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Good museum day for families - maybe not for adults though
科学工业博物馆的点评
点评：TL;DR: MSi* has a lot to offer. It is probably the best family friendly museum in Chicago - almost every exhibit is built for kids first, and I saw a ton of families and more importantly, a lot of kids enjoying the exhibits (even if some weren't really taking the info in). They will be tuckered out by the end of the day because of how much there is to do. But I'm not sure if I'd go super often as an adult.
As a solo adult who went there and planned what to do based on what the website listed, I was a little disappointed at how nebulous MSi's definition of "exhibit" ended up meaning. Some, like the temporary Christmas tree display, the James Bond upcharge gallery, the math pattern one, etc. felt like truly self-enclosed experiences, as there was a lot of information and stuff to look at.
Others were kinda just a thing with a sign: the Swiss Jolly Ball, the Whispering Gallery, the NASCAR Ford Mustang. Others ended up slightly letting me down by being somewhere inbetween - something you go to, walk into for a bit, go "oh, huh", read for a bit, and then leave. United's Take Flight didn't have much to offer outside of the surprisingly little amount of information in the plane - most of the exhibit is basically a kid's plane-themed play area. Yesterday's Main Street seemed really cool but had no information - it seems to literally just be a 1800s Main Street for fun, I guess.
Other exhibits did rub me the wrong way a bit - either because of the sponsor's influence, or because the MSi budget prevented the exhibit from being something more than it currently is. Mold-A-Rama seemed cool... until I saw them wave away concerns about the plastic being made from "petroleum" because it's "used in other products like plastic bags". Like if you don't care about the environmental impact why even put that in? Who is that serving? And why have Mold-A-Rama sponsor an exhibit the floor below The Blue Paradox, an exhibit about the impact plastic is having on ocean life? Is that not a little odd? For that matter, the exhibit also looked weirdly cheap - the room was half empty.
One of the newest spaces at MSi is their Studio* - which I correctly clocked as an attempt to have a teamLab / Illluminarium type space, but educational. That's a good idea, but someone needs to actually give MSi the budget to make these types of interactive art pieces / films in a quality way. The opening exhibition in the Studio* is Notes to Neurons, about how music affects the body, and it was... odd. The closing film collage was unintentionally hilarious because it seemed to be random stock footage spliced over public domain music - even though they did have recognizable songs in one of the rooms, they seemingly couldn't license anything so had to settle for "Amazing Grace"? They couldn't commission a Chicago-based musician to make anything else?
There are parts of MSi that also need some refreshes. Toymaker 3000 has most of its tech stuck in 2000, even though I did see people both my age and double my age pointing out parts of the process they recognized from their experiences with automation and CAD. The U-Boat exhibit is a little... strange. The queue and setup feels like a theme park ride and that feels so fundamentally inappropriate for what it is - especially in a post History Channel WWII doc world. Parts of MSi are also backrooms-esque - the corridor when you leave the Blue Paradox to get back to the Rotunda was filled with the remains of holiday pop-ups and looked ghastly - and I think that's because there's just too much space in the building to use efficiently.
I don't have any beef with this museum, despite what I mentioned here lol. I did have fun - much more than I did going to Adler, which I thought was a much bigger letdown in comparison. But I'm content with having MSi as a once-a-year visit, or somewhere in that sphere, vs. anything more frequent.
*I will save you the effort of reading the full legal name of the main donor who bought the naming rights - you will thoroughly get your fill of reading his name when you get there.
As a solo adult who went there and planned what to do based on what the website listed, I was a little disappointed at how nebulous MSi's definition of "exhibit" ended up meaning. Some, like the temporary Christmas tree display, the James Bond upcharge gallery, the math pattern one, etc. felt like truly self-enclosed experiences, as there was a lot of information and stuff to look at.
Others were kinda just a thing with a sign: the Swiss Jolly Ball, the Whispering Gallery, the NASCAR Ford Mustang. Others ended up slightly letting me down by being somewhere inbetween - something you go to, walk into for a bit, go "oh, huh", read for a bit, and then leave. United's Take Flight didn't have much to offer outside of the surprisingly little amount of information in the plane - most of the exhibit is basically a kid's plane-themed play area. Yesterday's Main Street seemed really cool but had no information - it seems to literally just be a 1800s Main Street for fun, I guess.
