| MIT Museum | |
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| 265 Massachusetts Avenue | |
| Cambridge MA , 02139 | |
| Phone: | |
| (617)253-4444 | |
| FAX: | (617)253-8994 |
| General email: | |
| museum@mit.edu | |
| Institution Contact(s): | |
| Museum Visitor Services (617)253-5927 | |
| Hours: | Tu-F 10:00AM-5:00PM Sa,Su NOON-5:00PM |
| Online Catalog: | |
| Services for the Disabled: | |
| Americans with Disabilities Act accessible Handicapped parking | |
| Other Services: | |
| Coat room/lockers Gift shop | |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS | |
| Special Collection Contact(s): | |
| Joan Whitlow, Registrar and Collections Manager (617)253-4266 jwhitlow@mit.edu | |
| FAX: | |
| (617)258-9107 | |
| Collections: | 5 |
| Formats: | 322 linear feet of archives 120,000 photographs 40 reels of microforms 200 audio tapes 1,300 video tapes 8mm. motion picture reels 1,500 16mm. motion picture reels 10,000 realia/artifacts 1,500 holograms 370 ship models 100,000 naval architectural drawings 4,000 marine art |
| Collection Description: | |
| Architectural Collection MIT Historical Collections Hart Nautical Collections (Hart Nautical Library, Model Collection, Atlantic Works Collection, William A. Baker Collection, Bethlehem Steel Collection, Captain Arthur H. Clark Collection, Allan Forbes Whaling Collection, Char (Finding Aid) Holography Collections Science & Technology |
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| Access: | Collection(s) are available by appointment only Access only in reading room, supervised All or part of the collection(s) not accessible Laptop computers and tape recorders allowed with staff approval |
| Copying: | All photocopying done by staff Restrictions on scanners Restrictions on cameras Restrictions on tape recorders |
| Loans: | Loans for exhibits only |
| Finding Guides Available: | |
| Guides for archives' records groups | |
| Directions: | FROM BOSTON OR HARVARD SQUARE: Take the #1 MBTA bus to the Necco Candy Company stop. BY SUBWAY: Take the Red Line to Central and walk down Massachusetts Avenue toward the Boston skyline. The Museum is located at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Front Street. Enter the building through the red door and proceed to the second floor. |
