I was surprised by the Chicago Museum Of Science and Industry. We have a MOSI here in Tampa Bay too, and quite frankly it is not very impressive, being mostly oriented towards kinetic displays for children. I was afraid that the Chicago MOSI would be the same way, but I had heard of the U-505 German submarine on display there, and figured that at least would be worth seeing.
And when I got there, I was pleasantly surprised. The aviation display was impressive, and the space technology display was equally fine. I had originally planned on visiting for just a few hours to see the submarine. Instead, I spent the whole day.
The Transportation Gallery
Boeing 727.
Boeing 727 cockpit
Stuka dive bomber, captured in North Africa.
Spitfire Mark I, from the Battle of Britain.
Curtiss Jenny, in barnstormer configuration with wing walker
Texaco Model R air racer, 1930
Boeing 40B airmail carrier
Captured WW2 German U-boat U-505
U-505 torpedo
U-505
Aurora 7 Mercury spaceship, 1962
Apollo 8 spaceship, 1968
Costumes from "Star Trek" movies and TV series
Tsunami-detection buoy
The jet car "Spirit of America", which broke the land speed record in 1963
Locomotive "Empire State Express 999", the first train to break 100 miles per hour.
"The Exploded Human". Plasticized human body
A genetically-modified frog (barely visible under the rocks). Its eyes glow green because it has had a gene from a jellyfish inserted into its DNA
Conestoga wagon used by pioneers
Western stagecoach
1904 Ford Model T
Race car from the 1920's
Lotus Formula One race car
Solar powered race car