About the Museum
Exhibits - Hours - Admission - Location - Comment Form
The National Museum of Engineering and Industry Inc. is dedicated in providing the community and outlet for which we can learn about the engineering wonders all over the world. The museum has many different sections and exhibits.
- The Main Room - This is where our featured exhibit goes which happens to be the biggest room in the museum.
- Invention Room - This is where you can find model inventionslike Leonardo Da Vinci's Flying Machine.
- Icon Room - This is where you can meet those who have made strides to provide with modern inventions that we use today. For example: Thomas Edison who invented the light bulb.
- Timeline of Cars - Throughout the years the car has been an important aspect in everyday life. In this exhibit you can view cars back in the day to the modern cars we see today.
- Gift Shop - Here at the gift shop you can take home a poster, a t-shirt, postcards, and even a small model of Leonardo's Flying Machine.
Our museum uses smaller scale models along with detailed diagrams to illustrate the different features of many buildings and inventions around the world. We hope that you will learn a lot from our displays as well as educated tour guides who will help you along the way to better understand some of the exhibits.
This year's main event will be The Seven Modern Wonders of the World. It will be held in the Main Room with an extra charge of $8.00. This exhibit will feature the seven modern wonders in a 1/2 scale models. There will also be a special guest speaker who worked on some of these projects and that guest speaker is Joseph B. Strauss who was the head engineer for the Golden Gate Bridge project.
There will also be contests throughout the main event where you can win various prizes such as:
- A trip to San Francisco to see the Golden Gate Bridge and a tour of San Francisco.
- A trip to Toronto to see the CN Tower and get a chance to visit all observation decks.
- A poster of one of the seven modern wonders. Seven winners will be chosen.
- A t-shirt with the National Museum of Engineering and Industry logo on the front with information on the main exhibit on the back.
*All trips are sponsored by the ASCE.
| Museum Hours: | |
| Monday-Friday | 9a.m. - 5p.m. |
| Saturdays and Sundays | 10a.m. - 4p.m. |
| Admission: | |
| Adults | $12.00 |
| Children (Ages 4-11) | $4.00 |
| Students (with IDs) | $6.00 |
| Seniors (Age 65+) | $5.00 |
| MAIN EXHIBIT (In the MAIN ROOM) | Add $8.00 |
Our Location is:
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago, IL 60605
(312) 614-6400
For any comments feel free to go to our comment page and fill out our comment form. We hope to see you soon.
