Month at the Museum - Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry
A few weeks back, I went to the Museum of Science and Industry for a few business meetings. We began talking about what they're working on and they took me to see the "bedroom" - that is the living quarters in the photo above - for their "Month at the Museum" project. The deadline to apply is tomorrow , so get your application in! There's a video portion of the application, so you'll have to be creative. This is an important time for the museum as they're trying to make themselves relevant to both kids and young adults (their prime audience). They've finished a capital campaign and have recently rebranded to become more MSI and less Museum. And...they have a U-boat! Do you know the story of the U-505 ? It is - as my dad would say - crazy shit. Seriously. These 9 young Americans were tasked with boarding a sinking German sub that had been scuttled. The Germans opened hatches and armed scuttle charges to blow up the boat. In the fac