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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:<br><br>
<font size=4><b>Collecting the Twentieth Century<br>
</font>Steven Lubar, Brown University<br><br>
</b><u>Abstract<br>
</u>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.<br><br>
<u>Bio<br>
</u>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 <i>Engines of Change: The American Industrial
Revolution</i> and <i>America on the Move</i>. 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. <br><br>
Map:
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http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=N52</a><br><br>
<b>Please note: </b>A schedule of events for the period September
29th through October 5th is available on the STS website
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/sts/calendar/index-css.html" eudora="autourl">
http://web.mit.edu/sts/calendar/index-css.html</a>.<br>
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Debbie Meinbresse<br>
STS Program, MIT<br>
617-452-2390<br>
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