20-foot rain shed to see if it's true that you get wetter if you walk through the rain, rather than run. It's one of the displays at Museum of Science and Industry's MythBusters—The Explosive Exhibition.

True or False? TRUE! 'MythBusters' exhibit opens in Chicago this weekend

For those who thought today's advanced technology and the advent of the Internet would kill many carefully spun hoaxes and myths from around the globe, the reality is just the opposite.

'MythBusters' exhibit comes to Chicago

For those who thought today's advanced technology and the advent of the Internet would kill many carefully spun hoaxes and myths from around the globe, the reality is just the opposite.

Facing fact and fiction: MSI's 'MythBusters' exhibit unravels most common yarns of yesterday and today

For those who thought today's advanced technology and the advent of the Internet would kill many carefully spun hoaxes and myths, both new and ages old, from around the globe, the reality is just the opposite.

"Fooling Nobody" by Dr. Seuss

"Fooling Nobody" is one of the numerous painting lithograph prints on loan from the widow of Theodore Geisel aka Dr. Seuss and on display until Jan. 8, 2012 for a new exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. The paintings, created as a hobby, are part of what is known as the "Sec…