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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

9/29

Innovation Weekend: Performance

In Her Own Words, a one woman performance and short video about the life of Ellen Swallow Richards, a 19th century pioneer in the fields of education, chemistry, water sanitation, and home economics. She was MIT's first female student and its first female instructor. 7:00 p.m.
Ticket information available in August.


October

 

Soap Box

Watch this space for details about the new Soap Box Series, Civic Media and the Election, a set of salon-style evening programs that will take place at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday nights.

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
5:00 p.m. tour in the Compton Gallery.

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

Free admission

10/10

Energy Night

An evening with MIT graduate students.

Demonstrations and refreshments
5:00 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!