{"id":94180,"date":"2020-12-08T14:12:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T20:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=94180"},"modified":"2020-12-10T14:26:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T20:26:49","slug":"msi-christmas-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/msi-christmas-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum of Science &amp; Industry&#8217;s &#8216;Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light&#8217; goes virtual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jade Nash<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Just days after Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a city-wide stay-at-home advisory, the Museum of Science and Industry\u2019s holiday exhibit \u201cChristmas Around the World and Holidays of Light\u201d began virtual celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>At a press conference on Nov. 12, the Mayor advised Chicago residents to only leave their homes for work, school and other essential needs. The updated advisory took effect on Nov. 16, as COVID-19 cases continued to rise in the city.<\/p>\n<p>The advisory began just days after the opening of the Museum of Science and Industry\u2019s annual holiday celebration. In light of the new restrictions, the museum temporarily closed its doors to visitors. This video, exploring the \u201cChristmas Around the World and Holidays of Light\u201d exhibit, was created before the advisory took effect.<\/p>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/488654893\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" 0=\"allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\/iframe\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p>Under the new advisory, visitors are now able to take a live tour of the holiday exhibit. The next tour is scheduled to be streamed for free on the museum\u2019s website on Dec. 18 at 3:30 p.m. CST. The museum will offer an additional live tour on Christmas Eve at 4:30 p.m. CST.<\/p>\n<p><i>Jade Nash covers race, ethnicity, and culture at Medill. You can follow her on Twitter at <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jadenashnews\"> <i>@jadenashnews.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jade Nash Medill Reports Just days after Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a city-wide stay-at-home advisory, the Museum of Science and Industry\u2019s holiday exhibit \u201cChristmas Around the World and Holidays of Light\u201d began virtual celebrations. At a press conference on Nov. 12, the Mayor advised Chicago residents to only leave their homes for work, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":94190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194,5029,5045],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-culture","category-covid-19","category-fall-2020"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Museum of Science &amp; Industry&#039;s &#039;Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light&#039; goes virtual - Medill Reports Chicago<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chicago&#039;s Museum of Science &amp; Industry holiday celebration goes virtual under new COVID-19 guidance.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/msi-christmas-around-the-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Museum of Science &amp; Industry&#039;s &#039;Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light&#039; goes virtual - Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chicago&#039;s Museum of Science &amp; Industry holiday celebration goes virtual under new COVID-19 guidance.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/msi-christmas-around-the-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-08T20:12:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-12-10T20:26:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/greek-tree.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1392\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"832\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"jadenash2021\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"jadenash2021\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/msi-christmas-around-the-world\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/msi-christmas-around-the-world\/\",\"name\":\"Museum of Science &amp; Industry's 'Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light' goes virtual - Medill Reports Chicago\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/msi-christmas-around-the-world\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/msi-christmas-around-the-world\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/greek-tree.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-08T20:12:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-10T20:26:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/cf74001ffef97f9dcb02832784a2d1b3\"},\"description\":\"Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry holiday celebration goes virtual under new COVID-19 guidance.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/msi-christmas-around-the-world\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/msi-christmas-around-the-world\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/msi-christmas-around-the-world\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/greek-tree.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/greek-tree.jpeg\",\"width\":1392,\"height\":832,\"caption\":\"The Greek tree is decorated with various elements representing Greece's customs during Christmas. 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