+ MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY formerly
THE PALACE OF FINE ARTS at the WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
CHARLES BOWLER ATWOOD, ARCHITECT for D. H BURNHAM & COMPANY
Viewed from the North and South, the Museum is clearly one primary Structure
flanked by two defining Wings. But when viewed from the west the building takes
on a new characteristic: A Temple District.
Atwood's design is purely classic: A cruciform plan topped by a massive dome with two wings framing
the entrance. The wings are faced with a colonnade and both terminate with a smaller temple. Massive porticos,
north and south, are the Palace entries.
the entrance. The wings are faced with a colonnade and both terminate with a smaller temple. Massive porticos,
north and south, are the Palace entries.
Bronze Relief Panel. "Zeus" In the Art Moderne Entrance to the Museum of Science and Industry.
Designed by Alfred Patrick Shaw for the architectural firm of Shaw, Naess and Murphy,
the Museum's Interiors received a remarkable update, as Graham Anderson Probst and
White restored the Classic exterior.