Please join us at the MIT Museum at 4:00 pm on Monday, October 1st,
for a special event co-sponsored by the STS Program and the MIT Museum:
Collecting the Twentieth Century
Steven Lubar, Brown University
Abstract
Most history museums focus their collecting and exhibitions on the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Even museums with an interest in
science and technology tend to ignore recent history, leaving that to
science centers and, in a few cases, to hobbyists. My talk will
explore the challenges of collecting and presenting recent history,
suggesting the advantages that this new focus might offer for
attracting new audience and providing perspective on both the past
and the present.
Bio
Steven Lubar is Professor of American Civilization and History and
Director of the John Nicholas Brown Center at Brown University, where
he directs the Public Humanities Program. From 1982 to 2004, he was a
curator and department chair in the history of technology at the
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, where he worked on
many exhibitions, including Engines of Change: The American
Industrial Revolution and America on the Move. Prof. Lubar has
written widely on early American technology and invention, the
history of museums, and museum practice. His Ph.D. is from the
University of Chicago, his BA from MIT.
Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=N52
Please note: A schedule of events for the period September 29th
through October 5th is available on the STS website
http://web.mit.edu/sts/calendar/index-css.html.
Debbie Meinbresse
STS Program, MIT
617-452-2390
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