Is Museum of Science & Industry worth it on a budget?
DependsOn a budget
Museum of Science & Industry can strain a tight budget. Go only when it is a priority.
$25–36 adult
The most interactive of Chicago's big museums and a clear kid-pleaser: a captured German U-boat, a working coal mine, and rooms of buttons to press. The catch is location — it's in Hyde Park, well south of downtown — and the sheer size means you'll only scratch the surface in a single visit.
- Price
- $25–36 adult
- Time
- 3–5 hours
- Last verified
- 2026-06-17
Is Museum of Science & Industry worth it…
How we verified
- Renamed the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry on May 19, 2024 after a $125M gift from Kenneth C. Griffin — the largest in its history · en.wikipedia.org
- Houses U-505, the only German U-boat in the U.S., captured in WWII; general admission ~$25.95 with paid add-ons for U-505 onboard and Coal Mine · griffinmsi.org