Digital Doc - The work of Harold Edgerton online

The Work of Harold Edgerton online

"Digital Doc" is the nickname for the new project to make the work of Harold Edgerton available online. The MIT Museum is a key partner in a project sponsored by the Edgerton Center to create a web-based archive of Edgerton’s still images, movies, laboratory notebooks and other materials. Visitors to the database will be able to add information and share stories, discover new teaching resources, and learn about Edgerton's role in the history of technology. If you’ve ever explored Flickr Commons or viewed collections from the Library of Congress and the National Archives, you have an idea of what the new website and Edgerton will be like.

“Digital Doc” will debut later this year. With support from the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation, the MIT Museum will mark the online opening of "Digital Doc" with a new display of Edgerton artifacts and memorabilia. At the heart of this updated presentation will be several workstations at which visitors will be able to explore and contribute to the “Digital Doc” database. There will also be projections of newly restored Edgerton films in High Definition, as well as a display of Doc's private slide collection. There are more than 9000 images that have never been seen before that document Doc's global travels, underwater archeology expeditions, experiments and more. Some of these slides are already avaialbe to the public on the MIT Museum's online collections catalogue. In the meantime stay tuned and check our web site this summer for more information about the opening of the new display of Edgerton and artifacts and the new database.