Exhibitions

A history of exhibitions lies below. To browse all of the objects featured in an exhibition, click on that exhibit's "Search for all items" link.

Claude Shannon's Ingenious Machines   Search for all items

Clever inventions created by the late MIT professor Claude E. Shannon, best known as the father of digital communications and information theory. In the Mark Epstein Innovation Gallery from September 29, 2007 to July 6, 2008.

Holography: The Light Fantastic   Search for all items

Eye-popping works drawn from the Museum's holography collection--the world's largest--that illustrate the artistic and scientific facets of the medium. Ongoing in the MIT Museum's main galleries.

Mind and Hand: The Making of MIT Scientists and Engineers   Search for all items

Time travel through student life and learning and experience firsthand what an MIT education is really like. Ongoing in the MIT Museum's main galleries.

Flashes of Inspiration: The Work of Harold Edgerton   Search for all items

A multi-media celebration of the life and work of MIT legend, Harold "Doc" Edgerton, including his development of the electronic strobe and his dedication to making the invisible visible. Opened in the MIT Museum's main galleries in 1999; closed March 2, 2009.

Visionary Engineer, Harold Edgerton   Search for all items

On November 14th the MIT Museum will host the opening celebration for the new online archive of renowned inventor and engineer, Harold "Doc" Edgerton. The exhibit, Visionary Engineer, Harold Edgerton, will showcase the new digital collections that include many photographs from the MIT Museum's now closed Flashes of Inspiration exhibition, as well as thousands of other still and moving images. The exhibit's goal is to reintroduce Professor Harold "Doc" Edgerton to the public at the MIT Museum, and to make known this valuable synthesis of the many digital archives currently located throughout the MIT campus.

<a href="http://web.mit.edu/museum/about/pr/2009/visionary.html">http://web.mit.edu/museum/about/pr/2009/visionary.html</a> for more information on this exhibit

Harold E. Edgerton Slide Collection part 3   Search for all items

An exciting new online collection in progress! This collection has been divided into groups for easier browsing. A PDF browser plug-in is required to view scanned archival slide sheets and other supplemental materials.

Harold E. Edgerton Slide Collection part 1   Search for all items

An exciting new online collection in progress! This collection has been divided into groups for easier browsing. A PDF browser plug-in is required to view scanned archival slide sheets and other supplemental materials.

Harold E. Edgerton Slide Collection part 2   Search for all items

An exciting new online collection in progress! This collection has been divided into groups for easier browsing. A PDF browser plug-in is required to view scanned archival slide sheets and other supplemental materials.

Harold E. Edgerton Slide Collection part 4   Search for all items

An exciting new online collection in progress! This collection has been divided into groups for easier browsing. A PDF browser plug-in is required to view scanned archival slide sheets and other supplemental materials.

Harold E. Edgerton Slide Collection part 5   Search for all items

An exciting new online collection in progress! This collection has been divided into groups for easier browsing. A PDF browser plug-in is required to view scanned archival slide sheets and other supplemental materials. This section contains materials on sonar surveys of Venice, high-speed photography of birds and insects, archeological surveys in several countries, and the MIT campus.

Harold E. Edgerton Slide Collection part 6   Search for all items

An exciting new online collection in progress! This collection has been divided into groups for easier browsing. A PDF browser plug-in is required to view scanned archival slide sheets and other supplemental materials. This section includes materials on bathyscaphes, deep sea probes, archeological sites in Israel, silhouette photography of marine microorganisms and Schlieren photographs.

Harold E. Edgerton Slide Collection part 7   Search for all items

An exciting new online collection in progress! This collection has been divided into groups for easier browsing. A PDF browser plug-in is required to view scanned archival slide sheets and other supplemental materials.

Harold E. Edgerton Slide Collection part 8   Search for all items

An exciting new online collection in progress! This collection has been divided into groups for easier browsing. A PDF browser plug-in is required to view scanned archival slide sheets and other supplemental materials.

Harold E. Edgerton Slide Collection part 9   Search for all items

An exciting new online collection in progress! This collection has been divided into groups for easier browsing. A PDF browser plug-in is required to view scanned archival slide sheets and other supplemental materials.

Harold E. Edgerton Slide Collection part 10   Search for all items

An exciting new online collection in progress! This collection has been divided into groups for easier browsing. A PDF browser plug-in is required to view scanned archival slide sheets and other supplemental materials.