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Open Daily 10am – 5pm / Closed Major Holidays

NOTE: Special schedule on Thursday, May 23. See our Hours & Admission page for details.

Second Fridays

Activate your weekend!

Jump-start your weekend with the MIT Museum. Get up close and personal with Kismet the Robot, or see the world in 3-D through our one-of-a-kind holography exhibit. Enjoy performances, demonstrations, and lectures throughout our galleries.

Mix and mingle; relax and unwind.

Join us for our popular after-hours program series.

5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Second Friday of every month.
Free admission to the galleries, plus additional activities.

Featured Programs for 2013:

Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Previous programs

Fri. 1/11	Hello Holography Shine a light on art and technology as you visit The Jeweled Net: Views of Contemporary Holography. Exhibit curator Seth Riskin will lead tours of the MIT Museum's popular display holography exhibition, while museum educators present hands-on activities and demonstrations exploring the scientific principles behind these amazing images. Recommended for teens and adults, with special opportunities for middle and high school teachers to learn more about the MIT Museum's new holography workshop. Free admission; tickets required for tours at 5:30 and 6:30 p.m., available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 5:00 p.m. Activities occurring throughout the evening, no tickets required.
2/8	Featured Program: Catalyst Collaborative@MIT Presents Sila - CANCELLED On remote Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic, a climate scientist, an Inuit activist and her daughter, two officers for the Canadian Coast Guard, an Inuit hunter and a polar bear find their values shifting in response to the rapid changes in the world around them. See a special preview of this dynamic production and then join the director, writer, and special guest Kerry Emmanuel (MIT Professor and Director of the Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate) for a discussion about the competing interests that are shaping the future of the Canadian Arctic and local Inuit population. This program has been cancelled due to inclement weather.
3/8	Nautical Night Set sail for an evening of ocean science, technology and local maritime heritage at MIT. As you journey through our exhibit halls and explore rare artifacts from our collections, enjoy special presentations and interactive show-and-tell by maritime educators, a traditional boatbuilder, ocean engineers, and environmental researchers alike. Bridging the past, present, and future, the MIT Museum's fourth annual Nautical Night celebrates MIT's new Global Environment Initiative through research made accessible through Oceans at MIT . Presenters include award-winning master craftsman Harold Burnham, and Maritime Gloucester, educators from the USS Constitution Museum, the MIT Marine Robotics Team, Joint Program students from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, and the winners of MIT's annual Head of the Zesiger cardboard boat regatta. See more details here. Free admission; program runs 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
4/12	Compass Points: Joël Tettamanti Get an insider's glimpse of our newest photographic exhibition with curator Gary Van Zante and Simmons College senior lecturer and Boston Center for the Arts artist in residence, Edie Bresler. Tours at 6:00 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. Free admission; tour tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 5:00 p.m.
5/10	MIT D-Lab Project Showcase Come see how MIT students are developing technologies that make an impact in our world! Join us for the final presentations, projects and prototypes from the growing MIT D-Lab family of classes: Design, Dissemination, Energy, Health, Education, Biodiversity and Supply Chains Free admission. Presentations from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., showcase 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
6/14	Through the Listening Glass: A Concert by the MIT Glass Band Immerse yourself in a tapestry of glass-blown music. Members of the MIT Glass Band come together with special guest Mark Stewart, MIT Glass Lab Artist-in-Residence, to create a one-of-a-kind symphony of sound and chat with visitors about the art and science behind the creation of the instruments. Performances last approximately 30 minutes each and will be presented at 5:15, 6:15, and 7:15 p.m. Come for one, stay for all—it’s never the same thing twice! Free admission. Artist residency sponsored by MIT Center for Art, Science, and Technology. Watch a short documentary about the Glass Band here.

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