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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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Panel discussion

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September

9/9

Reception, Compton Gallery Exhibit
Red Lines, Death Vows, Foreclosures, Risk Structures: Architectures of Finance from the Great Depression to the Sub-Prime Meltdown
5:30 p.m. in the Compton Gallery.

Free admission

9/12

Innovation NIght
Featuring innovative ideas and technologies from leading Boston-area companies. Co-sponsored by the MIT Innovation Club.

Presentations and refreshments
5:00 p.m.

Free admission

9/26

Opening of Innovation Weekend at the MIT Museum

Coalition for the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS) Year of Science Planning Symposium.

Demonstrations and refreshments
5:00 p.m.
Free admission

9/27

Innovation Weekend

Afternoon family activities at the Museum

9/28

Innovation Weekend
Afternoon family activities at the Museum


October

 

Soap Box

Watch this space for details about the new Soap Box Series about technology's impact on social and political change. This set of salon-style evening programs will take place at 6:00 p.m. on most Wednesday nights. in October and November.

10/6

Panel Discussion and Exhibit Tour
Red Lines, Death Vows, Foreclosures, Risk Structures: Architectures of Finance from the Great Depression to the Sub-Prime Meltdown
5:30 p.m. tour in the Compton Gallery.

6:30 p.m. panel discussion in MIT360 Arena.

Free admission

10/8

Soap Box with Ethan Zuckerman, Fellow, the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University Law School.
6:00 p.m.
Free admission

10/10

Energy Night

An evening with MIT graduate students.

Demonstrations and refreshments
5:00 p.m.
Free admission

10/22

Soap Box with Henry Jenkins, Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program and the Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities.
6:00 p.m.
Free admission


November

11/28

Friday After Thanksgiving: Chain Reaction
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Rockwell Cage Gymnasium


December

 

Holography

Check back for information about new holograms to be installed.

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The Cambridge Science Festival, presented by the MIT Museum, is a multi-day festival during the last week of April. Activities, performances, talks, demonstrations and a carnival take place throughout the city - for all ages!