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Young House Love » Giveaways » Fab Freebie: Art Meets Science

| By John Petersik | June 25, 2014 | 57 Comments

Fab Freebie: Art Meets Science

It’s not every day that you get an email from the country’s largest science museum, which is why my nerd-dar went off the charts after the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago reached out to offer up $350 towards some museum-worthy art. They’ve launched a photography shop offering dozens of museum images as fine art prints and wrapped canvases. The images cover everything from historic pictures and illustrations (some of my faves being old trade catalogs, like the “Types of Screws” chart below) to photos of museum exhibits and artifacts, like their iconic baby chicks, colorful architectural prints, or old timey bicycles.

Museum Of Science And Industry Giveaway

Please use the Rafflecopter widget below to enter (it might take a second to load, but it should eventually pop up below this paragraph). This giveaway is available to residents of the USA and Canada.

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Comments

  1. Mary Beth says

    June 25, 2014 at 10:01 am

    What a neat contest… I love different things like this that actually add character to a home instead of always buying my “stuff” at Target.. LOL.
    Thanks, guys!
    MB
    http://www.hystericallyever.com

    Reply
  2. Tracy says

    June 25, 2014 at 10:04 am

    This is my favorite museum in Chicago! There are so many really cool exhibits, including a fairytale house, baby chicks and a fetal development progression. It’s definitely worth it to plan a visit!

    Reply
  3. Iz says

    June 25, 2014 at 10:07 am

    Is this open to international readers? I hope so!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      June 25, 2014 at 10:32 am

      This one’s open to the US and Canada. We were having a strange glitch where the paragraph that says that disappeared when the Rafflecopter box loaded, but it’s all fixed now. Sorry for the inconvenience!

      xo
      s

  4. Catherine Reynolds says

    June 25, 2014 at 10:10 am

    Is it a worldwide competition or just the US?

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      June 25, 2014 at 10:33 am

      This one’s open to the US and Canada. We were having a strange glitch where the paragraph that says that disappeared when the Rafflecopter box loaded, but it’s all fixed now. Sorry for the inconvenience!

      xo
      s

  5. Hilary says

    June 25, 2014 at 10:10 am

    Hi guys, not sure if it my iPad or your site, but the second paragraph (with info about who can enter contest) shows up for just a second when I hit refresh, but then disappears.

    Reply
    • Hilary says

      June 25, 2014 at 10:11 am

      It looks like it disappears when the raffle copter box opens.

    • YoungHouseLove says

      June 25, 2014 at 10:33 am

      This one’s open to the US and Canada. We were having a strange glitch where the paragraph that says that disappeared when the Rafflecopter box loaded, but it’s all fixed now. Sorry for the inconvenience!

      xo
      s

  6. Shannon says

    June 25, 2014 at 10:11 am

    My favorite museum!! I’ve been going there since I could walk! If anyone visits Chicago, MSI is a must see!

    Reply
  7. Michelle says

    June 25, 2014 at 10:11 am

    Whoot whoot for Chicago.

    I’m from there, so I win the prize, yes? :P

    Reply
  8. Rena says

    June 25, 2014 at 10:12 am

    Wow, such a great contest!
    xx from Bavaria/Germany, Rena
    http://www.dressedwithsoul.com

    Reply
  9. Anne says

    June 25, 2014 at 10:13 am

    What a cool giveaway! We are not too far from Chicago, and I am definitely checking this out. Did you guys hear George Lucas is going to build his museum in Chicago near the other Chicago lakefront museums? 17 acres of Lucas film history, etc.

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      June 25, 2014 at 10:29 am

      So cool!

      xo
      s

  10. Kim says

    June 25, 2014 at 10:15 am

    Love the museum of science and industry.

    Reply
  11. Krista says

    June 25, 2014 at 10:19 am

    Woot, woot! Museum of Science and Industry is my favorite in Chicago…. also, I drive by it everyday!

    Reply
  12. Meg says

    June 25, 2014 at 10:21 am

    Love it! And we sure have a lot of bare walls to fill. Thanks for the chance!

    Reply
  13. Catherine says

    June 25, 2014 at 10:30 am

    Thank you again for making these contests so easy to enter! Such a relief from other sites. Just a quick question, do you contact the winner or are we meant to come back and check?

