CHSI
Exhibitions
Putnam Gallery, Science Center 136, Ongoing
TIME. LIFE & MATTER: Science in Cambridge
Special Exhibitions Gallery, Science Center 251
Time &
Time Again:
How Science & Culture Shape the Past, Present, & Future
View instruments from Time, Life, & Matter, plus past exhibitions and several Special Collections using our online database:
Resources
Former Exhibitions
GO ASK A.L.I.C.E.: Turing Tests, Parlor Games, & Chatterbots
X-Rays of the Soul: Rorschach & The Projective Test
Cold War in the Classroom
Tangible Things
Paper Worlds:
Printing Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
Patent Republic: Materialities in Intellectual Property in 19th-Century America
Benjamin Franklin:
A How-to Guide
Gallery Hours
Putnam Gallery
Science Center 136
Summer Hours:
Monday - Thursday
11:00am - 4:00pm
Friday
11:00am - 3:00pm
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Summer Hours:
Monday - Thursday
9:00am - 4:00pm
Friday
9:00am - 3:00pm
Foyer Exhibition Space
Science Center 371
Summer Hours:
Monday - Thursday
9:00am - 4:00pm
Friday
9:00am - 3:00pm
Free and open to the public.
Children must be escorted by an adult.
Both the Putnam Gallery and Special Exhibitions are closed on University Holidays.
Inquiries: 617-495-2779
Directions
The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments is located inside the Science Center, 1 Oxford Street, on Harvard's Cambridge campus.
