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[[Image:Chicago Science Museum.jpg|thumb|Museum of Science and Industry.]]

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'''Chicago''' is a city located in the northeastern corner of [[Illinois]] at the southwestern tip of [[Lake Michigan]]. It is the third-largest city in the [[United States]], with 2.8 million residents, after New York and Los Angeles.<ref>http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17/1714000.html</ref>. The Chicago metropolitan area, which extends from southern [[Wisconsin]] to northeastern [[Indiana]] and is often called "Chicagoland", contains 9.3 million people. <ref>http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/metro_general/2006/CSA-EST2006-alldata.csv</ref>  It is the dominant city of the Midwest for transportation, trade, finance and high culture, and only reluctantly gave up the "second city" title to [[Los Angeles]] in the 1970s.

'''Chicago''' is a city located in the northeastern corner of [[Illinois]] at the southwestern tip of [[Lake Michigan]]. It is the third-largest city in the [[United States]], with 2.8 million residents, after New York and Los Angeles.<ref>http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17/1714000.html</ref>. The Chicago metropolitan area, which extends from southern [[Wisconsin]] to northeastern [[Indiana]] and is often called "Chicagoland", contains 9.3 million people. <ref>http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/metro_general/2006/CSA-EST2006-alldata.csv</ref>  It is the dominant city of the Midwest for transportation, trade, finance and high culture, and only reluctantly gave up the "second city" title to [[Los Angeles]] in the 1970s.

===Museums===

===Museums===

The Chicago Historical Society has probably the finest local history collection in the world, with an equally strong library to support research.<ref> See Catherine M. Lewis, ''The Changing Face of Public History: The Chicago Historical Society and the Transformation of an American Museum.'' (2005). 172 pp. </ref>

The Chicago Historical Society has probably the finest local history collection in the world, with an equally strong library to support research.<ref> See Catherine M. Lewis, ''The Changing Face of Public History: The Chicago Historical Society and the Transformation of an American Museum.'' (2005). 172 pp. </ref>

Following his 1924 retirement as chairman of the board of Sears, Roebuck & Company, [[Julius Rosenwald]] embarked on a campaign to found a science and industry museum in Chicago similar to the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany, which he had visited in 1911. Although a city bond issue provided some funds, Rosenwald and his estate spent over $11 million through the mid-1940s. Portions of the Museum of Science and Industry opened in 1933, one year after Rosenwald's death, and the entire museum opened in 1938.<ref> Ascoli (2006)</ref>

Following his 1924 retirement as chairman of the board of Sears, Roebuck & Company, [[Julius Rosenwald]] embarked on a campaign to found a science and industry museum in Chicago similar to the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany, which he had visited in 1911. Although a city bond issue provided some funds, Rosenwald and his estate spent over $11 million through the mid-1940s. Portions of the Museum of Science and Industry opened in 1933, one year after Rosenwald's death, and the entire museum opened in 1938.<ref> Ascoli (2006)</ref>