What If You Could See Inside Machines? ‘Art of X-rays’ Opens at Chicago’s Science Museum

The exhibit contains X-rays of common everyday items like toys, a coffee maker, alarm clocks, and more.

A visitor views the exhibit "Beyond the Surface: The Art of X-rays" at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago on July 14, 2025. The exhibit shows projected images of X-rays of common objects. Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/TNS

By Cam'ron Hardy Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO—The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry recently unveiled a new interactive exhibit, “Beyond the Surface: The Art of X-rays,” by photographer Andrei Duman, allowing museum guests to examine the interior of everyday objects.