Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
Griffin Museum of Science and Industry is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is U-505 Submarine, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 6.3 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (MSI; formerly Museum of Science and Industry) is a private, non-profit science museum located in Jackson Park, the Hyde Park neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois. It is adjacent to Lake Michigan and the University of Chicago campus. The museum is housed in the Palace of Fine Arts from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Initially endowed by Sears, Roebuck and Company president and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald and supported by the Commercial Club of Chicago, it opened in 1933 during the Century of Progress Exposition. It was renamed for benefactor and financier Kenneth C. Griffin on May 19, 2024. Among the museum's most popular exhibits are the actual German submarine U-505 Type IXC captured during World War II; a United Airlines Boeing 727; the Pioneer Zephyr (the first streamlined diesel-powered passenger train in the US); the command module of the Apollo 8 spacecraft; a full-size replica coal mine; and a 3,500-square-foot (330 m2) model railroad. Permanent or special exhibits cover manufacturing, environmental science, chemistry, physics, computers, the brain, mechanics of the human body, and agricultural science, among other subjects.
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Dates from 1933.
Wikidata Q1414079, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 19.9 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- U-505 Submarine: 0.1 mi
- The Norway Building: 0.2 mi
- Frederick Douglass Commemorative Marker: 0.3 mi
- The First Automobile Race in America: 0.3 mi
- Cheney-Goode Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 6A: 0.1 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 8: 0.1 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 6B: 0.1 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 7: 0.2 mi
- Jackson Park - Grove 9: 0.2 mi
- Music Court: 0.2 mi
- Woman's Garden: 0.3 mi
- Ann Dunham Water Terrace: 0.4 mi
- Cornell Park: 0.4 mi
- Entry Grove: 0.4 mi
- Mother Peace: 0.3 mi
- Torch Song: 0.3 mi
- Sky Landing: 0.3 mi
- Quintessence: 0.3 mi
- Seeing Through the Universe: 0.4 mi
- Japanese Garden: 0.3 mi
- Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 2.2 mi
- Al Capone's House: 2.7 mi
- Doane Observatory: 5.4 mi
- Beluga: 5.5 mi
- Hadiya Pendleton Winter Garden: 0.4 mi
- The Eleanor Roosevelt Fruit & Vegetable Garden: 0.4 mi
- Amanda's Garden: 0.6 mi
- Hydy Park Academy Environmental Studies Nature Park: 0.7 mi
- Brickyard Garden: 0.8 mi
- South Shore Nature Sanctuary: 1.9 mi
- Rainbow Beach Dunes: 2.9 mi
- Rainbow Beach Dunes South Natural Area: 3.3 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 3.7 mi
- Burnham Wildlife Corridor: 4.1 mi
- 57th Street Beach: 0.2 mi
- 63rd Street Beach: 0.8 mi
- 49th Street Beach: 1.1 mi
- South Shore Beach: 1.9 mi
- 41st Street Beach: 2.2 mi
- Obama Center Sled Hill: 0.5 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 4.9 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 4.9 mi
- Players Hill: 11.2 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 13.1 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 19.9 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 20.6 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 22.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 22.7 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 14.6 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 14.7 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 16.4 mi
- Tedens: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | SE 124° | 214 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 339° | 204 m | 17.3 mi |
| Chanute Hill | SE 126° | 195 m | 20.2 mi |
| Players Hill | WNW 302° | 187 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Chicago/Hyde Park · 0 mi
- Chicago/Bronzeville · 3 mi
- Chicago/Chatham-South Shore · 3 mi
- Chicago/Bridgeport-Chinatown · 4 mi
- Chicago/Near South · 5 mi
- Chicago · 6 mi
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