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  2. Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    Among the museum's most notable exhibits are a full-size replica coal mine, German submarine U-505 captured during World War II, a United Airlines Boeing 727, the first streamlined diesel-powered passenger train in the US (Pioneer Zephyr), the command module of Apollo 8, and a 3,500-square-foot (330 m 2) model railroad. Other exhibits cover ...

  3. List of maritime museums in the United States - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum: Connecticut: Mystic: Mystic Seaport Museum ... USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park: Illinois: Chicago: Chicago Maritime Museum

  4. List of submarine museums - Wikipedia

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    The Rahmi M Koç Museum; U. S. Navy Submarine Force Museum Archived 2008-09-23 at the Wayback Machine; Patterson Museum; WWII U.S. Submarine Memorials and Museums; Museum submarines in the United States; Indonesian Navy Submarine Monument; CB-20 midget submarine page; 1996 North Korean Gangneung submarine infiltration incident museum pictures ...

  5. Chicago Maritime Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Maritime Museum is a maritime society and museum dedicated to the study and memorialization of Chicago's maritime traditions. [1] The museum's webpage asserts that Lake Michigan and the Chicago River were key factors in Chicago's growth toward status as a world-class city, and pays tribute to Congress for granting lake frontage in 1818 to the infant state of Illinois. [2]

  6. List of museums in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Terra Museum, Chicago, closed on October 31, 2004 Under the Prairie Frontier Archaeological Museum, Athens , operated by the Sangamo Archaeological Center, closed August 1, 2008 [ 92 ] U.S. Senator Paul Simon Museum, Troy , closed in 2012 [ 93 ]

  7. List of museums and cultural institutions in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Cultural Center. The city of Chicago, Illinois, has many cultural institutions and museums, large and small.Major cultural institutions include: the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodman Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Central Public Harold Washington Library, and the Chicago Cultural Center, all in the Loop;

  8. List of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes - Wikipedia

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    A 123-foot (37 m) two-masted schooner. She was carrying coal en route to Toronto when caught in the Gale of 1880 and after fighting for hours, sank in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water in Wellers Bay. Only one of the crew of seven survived. China: 1872 A small steamer that caught fire and sank off False Duck Island, six months after launching.

  9. Museum Campus - Wikipedia

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    An aerial view of the Museum Campus Shedd Aquarium in the Museum Campus at dawn.. Museum Campus is a 57-acre (23 ha) park in Chicago along Lake Michigan.It encompasses five of the city's major attractions: the Adler Planetarium, America's first planetarium; the Shedd Aquarium; the Field Museum of Natural History; Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League; and the ...