Other exhibits did rub me the wrong way a bit - either because of the sponsor's influence, or because the MSi budget prevented the exhibit from being something more than it currently is. Mold-A-Rama seemed cool... until I saw them wave away concerns about the plastic being made from "petroleum" because it's "used in other products like plastic bags". Like if you don't care about the environmental impact why even put that in? Who is that serving? And why have Mold-A-Rama sponsor an exhibit the floor below The Blue Paradox, an exhibit about the impact plastic is having on ocean life? Is that not a little odd? For that matter, the exhibit also looked weirdly cheap - the room was half empty.
One of the newest spaces at MSi is their Studio* - which I correctly clocked as an attempt to have a teamLab / Illluminarium type space, but educational. That's a good idea, but someone needs to actually give MSi the budget to make these types of interactive art pieces / films in a quality way. The opening exhibition in the Studio* is Notes to Neurons, about how music affects the body, and it was... odd. The closing film collage was unintentionally hilarious because it seemed to be random stock footage spliced over public domain music - even though they did have recognizable songs in one of the rooms, they seemingly couldn't license anything so had to settle for "Amazing Grace"? They couldn't commission a Chicago-based musician to make anything else?
There are parts of MSi that also need some refreshes. Toymaker 3000 has most of its tech stuck in 2000, even though I did see people both my age and double my age pointing out parts of the process they recognized from their experiences with automation and CAD. The U-Boat exhibit is a little... strange. The queue and setup feels like a theme park ride and that feels so fundamentally inappropriate for what it is - especially in a post History Channel WWII doc world. Parts of MSi are also backrooms-esque - the corridor when you leave the Blue Paradox to get back to the Rotunda was filled with the remains of holiday pop-ups and looked ghastly - and I think that's because there's just too much space in the building to use efficiently.
I don't have any beef with this museum, despite what I mentioned here lol. I did have fun - much more than I did going to Adler, which I thought was a much bigger letdown in comparison. But I'm content with having MSi as a once-a-year visit, or somewhere in that sphere, vs. anything more frequent.
*I will save you the effort of reading the full legal name of the main donor who bought the naming rights - you will thoroughly get your fill of reading his name when you get there.
