MIT Museum Local History & Culture
Holograms And Pranks
Building N52
Cambridge,
MA, 02139
United States
+1 617 253 4444
+1 617 253 8994
http://web.mit.edu/museum/
museum@mit.edu
Transport Options:
Train Available: Red Line T to Central
Overview
The amazing collection of holograms at MIT Museum proves that science can be beautiful. One of the most fun exhibits is the Hall of Hacks, which documents famous pranks pulled by MIT students (expect to see a lot of abuse visited upon the domed roof of a certain building). Other exhibits feature inventions and discoveries of the MIT community.Open Hours
Tu to Fr from 10:00 AM to 05:00 PM, Sa to Su from 12:00 PM to 05:00 PM
I loved it, but just felt that because it is MIT, the cost should have been free! or much less! But will gladly go again as was a fantastic place!
The MIT museum has some good displays, particularly the exhibit on small mechanical contrivances. The hologram exhibit is very disappointing - small, unrepresentative of the important MIT work done by Steve Benton, and with at least one burned out light source when I went. Having to climb stairs from street level make the place look like a forgotten afterthought by what is supposed to be one of the USA's prime universities.
This is a small museum with quite a few hands on exhibits. It was interesting to see how clunky the early robots were and how the strobe light came into being. The whimsical mechanical room was delightful.