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      June 25, 2014 at 10:31 am

      We email the winner but sometimes that goes to spam, so checking back to see the name displayed on the Rafflecopter box after the contest closes never hurts!

      xo
      s

  14. Eileen says

    June 25, 2014 at 10:32 am

    Best. Museum. Ever! :) I highly recommend a road trip with your kiddos some day. It’s a few kinds of awesome.

    Reply
  15. Sheree says

    June 25, 2014 at 10:34 am

    What timing! We finished our modest kitchen remodel about five months ago and we have a wall space that I can’t find the right print for. Something black and white I am thinking. Love your site so much!!

    Reply
  16. Bonnie P. says

    June 25, 2014 at 10:49 am

    Very cool they reached out to you!

    Reply
  17. Stephanie B. says

    June 25, 2014 at 10:52 am

    So cool! We went there on our honeymoon…art would be a fun memory!

    Reply
  18. Joan says

    June 25, 2014 at 10:54 am

    These are really cool.

    Reply
  19. Rebecca says

    June 25, 2014 at 10:56 am

    Moving into our “forever” home soon and would love some nice artwork! Thank you for so many awesome giveaways.

    Reply
  20. Lauren @ The Chicago Lifestyle says

    June 25, 2014 at 11:09 am

    The Museum of Science and Industry has been one of my favorite Chicago spots to visit since I was a kid – providing lots of excitement with interactive exhibits. Great to see the artistic side against the science side.

    Lauren
    http://thechicagolifestyle.com

    Reply
  21. Mo says

    June 25, 2014 at 11:10 am

    My favorite museum teaming up with one of my favorite blogs? HEAVEN.

    Reply
  22. Kelly says

    June 25, 2014 at 11:14 am

    I love the MSI. I can’t wait until my little one is old enough to enjoy visiting!

    One thing that always fascinated me is that the MSI building was the Palace of Fine Arts building at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      June 25, 2014 at 11:14 am

      Amazing!

      xo
      s

  23. Sue says

    June 25, 2014 at 11:18 am

    This is the best giveaway EVah! I want all the things!

    Love your blog!

    Reply
  24. Jillian says

    June 25, 2014 at 11:22 am

    This is completely off topic, but have you guys seen the Nix?? It’s supposedly a colour sensor that scans any item, and tells you the color in RGB, CMYK, etc. The advertising claims the app can even search paint libraries!! Kind of like a photoshop eyedropper for real life…

    Anyway, ultra nerdy me is excited beyond words (maybe everyone else has already read all about this) and was curious if you’ve heard anything about it?

    http://nixsensor.com/

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      June 25, 2014 at 11:23 am

      Amazing. Want!

      xo
      s

  25. Emily @ Life on Food says

    June 25, 2014 at 11:25 am

    Yea for giveaways! Thank you!!

    Reply
  26. Cheryl @ Living Design says

    June 25, 2014 at 11:29 am

    Such a cool give away! My husband and I are nerds and are total junkies for science museums. Haven’t been to Chicago yet, but it’s certainly on our list!

    Reply
  27. Lindsay says

    June 25, 2014 at 12:21 pm

    What a cool contest! Random question. What happened to the pinterest challenge? I don’t think I’ve seen one in a long time!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      June 25, 2014 at 1:01 pm

      Oh man, we have fallen off (the last one we did was over a year ago last spring!). We’ll have to see if we can get them going again!

      xo
      s

  28. Lisa @ Lisa Living Well says

    June 25, 2014 at 12:22 pm

    I’d love to win this, I work at a museum so it would be very fitting!

    Reply
  29. Angie H says

    June 25, 2014 at 12:32 pm

    Oh my goodness… If only the fates controlled Rafflecopter. I’m a scientist, my husband is an artist… the connections between science and art were how we named tables at our wedding. And I volunteered at that museum while I was getting my PhD just down the road at the University of Chicago. Come on Rafflecopter (picture me blowing on imaginary dice right now…)

    Reply
  30. Barbara says

    June 25, 2014 at 1:19 pm

    What an awesome freebie – pity I am on the opposite side of the globe :(

    Thanks for the great blog, look forward to each post!

    Reply
  31. Andrea says

    June 25, 2014 at 2:10 pm

    OMG OMG OMG. Guys, world’s coolest giveaway, thank you! This exiled Chicagoan currently sweltering in southern New Mexico has every digit crossed! (You can imagine how difficult it is to type. But we persevere.)