翻译：TL;DR：MSi* 有很多东西可以提供。它可能是芝加哥最好的家庭友好型博物馆 - 几乎每个展览都是为孩子而建的，我看到很多家庭，更重要的是，很多孩子喜欢这些展览（即使有些人并没有真正吸收信息）。他们会在一天结束时筋疲力尽，因为有太多事情要做。但我不确定我是否会作为一个成年人经常去。
作为一个独自去那里并根据网站列出的内容计划要做什么的成年人，我对 MSi 对“展览”的定义最终含义如此模糊感到有点失望。有些，比如临时圣诞树展示、詹姆斯邦德加价画廊、数学模式等，感觉像是真正的自我封闭体验，因为有很多信息和东西可以看。
其他的有点像是一个带有标志的东西：瑞士快乐球、耳语画廊、纳斯卡福特野马。其他的展览最终让我有些失望，因为它们介于两者之间——你去那里，走进去，说“哦，嗯”，读一会儿，然后离开。美联航的 Take Flight 除了飞机上令人惊讶的少量信息外，没有太多可提供的内容——大部分展览基本上是一个以飞机为主题的儿童游乐区。昨天的 Main Street 看起来真的很酷，但没有信息——我想，它似乎只是一条 19 世纪的 Main Street，供游玩。
其他展览确实让我有点不爽——要么是因为赞助商的影响，要么是因为 MSi 的预算阻止了展览比现在更精彩。Mold-A-Rama 看起来很酷……直到我看到他们对塑料是由“石油”制成的担忧不以为然，因为它“用于其他产品，如塑料袋”。如果你不关心环境影响，为什么要放它进去？那是为谁服务的？为什么 Mold-A-Rama 赞助了 The Blue Paradox 楼下的一个展览，一个关于塑料对海洋生物影响的展览？这不是有点奇怪吗？事实上，这个展览看起来也很奇怪——房间里半空着。
MSi 最新的空间之一是他们的 Studio*——我正确地意识到这是一个尝试建立一个 teamLab / Illluminarium 类型的空间，但具有教育意义。这是一个好主意，但有人需要真正给 MSi 预算，以高质量的方式制作这些类型的互动艺术作品/电影。 Studio* 的开幕展览是 Notes to Neurons，关于音乐如何影响身体，这很奇怪。闭幕电影拼贴画无意中搞笑，因为它似乎是随机的素材片段拼接在公共领域音乐上——尽管他们在其中一个房间里确实有可识别的歌曲，但他们似乎无法授权任何东西，所以不得不满足于“Amazing Grace”？他们不能委托芝加哥的音乐家制作其他东西吗？
MSi 的某些部分也需要更新。Toymaker 3000 的大部分技术都停留在 2000 年，尽管我确实看到过和我同龄以及年龄是我两倍的人指出他们从自动化和 CAD 经验中认识到的某些流程。U-Boat 展览有点……奇怪。排队和设置感觉就像主题公园游乐设施，这感觉从根本上来说与它本身不相称 - 尤其是在历史频道二战纪录片之后的世界。MSi 的某些部分也像后室一样 - 离开 Blue Paradox 回到 Rotunda 的走廊里到处都是节日弹出窗口的残骸，看起来很糟糕 - 我认为这是因为建筑物中的空间太多而无法有效利用。
尽管我在这里提到了这一点，但我对这个博物馆没有任何不满，哈哈。我确实玩得很开心 - 比去 Adler 玩得开心得多，相比之下，我觉得那是一个更大的失望。但是，与任何更频繁的活动相比，我满足于每年一次或类似时间去 MSi。
*我将为您节省阅读购买命名权的主要捐赠者的全名的精力 - 当您到达那里时，您将会充分阅读他的名字。
作为一个独自去那里并根据网站列出的内容计划要做什么的成年人，我对 MSi 对“展览”的定义最终含义如此模糊感到有点失望。有些，比如临时圣诞树展示、詹姆斯邦德加价画廊、数学模式等，感觉像是真正的自我封闭体验，因为有很多信息和东西可以看。
其他的有点像是一个带有标志的东西：瑞士快乐球、耳语画廊、纳斯卡福特野马。其他的展览最终让我有些失望，因为它们介于两者之间——你去那里，走进去，说“哦，嗯”，读一会儿，然后离开。美联航的 Take Flight 除了飞机上令人惊讶的少量信息外，没有太多可提供的内容——大部分展览基本上是一个以飞机为主题的儿童游乐区。昨天的 Main Street 看起来真的很酷，但没有信息——我想，它似乎只是一条 19 世纪的 Main Street，供游玩。
其他展览确实让我有点不爽——要么是因为赞助商的影响，要么是因为 MSi 的预算阻止了展览比现在更精彩。Mold-A-Rama 看起来很酷……直到我看到他们对塑料是由“石油”制成的担忧不以为然，因为它“用于其他产品，如塑料袋”。如果你不关心环境影响，为什么要放它进去？那是为谁服务的？为什么 Mold-A-Rama 赞助了 The Blue Paradox 楼下的一个展览，一个关于塑料对海洋生物影响的展览？这不是有点奇怪吗？事实上，这个展览看起来也很奇怪——房间里半空着。
MSi 最新的空间之一是他们的 Studio*——我正确地意识到这是一个尝试建立一个 teamLab / Illluminarium 类型的空间，但具有教育意义。这是一个好主意，但有人需要真正给 MSi 预算，以高质量的方式制作这些类型的互动艺术作品/电影。 Studio* 的开幕展览是 Notes to Neurons，关于音乐如何影响身体，这很奇怪。闭幕电影拼贴画无意中搞笑，因为它似乎是随机的素材片段拼接在公共领域音乐上——尽管他们在其中一个房间里确实有可识别的歌曲，但他们似乎无法授权任何东西，所以不得不满足于“Amazing Grace”？他们不能委托芝加哥的音乐家制作其他东西吗？
MSi 的某些部分也需要更新。Toymaker 3000 的大部分技术都停留在 2000 年，尽管我确实看到过和我同龄以及年龄是我两倍的人指出他们从自动化和 CAD 经验中认识到的某些流程。U-Boat 展览有点……奇怪。排队和设置感觉就像主题公园游乐设施，这感觉从根本上来说与它本身不相称 - 尤其是在历史频道二战纪录片之后的世界。MSi 的某些部分也像后室一样 - 离开 Blue Paradox 回到 Rotunda 的走廊里到处都是节日弹出窗口的残骸，看起来很糟糕 - 我认为这是因为建筑物中的空间太多而无法有效利用。
尽管我在这里提到了这一点，但我对这个博物馆没有任何不满，哈哈。我确实玩得很开心 - 比去 Adler 玩得开心得多，相比之下，我觉得那是一个更大的失望。但是，与任何更频繁的活动相比，我满足于每年一次或类似时间去 MSi。
*我将为您节省阅读购买命名权的主要捐赠者的全名的精力 - 当您到达那里时，您将会充分阅读他的名字。
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