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MIT Museum (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

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Building N52, 2nd Floor, 265 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA
United States

phone: Phone: 617-253-4444

 Hours: Monday closed; Tuesday - Friday, 9:00-17:00. Appointment necessary.
Contact: Mary Leen (Director), Gary Van Zante (Curator, Architecture and Design)

Collections

Focus: local, national, international. Consists of: MIT student drawings (1873-1968), MIT campus materials (1864-present), Study Collection Drawings (1840-1930s), program books (1905-1961), working drawings (20th century), models, slides, photographs (1870s-present), ephemera. Strengths: collection documents the history of America's first architecture program, architectural education, changes in American society and building types; working drawings for The Architects Collaborative, 1946-1995. Accessible through inventories, except for TAC archive. Some drawings can be reproduced. Institution does not have a conservation laboratory.

Holdings at MIT's nearby Rotch Architectural Library complement the Museum's collection.