Perks of volunteering and working at MSI Free admission for you and your family to the Museum and Omnimax theater Free parking at the Museum Free admission (not parking) to other major Chicago museums including the Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, Adler Planetarium, Brookfield Zoo and Children’s Museum 20% off in all Museum restaurants 20% off all merchandise at Museum stores

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Be part of our history of fun!

• MSI was the first Museum in North America to develop the idea of hands-on, interactive exhibits
• MSI is the largest science musem in a single building in the Western hemisphere with over 800 exhibits and over 2,000 interactive units located in over 350,000 square feet of exhibit space
• MSI attracts approximately 2 million visitors per year
• MSI has over 300 volunteers
• Nearly 160 million visitors have experienced the Museum since its opening in 1933

Featured Exhibits

• a captured WWII German submarine on the National Register of Historic Places
• the Pioneer Zephyr, one of the first streamlined diesel powered trains
• a working coal mine shaft elevator
• a cantilevered Boeing 727 that visitors can walk through
• a baby chick hatchery where visitors enjoy a fascinating display of newborn chicks