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Surveillance: From Vision to Data

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This timely exhibit considers surveillance beyond the realm of cameras and their watchers, exposing the profound influence of data. Learn about the historical instruments that have been used to transform individuals and landscapes into data. Uncover how...

Scale: A Matter of Perspective

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Opening March 10, 2017, Scale: A Matter of Perspective will explore the concept of scale from multiple perspectives, including investigation of the cosmos with telescopes and microscopes, models that scale things up (e.g., molecular models, glass flowers...

2016–2017 Kim & Judy Davis Dean's Lecture: Dava Sobel

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Title: A Woman's Place at the Harvard Observatory The acclaimed a uthor of Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Walker, 1995), Dava Sobel will be speaking about her forthcoming book, The Glass...

CHSI to Participate in Collections Assessment for Preservation Program.

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Administered by the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artist Works, CAP assists museums in improving the care of their collections by providing support for a conservation assessment of the museum’s collections and...

Three Things Not to Miss: Student led tours of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments

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The Pope Orrery Takes a Bow in New Harvard Art Museums Exhibition: The Philosophy Chamber

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This spring, the Harvard Art Museums will present The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet, 1766–1820, a special exhibition that brings together many long-forgotten icons of American culture. It will present new findings on...

Historical Astronomy Division (HAD) Awards Dr. Sara Schechner the 2017 Doggett Prize.

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The HAD Prize Committee is pleased to announce that Dr. Sara J. Schechner will be the recipient of the 2018 LeRoy E. Doggett Prize for Historical Astronomy. The Doggett Prize is awarded biennially to an individual who has significantly influenced the...

Exhibit in Focus: Syntax of an Astrolabe

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For the exhibit Syntax of an Astrolabe, architect and exhibition designer Francesca Liuni uses a planisperic astrolabe from the Collection to demonstrate her singular expression of how architecture can be utilized to help impart historical context to...

Summer Solstice Celebration 2017: Night at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture

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Free Public Special Event Kick off summer at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture's annual Summer Solstice Celebration. Enjoy a fun evening with circus performers, music, food trucks, and hands-on activities for all ages, with free evening admission...

Scaling the Glass Universe

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Free Public Lecture and Book Signing Dava Sobel, Writer; Former Science Reporter, The New York Times In the 1880s, physicist and astronomer Edward Pickering invented a new system to photograph the sky that revolutionized our understanding of stars. His...

Designing Life: Early Experiments in Synthetic Biology

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Free Public Lecture Sophia Roosth, Frederick S. Danziger Associate Professor in the History of Science Harvard University Synthetic biologists combine biology and engineering to design (or re-design) biological entities or living systems. The work of...

The Juno Mission to Jupiter: Unraveling the Secrets of a Giant Planet

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Free Public Lecture Jeremy Bloxham, Mallinckrodt Professor of Geophysics, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences; Dean of Science, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University Jupiter, the largest planet orbiting the sun, remains a profound...