Saturday June 21st we finally made it to Hyde Park to go to the Museum of Science and Industry. I say finally because before we left for Chicago we bought a pass to Thanksgiving Point in Lehi Utah. Thanksgiving Point is a member of the ASTC program across the nation. The ASTC program allows you to visit all museums that participate outside of your home state completely for free. Since we bought the pass in Utah, anything outside of Utah is free aka Chicago! Back to why I say finally. Thanksgiving point took 6.5 weeks to get us our passes! I called several times and talked to multiple people to finally get our passes. By the end of the 6 weeks, I finally got to talk to the head supervisor which in turn led to our passes being over nighted. She said they forgot them. Whatever, doesn't matter we got them.
With our ASTC pass we can get into the Field, Planetarium, Children's on Navy Pier, MSI, and a couple other museums outside of the Chicago limits for free so yeah. Its a pretty great steal of us.
On Saturday June 21st we made it to the first floor of the museum! We totally are going back. Hands down the best museum I have ever EVER been to! It is every science project that you have ever wanted to do as a kid and more. They have demonstrations and tons of hands on stuff. Seriously the coolest! The museum is HUGE!! I couldn't capture the size, but its big enough to fit a full size train in the lobby, so yeah. Its pretty huge.
The first floor lobby!
The museum was especially cool for us because this summer they are showcasing their Disney exhibit. We love Disneyland and this was just fascinating! So many original pictures and pieces of art.
This is the original book from Snow White that they use during the opening scene in Snow White.
Walts desk!
An original book and script
The original book from Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty
They had a giant board where they played songs from movies and we couldn't keep Kelsey away.
Original Mary Poppins bag
Original Mary Poppins script board
The Mary Poppins costumes
Lego castle
Maybe my favorite part was the costumes that they had on display. They had several complete with who wore them in what movie. My favorite Jack Sparrow they had that Johnny Depp wore!
Here's Gisele's dress that Amy Adams wore in Enchanted
After those sections they had a section to show how movies are made now since technology is so different followed by an Animation center where we got to learn how to draw Goofy!
The eager pupils
The finished project
And to end the tour they had a special tribute just for me
The rest of our time (on the first floor) was spent looking at trains, climbing in trains, walking down a western street, and doing science experiments.
Tornado simulator
A cool light reflector thing
There was a toy making machine where you put your face in the machine and then they would put your face on the toy. Apparently Ethan was too big
And apparently Kelsey was too small, or she just looked really dark in the lighting....
The MSI was THE best museum I have ever been to ever. I loved it! I can't wait to go back and finish the rest of it. Its gonna be AWESOME!!!
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