While the Museum of Science and Industry offers a unique and interesting experience throughout, it is easy for the visitor to distinguish between the new and the neglected. The U-Boat exhibit space, for example, is wonderfully done and quite frankly beautiful. (Don't miss the small print reminding you to buy U-Boat tour tickets though, it's easy to walk right past.) However on the way to these new and exciting spaces the visitor passes through model ships and wonders when the last time a staff member cleaned the cases, let alone updated their decor. A simple dark back drop along with blocks of wood to add dimension and draped cloth to hide them would do wonders. Dusting wouldn't hurt either. The labels behind the antique cars were hidden by the cars themselves if they were even up at all and just behind the barrier, within view and reach of the guest was used plexiglass, paper, and other assorted trash.
While it may not detract from the average guest experience it is something easily fixed through basic maintenance. There are new and exciting things always happening at the museum, but the old exhibits need not be neglected in the meantime.
