U-505 EXPERIENCE

Overview

Location: Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois
Premiered: June 2005
Area: 30,000sf permanent exhibition
Cost: $32mm

Challenge

Bring relevance, authenticity and historical context to the capture of the WWII German submarine, U-505, an iconic naval artifact seen by more than 30 million visitors to the Museum of Science and Industry, since 1954.

Solution

Create an immersive, first-person narrative centered on the enormous stakes connected with the Battle of the Atlantic, and the heroic response of Captain Dan Gallery and the crew of US Navy Task Group 22.3, who captured the U-505.