Empire of the Brick

Tag: U-505

  • Mold-A-Rama Exhibit Opens at Museum of Science & Industry

    Mold-A-Rama Exhibit Opens at Museum of Science & Industry

    A Mold-A-Rama™ exhibit opened at the Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (M.S.I.) on Thursday, November 3, A.D. 2022.[1] As I mentioned in an article in September (on my other, more scholarly blog) that concerned the M.S.I. auctioning off items from the Circus exhibit and Zeph the animatronic burro from All Aboard the…

  • LEGO Exhibits & Special Events at the Museum of Science & Industry

    LEGO Exhibits & Special Events at the Museum of Science & Industry

    The Art of the Brick is the third exhibit to feature Lego® bricks at the Museum of Science and Industry (M.S.I.) in Chicago, by my count.[1]  The first exhibit was MSI Presents LEGO MINDSTORMS.  It was sponsored by LEGO Systems, Inc., the Amrican-based division of The LEGO® Group.  MINDSTORMS is a subtheme of the LEGO®…

  • Where Did the Brickmania Chicago Store Move?

    Where Did the Brickmania Chicago Store Move?

    Not so long ago, Schaumburg, Illinois was a sort of mecca for Lego® fans because they could visit the LEGO® Store, a Brickmania® Chicago store, and the museum Blocks to Bricks in Woodfield Mall, and the LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Chicago across the street at the Streets of Woodfield mall.  Also, Brickworld® holds the annual Brickworld…