MIT History

Welcome to MIT History

Remlee Green — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:46:49 +0000

Celebrate MIT’s rich history with the Institute Archives & Special Collections.

This site will connect you to exhibits, information, and interesting facts about the rich history of MIT.

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Object of the Month

mit-admin — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:33:08 +0000

The Institute Archives & Special Collections‘ “Objects of the Month” are online exhibits of items that highlight many facets of MIT’s history.

See the slideshow of previous objects of the month.

The Object of the Month on the left features documents from The Founding of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, April 10, 1861.

MIT Timeline

Remlee Green — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:42:27 +0000

Explore MIT’s rich history with this interactive timeline.

“Technology Through Time: 150 Years of MIT History” exhibit

Lois Beattie — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:41:59 +0000

A multimedia exhibit in the Maihaugen Gallery in 2011 chronicled the 150-year history of MIT. Original documents, photos, and video interviews celebrate the success of William Barton Rogers’s plan for a new kind of institution and illustrate MIT’s development into the unique place it is today.

150 Years in the Stacks

mit-admin — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:30:49 +0000

Created to celebrate MIT’s 150th anniversary in 2011, 150 Years in the Stacks is a look at MIT through the prism of its library collections. Think of it as a tour through the MIT Libraries’ open stacks and offsite storage areas, with a side trip to its closed-stack rare collections and an occasional glimpse into the vault.

The MIT Libraries have been around nearly as long as the Institute itself, and now hold over 3 million printed volumes, plus another 3 million items in other formats. It goes without saying that there is some very interesting stuff in there.

Visit the 150 Years in the Stacks blog to find out more about the project.

MIT in Popular Culture

Lois Beattie — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:14:58 +0000

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology pops up all over the place in popular culture–in books, movies, TV shows, and music. To help celebrate MIT’s 150th anniversary, the MIT Libraries found many of these books and DVDs in our stacks (and added a few we didn’t have too) and put them together in this guide to MIT in Popular Culture.

Learning about MIT: Bibliography

mit-admin — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:55:20 +0000

Looking for some useful sources on the history of MIT? We’ve compiled a bibliography to get you started in your research.

Digitized Collection Items

Remlee Green — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 20:19:13 +0000

Have fun with MIT History

Remlee Green — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:51:10 +0000

Visit Fun MIT History to try your hand at early MIT entrance exams, listen to MIT music, and more!