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Press Releases
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ABC Chicago
Museum of Science and Industry closing circus exhibit, with items going up for auction
A collection from the popular circus exhibit at the Museum of Science & Industry will be for auction on Saturday.
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WBBM Chicago
Museum of Science and Industry's circus exhibit folds its tent after 5 decades
CHICAGO — A child would step into a world bathed in crimson light.
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Yahoo
MSI circus exhibit items going up for auction
You can bid on a piece of the big top up for auction this Saturday.
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Auction Central News
Step right up! Circus rarities to perform at Potter & Potter auction, Sept. 24
Potter & Potter Auctions will hold a sale of more than 500 lots featuring the circus archives of John and Jan Zweifel as well as the Museum of Science and Industry’s entire circus exhibit.
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Chicago Sun Times
The MSI’s circus exhibit folds its tent after 5 decades
A child would step into a world bathed in crimson light. She’d hear the hiss and toot of a steam whistle organ.
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NBC Chicago
Museum of Science and Industry to Decommission Popular 50-Year-Old Exhibit
It's the end of an era for a long-running, popular exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry that has charmed countless children and families.
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Getaboutcolumbia.com
Museum of Science and Industry to Decommission 50-Year-Old Exhibit in September
The child was stepping into a world bathed in crimson light.
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City of Chicago News
Museum of Science and Industry to Decommission 50-Year-Old Exhibit in September
It’s the end of an era for a long-running, popular exhibit at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry that has charmed countless children and families.
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Local Today
The circus exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry folds up its tent
A child would enter a world bathed in crimson light.
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CBS Chicago
Museum of Science and Industry auctioning pieces of closed circus exhibit
A popular exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry is no more, but there will be a chance to bring a piece of the circus home.
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Hyde Park Herald
MSI Circus Collection goes on the auction block
When the Museum of Science and Industry Circus Exhibit opened in April of 1973, MSI president Daniel M. MacMaster called it “a spectacular addition to the museum's attractions” in a Hyde Park Herald article.
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Auction Central News
Potter & Potter vintage poster auction tops $300K
Potter & Potter Auctions‘ poster sale held on August 20 was a solid success, reaching an overall total of $313,000.
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