Museum of Science and Industry

CTL-E-2189 · Institution · museum · 1933–

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Hyde Park museum in the former Palace of Fine Arts (opened 1933); the first Chosen Few Picnic gathered on the grounds behind it in 1990.

The record

Also known as: MSI, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

Notes

RELP53 new supporting entity: grounds held_at edge for the first Chosen Few Picnic (CTL-E-0616).

Referenced by

Chosen Few Picnic & House Music Festival — held at → this record

Sources

5 Magazine — 2015 Chosen Few Picnic lineup

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