Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry presents important scientific and technological achievements of the past and present through fun and interactive exhibits. Some of the museum's most popular areas are ToyMaker 3000, where a series of robots construct toys in a demonstration of automated manufacturing processes, and IMAGING: Tools of Science, with a number of areas that show the uses of imaging in modern life and the technology behind various imaging methods. Other special shows and display areas at the museum, including fascinating educational videos in the Omnimax theater and tours of the authentic German U-505 submarine, are available for an additional charge. The lakeside museum is located in the Hyde Park neighborhood on the southern side of Chicago, just east of the University of Chicago and its fascinating Oriental Institute Museum. « less