#  The Putnam Gallery 

 



       ![Outer View of Gallery](/sites/g/files/omnuum6316/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/chsi/files/outer_view_0.jpg?itok=-UXPWrhq) 

 

 



 

 



 

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## **TIME, LIFE, & MATTER: Science in Cambridge**

Harvard has a rich history of scholarly contributions to the various natural, physical, and social sciences. *"*Time, Life, & Matter..." features many important instruments that helped make those contributions possible.

Five themes serve as the framework for exploring interconnected ideas across disciplinary and chronological lines:

- [**Colonial Science**](/exhibitions/tlm-colonial-science)
- Natural Philosophy
- Astronomer’s Time
- Mind and Body
- Physical Matters

Highlights of the exhibit include a multitude of stories told in part by such items as a geometric sector designed by Galileo, electrical experimentation apparatus purchased on Harvard's behalf by Benjamin Franklin, a suite of clocks illustrating the development of modern synchronized time-keeping, medical apparatus designed, in part, by Charles Lindbergh (yes, *that* Charles Lindbergh), and the artifacts of top-secret research conducted by Harvard scientists during World War II.  
  
**Professor Peter Galison offers an** [**exhibit overview on CHSI's YouTube channel**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYw7uAijlzM)**.**

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#### ***Ongoing Permanent Exhibit***  
**The Putnam Gallery, Science Center 136**



 

#### ["Telltale Apparatus," ](https://prod-chsi.drupalsites.harvard.edu/resource/telltaleapparatuspdf-0)  
 [Harvard Magazine 2006](https://prod-chsi.drupalsites.harvard.edu/resource/telltaleapparatuspdf-0)

[   ![Telltale Apparatus, Harvard Magazine](/sites/g/files/omnuum6316/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/chsi/files/telltale_apparatus.png?itok=1NaHQzvp) 

 ](https://prod-chsi.drupalsites.harvard.edu/resource/telltaleapparatuspdf-0)