Star Wars Exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry Chicago
The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago has a special Star Wars exhibit (Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination) running right now through the end of January with all kinds of fun stuff to see. This is a must see for dedicated lifetime Star Wars fans that have all the collectibles and have dressed up as Star Wars characters at the midnight openings of all the movies at theaters. It is so popular it is sold out until mid December right now. I tried to get tickets today and the next 3 weeks are sold out for the weekends. So, this is a lesson in get your Christmas Holiday Vacation planned a month in advance with the kids.
The cost is $21.00 for 1 adult ticket (before tax) and it only runs through January 6, 2008. (ticket includes admission into the general museum for the day as well) Chicago residents get a cost break and 1 adult ticket is only $18.75. Children from age 3-11 are $16.00 per ticket. So it is a little expensive, but it’s a special event. Plus a day with the kids exploring the entire museum is worth that much since they will be home from school and need activities to do anyway.
The exhibits include over 80 artifacts (props models and costumes) from the actual movies, engineering design labs where you can play around and discover all kinds of new things about the technology used to make the movie and a full size millennium falcon cockpit that you can sit in and see what it would really be like to travel at light speed. The millennium falcon area is a first come first serve area and there is usually a long line and wait. The earlier you go to this the better. All in all the exhibit combines movie making knowledge with the science of human robot interaction and it is a cool learning experience. Check it out before it leaves Chicago on January 6th 2008.