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Putnam Gallery, Science Center 136 - Ongoing


TIME, LIFE, & MATTER: Science in Cambridge

Harvard has a rich history of scholarly contributions to the various natural, physical, and social sciences. Time, Life, & Matter features many important instruments that helped make those contributions possible.

Highlights of the exhibit include a multitude of stories told in part by such items as a geometric sector designed by Galileo, electrical experimentation apparatus purchased on Harvard's behalf by Benjamin Franklin, a suite of clocks illustrating the development of modern synchronized time-keeping, medical apparatus designed, in part, by Charles Lindbergh (yes, that Charles Lindbergh), and the artifacts of top-secret research conducted during World War II.

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Resources

Gallery Hours

Putnam Gallery
Science Center 136
Monday through Friday
11:00am to 4:00pm

Free and open to the public.
Children must be escorted by an adult.

The Putnam Gallery is 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.