Revolutionary Technology

On view through 2026

Science Center 371, 1 Oxford Street 

Open Monday–Friday, 11:00 am–4:00 pm

Revolutionary Technology, a new exhibit to mark the 250th Anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence. Technology was pivotal in the American Revolution and in the nascent country’s sense of identity, whether in the practical surveying and navigation instruction given to Harvard College students or the national pride in Benjamin Franklin’s experiments with electricity. The exhibition features the words and ideas of John and Abigail Adams, John Winthrop, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, James Bowdoin, and more alongside objects from the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments.

Learn more about this exhibition in the Harvard Gazette

The exhibition was created in partnership with Revolution250 and sponsored by the Richard Lounsbery Foundation.