Massachusetts Institute of Technology / MIT Museum
Building N51 265 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139
Open Daily 10am – 5pm / Closed Major Holidays
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Fall 2008 Soap Box Series:
Join speakers from both MIT and Harvard this fall for a series of discussions on the impact of new media technologies on politics and social change. Your questions and comments keep the discussion lively and thoughtful. Watch the live webcast Windows Media or Flash (experimental).
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Red Lines, Death Vows, Foreclosures, Risk Structures
Architectures of Finance from the Great Depression to the Subprime Meltdown
An exhibition by designer Damon Rich and the Center for Urban Pedagogy, commissioned by the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies, exploring possible relationships between finance and buildings through an installation of models, videos, photographs, and drawings. October 6, 5:30 p.m. gallery tour with artist Damon Rich; 7:00 p.m. Panel Discussion, at the MIT Museum. |
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Fall/Winter 2008
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The MIT Museum showcases scientists, researchers, and MIT students during the next few months. Please join us in programs like Soap Box, special events like Friday After Thanksgiving, and a special party to celebrate the installation of new holograms in December.
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What is This? Do you know what this is? Harold E. "Doc" Edgerton is famous for stopping time. A beloved MIT professor, Edgerton created many classic images including this famous milk drop coronet. The MIT Museum is in the process of digitizing Edgerton's images for online accessbility. |
Multimedia The MIT Museum: Ideas in the Making Preview your visit to the MIT Museum by watching this short movie. |
Collections Klein Side Scan Sonar: The MIT Museum’s nautical technology collections hold cutting edge ocean technologies used to explore earth’s final frontier. Now on display are three Klein side scan sonars donated recently by L3Com Klein Associates. The company was founded by Martin Klein – MIT Class of 1962. |
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