    Reply
  32. Cher says

    June 25, 2014 at 3:19 pm

    AAAAHHHHH!!!! I live in Chicago, but the MSI is my FAVORITE place to play tourist in my own city. I had no idea they sold prints! So geeked to get some of my own, contest nonwithstanding (Thank you, word-of-the-day-toilet-paper. Hey, maybe you should invest in some of that special TP to encourage Clara’s vocabulary!) You should see the GIANT dollhouse they just did a massive cleaning and updating to- it’s like YHL if you were massively mega-rich and owned teeny-tiny power tools.

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      June 25, 2014 at 3:58 pm

      That sounds awesome!

      xo
      s

  33. Pippa says

    June 25, 2014 at 3:44 pm

    Long time reader, big fan, first time commenter

    On the America-only give-aways you used to say “We always beg every vendor to ship internationally but ..” – how come you don’t say that anymore? It makes me feel a little more unloved as a Brit :( I liked knowing you were sorry we weren’t eligible, and that you tried your best for us!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      June 25, 2014 at 3:58 pm

      Aw thanks Pippa! We’re still begging every time, but we thought that wording was getting repetitive, so now we try to add “but next week’s is international” if a certain week’s prize is only open to the US (like we did on last week’s giveaway since this week’s included Canada). Here’s hoping we can nail down even more of those in July!

      xo
      s

  34. Nikki says

    June 25, 2014 at 4:57 pm

    When does ur nxt book come out? I’m tired of waiting. Hurry up :-D

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      June 25, 2014 at 7:50 pm

      You’re so sweet! It’ll hopefully be out next winter. Books take forever!

      xo
      s

  35. Melissa F. says

    June 25, 2014 at 5:30 pm

    Sorry for asking a silly question, but where do I find the winners for the giveaways posted? I don’t have twitter or Facebook so maybe I’m missing them. Do winners receive an email? Thanks for all of the great opportunities! Love you guys from Austin!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      June 25, 2014 at 7:48 pm

      Yes, we email the winners and their name is posted on the Rafflecopter box after the contest closes :)

      xo
      s

  36. eileen marie says

    June 25, 2014 at 7:18 pm

    MSI is one of my favorite places on Earth! I have done a lot of teacher professional development there -I start another session next month! (Teachers get summers off -pshaw!) I wonder who reached out to you -I know so many faces there. Next time, you’re in the Chi, it’s a must-see -Teddy & especially Clara will love it!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      June 25, 2014 at 7:43 pm

      Sounds awesome!

      xo
      s

  37. Joseph@littlehouseblue says

    June 26, 2014 at 8:28 am

    Oooo I love the trade magazine prints. I’d love to see more technical drawings too. I have a soft spot for those. Also, it’s so cool to look at all of the old bikes and motorcycles and see the different way they evolved.

    Reply
  38. Lorrie D says

    June 26, 2014 at 12:27 pm

    Gah! I have a lifetime of memories visiting MSI and my kids can navigate that place like they own it! This would be an awesome prize!

    Reply
  39. lisa says

    June 26, 2014 at 7:49 pm

    I first visited when I was 13 and I remember being so fascinated, especially by the dollhouse and the submarine, so much so that when hubby and I went to Chicago for our first anniversary I dragged him there…but he’s a science nerd so liked it too. Love!

    Reply
  40. Megan | 35workouts says

    June 27, 2014 at 12:02 am

    Oh my word! This is so awesome. We LOOOOOVE MSI. My husband and I went there on our first date :)

    Reply
  41. Sherri Conley says

    June 28, 2014 at 10:25 am

    OMG, how cool is this?! I’ve been browsing through the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago art shop since you notified me that I was the winner and WOW! There’s so much to choose from! I may have to treat myself to the aerial view print of the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, or maybe an image of the Jones Live Map Meter, or the Chicago Pediment and Dome photo! Oh! And gotta have a set of those antique bikes! Wow, I’m gonna be like a kid in a candy shop! Thanks a bunch, John & Sherry!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      June 28, 2014 at 11:09 am

      Congrats Sherri!

      xo
      s

  42. Coolallure says

    June 30, 2014 at 6:43 am

    Love them!! I need them, they are so cute!!

    Reply

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