The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, formerly known as the Museum of Science and Industry, is a science museum located in Chicago, Illinois, in Jackson Park, in the Hyde Park neighborhood between Lake Michigan and The University of Chicago. It is housed in the Palace of Fine Arts from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Initially endo…
The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, formerly known as the Museum of Science and Industry, is a science museum located in Chicago, Illinois, in Jackson Park, in the Hyde Park neighborhood between Lake Michigan and The University of Chicago. It is housed in the Palace of Fine Arts from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Initially endowed by Sears, Roebuck and Company president and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald and supported by the Commercial Club of Chicago, it opened in 1933 during the Century of Progress Exposition. It was renamed for benefactor and financier Kenneth C. Griffin on May 19, 2024.
Established: 1933
Location: 5700 South DuSable Lake Shore Drive · (at East 57th Street) · Chicago, Illinois, US, 60637
Former name: Chicago Museum of Science and Industry · Rosenwald Industrial Museum
Visitors: 1.5 million (2016)
Founder: Julius Rosenwald
Public transit access: CTA Bus routes: · Routes 6 and 28 · (to 56th Street and Hyde Park Boulevard) · Route 10 · (to Museum of Science and Industry) · Route 55 · (to Museum of Science and Industry) · Metra Train: · 55th–56th-57th Street Station · (between Stony Island and Lake Park Avenues)
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