MSI Chicago sets attendance record thanks to Potter

BND.com is reporting that the Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago set a new attendance record on June 19th with 19,995 attendees. It is the highest single-day attendance in 10 years! Who's to thank? The Museum offered free admission that day to commemorate their 76th anniversary, which brought additional crowds out to see Harry Potter: the Exhibition.

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06-24-2009 at 11:58 AM

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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-06-24 12:01:09

I cant wait to go to the exhibit!! Im going in August!! :D

Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-06-24 12:24:10

wow almost 20,000 people! thats crazy

Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-06-24 12:39:20

omg! i didnt know that the museum of science and industry was free that day! i totally would have gone!!! oh well, ill go eventually! =]

Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-06-24 12:46:24

What? Free admission?? I didnt know that! Oh well, Im planning to get there anyways! Cant wait!

Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-06-24 12:47:00

What? Free admission?? I didnt know that! Oh well, Im planning to get there anyways! Cant wait!

Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-06-24 17:20:09

Aww Im going June 30th. I couldve gone,like, 11 days earlier for free!! Ah well.

Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-06-24 19:18:29

thats the day i went!!! woo hoo!! i really want to go again, it was just s awesome :)

Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-06-24 21:35:45

Woot Woot! Yea Mannn!

Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-06-24 23:39:46

I want to go so bad! Potter breaks countless records...

Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-06-25 03:25:48

The power of Potter, huh?

Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-06-25 23:45:01

I went on that day and it was MISERABLE. You absolutely couldnt walk in the museum without a little kid running into you. I guess thats what I get for trying to save some money. And it was still $16 for parking, I think, so that whole trip was still around $35. Oh well. The Exhibit was awesome, though. Since you still had to pay for that and they sent in groups of set amounts of people in at a time, it was soo much less crowded. Im really glad I went to that. Very, very cool.

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