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The Gay Bean posted:The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago is pretty cool too, although it's a little children-oriented. That said, there's a ton of old/new technology there that's pretty cool for adults too--old cars, planes, space hardware, and such. You forgot the Nazi submarine, which is an awesome exhibit. That exhibit builds up so well for the events surrounding the sub's capture then BOOM, you round the corner and it is just there. Fantastic layout, so much going on, PLUS a gigantic submarine. For the OP, the La Brea tar pits museum is kinda neat but a bit small. I guess there is only so many blackened bones you can really show someone, but the wall of 400 wolf skulls is a really impressive visual. Not worth the trip to LA just for that, but they have a decent T-Rex exhibit at their Natural History Museum so if you're in the neighbourhood anyway, you may as well check it out. If you venture into Canada too, the Canadian History Museum is very good. It is in Ottawa and there are several other national museums to visit in that area. If you head to Winnipeg, you can check out the newest national museum, which is dedicated to human rights. It might even be fully open by time you get there. The Manitoba Museum (also in Winnipeg) is pretty solid too, though you will notice some very dated didactic panels. The information is fine, tree facts don't change, but they scream late 60s/early 70s design decisions.
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The Walking Dad posted:Fort Snelling in Saint Paul Minnesota is a 1960s limestone fortress built to stop the English from trying to come down the Mississippi river and during the summer they do living history there with blacksmiths/full platoons of civil war era soldiers and big loving cannons that they fire off daily. It's pretty decent. It is so quaint how those Norwegian immigrants believed the Beatles and Rolling Stones were an actual vanguard for a British Invasion.
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Since space and other aeronautical craft seem to be important, the Kansas City Cosmosphere and Space Centre exists and has a heavy focus on the Cold War era. They have examples of early rocketry including restores V-1 and V-2. They also have the Apollo 13 command capsule, a flown capsule from Russia (the only one outside of Russia at that) and an SR-71. The United States national World War One museum is also in Kansas City. I'm sure it is neat, but you may get your fill from their online galleries at https://theworldwar.org/explore/exhibitions/online-exhibitions And Kansas apparently has a Barbed Wire museum. They seem to have an annual convention in early May... I am legit considering going just to say that I have been to a convention entirely devoted to the metal the keeps cows from wandering onto roadways.
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