Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry is holding a competition to select someone who will live at the museum for a month.
The museum’s website says: From Oct. 19 to Nov. 17, 2011, this person’s mission will be to experience all the fun and education that fits in this historic 14-acre building, living here full-time and reporting his or her findings to the outside world.
Think about it: Living in a coal mine or on the captured Nazi submarine U-505 (and no firing torpedoes at Sam Zell!)
Applicants must be able to live in the museum for 30 days with no outside responsibilities, at least 18 years old and cannot be a current or former employee, relative, contractor, volunteer, etc.
And you have to prove that – just because you’re willing to live in a museum for a month – that you’re not seriously deranged.
To apply, you need to submit a 60-second video, a 500-word essay, two photos and an application form.
The fine print is here. The deadline is July 22 at 1700 hours CDT!
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Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry was an on-going magical mystery tour of my youth. Filled with hands on exhibits in an era when museums were generally about things you walked passed, it blossomed with creativity calling for interaction. From age eight until I left Chicago for good, I would often take the hour long elevated train alone to the Museum and get lost in its exhibits. It lit a light of curiosity that has yet to dim. PS: There is a movie connection. Exteriors for the 1990 movie, ‘Flatliners’ was shot at its dreamscape.
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