The Next Step From Television

CSI creator Anthony Zuiker explains his goal for "CSI: The Experience."

Zuiker was in Chicago to sign autographs at the Museum of Science and Industry on Monday, July 16. The museum's CSI-themed exhibit, "CSI: The Experience," allows fans the chance to pretend to be their favorite CSI. They visit a fake crime scene, collect evidence and present their results in Grissom's office to learn how well they did.

The goal of the exhibit, Zuiker told Daily Southtown, was to allow "people to feel like they took the next step from television, which is having a hands-on experience." That allows CSI to become more than just a television show. "It far surpasses just one medium, into an educational medium," he said. "If TV can do that, then we've done something special."

Fans of the show who were present to get Zuiker's autograph were excited about the exhibit. Traci Christler drove from Indianapolis to visit the museum. "I just really love the whole interactive element of it, that you could go piece by piece and solve the crime," she said. Seeing kids get excited about forensic science is what it's all about for Zuiker. He wants them to visit the exhibit and get inspired to learn about criminal justice. If that happens, then someday in the future, he said, "you're walking through a crime scene with a field kit, and you know what, you could be Grissom."

The original article is from Daily Southtown.

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