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Process</b><br>
A Lecture About The Roots of Scientific Method<br>
<b>6:30 This Evening at MIT Museum - Free Admission</b><br><br>
Maritime historian and acclaimed model maker Rob Napier of Newburyport,
Massachusetts, discusses the evolution of the half-hull model and the
relationship of half-hull models to the design process of 19th-century
American shipbuilding.<br><br>
Napier has 30 years of experience as a professional model ship maker. He
is model consultant to the New York Yacht Club, Boston's Museum of Fine
Arts and many other important private collections. Napier has authored
well over 50 articles and reviews relating to his profession, lectured
widely on model making and for several years he served as editor of the
Nautical Research Journal. Prior to his current profession, Napier was a
U. S. Navy journalist and photographer during two late-1960s combat
cruises to Southeast Asia aboard the attack carrier USS
Ticonderoga.<br><br>
Presented in conjunction with The Clipper Ship Era exhibition on view
through July 10, 2005.<br><br>
MIT Museum<br>
265 Massachusetts Avenue<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
-- Hours: Tues - Fri 10 am - 5 pm; Sat & Sun Noon - 5 pm. Closed
holidays.<br>
-- Admission: Adults - $5, youth under 18, students, seniors - $2,
children under 5 and MIT ID holders - free.<br>
-- Free third Sunday of each month<br>
-- Wheelchair accessible<br><br>
Information: 617-253-4444 or
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/museum" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/museum</a><br><br>
-- <br>
Kurt Hasselbalch<br>
Curator<br>
Hart Nautical Collections<br>
MIT Museum (N52-2nd flr)<br>
265 Massachusetts Ave.<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
617-253-5942 (voice)<br>
617-258-9107 (fax)<br>
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