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News Releases and Announcements

5.15.13	MIT Museum announces publication of MIT 150 Exhibition catalogue, Countless Connecting Threads: MIT’s History Revealed Through Its Most Evocative Objects
4.9.13	Cambridge Science Festival Events at the MIT Museum Take Place April 13 - 21, 2013!
3.14.13	The MIT Museum Opens New Exhibition from the Vitra Design Museum in Germany: Hidden Heroes: The Genius of Everyday Things
2.15.13	MIT Museum Presents First U.S. Exhibition by Photographer Joël Tettamanti
2.1.13	Hands-on Activities & Workshops during National Engineers Week; Feb. Vacation Week in Massachusetts! Includes Saturday discussion for high school students, "*So You Want to be an Engineer?*"
11.1.12	November 2012 is Arthur Ganson Month at the MIT Museum. Ganson visits Museum and hosts the 15th annual Friday After Thanksgiving Chain Reaction Event!
10.26.12	MIT News at Noon launches at MIT Museum
6.15.12	MIT Museum opens new exhibition of holograms in association with the 9th International Symposium on Display Holography. Through September 28, 2013
6.13.12	MIT Museum Participates in the "Open Archives Tour" sponsored by the Cambridge Historical Society. Register now and visit on July 12 to learn about the Solar Houses in the Museum Archives
4.13.12	MIT Museum Opens New Exhibition Rivers of Ice: Vanishing Glaciers of the Greater Himalaya
3.13.12	6th Annual Cambridge Science Festival presented by the MIT Museum. New programs announced beginning Friday, April 20, 2012
2.17.12	MIT Museum to Open New Photography Gallery on May 3, 2012 with Inaugural Exhibition Featuring Photography of Berenice Abbott
10.26.11	14th Annual Friday After Thanksgiving Event with artist Arthur Ganson
10.12.11	MIT Museum announces top scientists to participate in fall series: Life in the Universe: Are We Alone? Begins Tuesday October 25 at 6.00 p.m.
9.1.11	MIT Museum thanks Frank Conahan for 6 years of service
3.31.11	Join the MIT Museum for Celebrating the 65th Anniversary of Venture Capital in America
3.30.11	Cambridge Science Festival 2011: Events and Activities at the MIT Museum
12.3.10	Luminous Windows 2011 opens with holograms of high technical achievement
12.3.10	The MIT 150 Exhibition opens January 8, 2011
11.4.10	Arthur Ganson & the 13th Annual Friday After Thanksgiving Family Event!
10.8.10	Video Games from GAMBIT
9.7.10	Opening today in Compton Gallery: an exhibition about Swiss Typography
5.27.10	MIT Museum opens new display and prepares for summer fun!
5.5.10	MIT Museum Receives 70 Years of Polaroid® History in Donation
4.2.10	4th Annual Cambridge Science Festival April 24 - May 20
3.3.10	Second Friday Event: Meet adventurer and sailor/educator Rich Wilson SM '76 on March 12
2.3.10	Catalyst Collaborative at MIT Museum Feb. 12
1.19.10	MIT 150 Exhibition Declares Winners in Popular Vote
12.7.09	Luminous Windows: New Hologram Exhibit Reflects History, Art and Science
10.27.09	MIT Museum Hosts 12th Annual Friday After Thanksgiving (F.A.T.) Chain Reaction Event on November 27th
10.20.09	MIT Museum commemorates the work of Harold "Doc" Edgerton with the opening of Visionary Engineer, Harold Edgerton
10.04.09	It's Election Time -- Vote for the MIT 150 Exhibition!
8.25.09	Sampling MIT Connects Visitors to Ongoing MIT Research
8.20.09	Thin brick vault unveiled for first time at MIT Museum
6.10.09	40th Apollo Lunar Landing Anniversary exhibition, displays, artifacts at MIT Museum
5.5.09	Volvo Racing Videos to be Shown at MIT Museum on May 13
4.24.09	New exhibition featuring the work of scientist and artist Steve DiPaola opens April 25.
3.13.09	New exhibition featuring the work of structural artist Felix Candela opens April 2.
2.11.09	MIT Museum Launches Unique Anniversary Project
2.6.09	MIT Museum Forum on Holography
2.5.09	MIT Museum Schedule of New Exhibitions and Programs, Spring 2009
1.14.09	Darwin in Society: A day long symposium for educators and interested community members
Exhibit	MIT & the Sea
Exhibit	Claude Shannon's Ingenious Machines

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