[Editors] Compendium, sites to see around MIT

[Marilyn Wilson]

Hi Editors,

Thank you to everyone who sent around info about sites to see at MIT.  I 
have put your answers together below - in only roughly organized form.  Let 
me know if I left your comments out, and feel free to add to the list if 
you have more suggestions.  Enjoy!

Marilyn
    * the bubble machine, Lobby of Building 6
    * the new rock garden by the Stata Center
    * Strobe alley (doc edgerton)
    * the hallway in Building 16(?) that has a history of hacks and that 
large screen visual display
    * the game room in the Student Center, depending on the age of the 
visitors.
    * The Admissions Office put out a small brochure in the spring that had 
a lot of fun places around MIT - maybe they still have a few?  Some items 
from that brocure:
        * Acoustic Benches, Eastman Court
        * Decode the Corridor, Buildings 16 and 56, cryptogram tiles on the 
floor
        * Newton Apple Tree descendent, President's Court (yard), bounded 
by buildings 3, 10, 13, 11
        * Architectural Letters : Media Lab Archway
    * For those with an interest in architecture
        * the Stata Center
        * the MIT Chapel (by Saarinen), where visitors can attend free 
noon-time concerts during the school year
        * Baker House (one of only 2 buildings in North America by Aalto).
        * there must be a list of these spots as well ...
    * the Nautical Gallery in Building 5
    * the gallery over by the Alumni Association office
    * "Smart City Cars in the 21st Century," an exhibition on the MIT 
Concept Car with GM and Frank Gehry, at the Wolk Gallery, Bldg 7, Rm 338.
    * For a more complete list of galleries, see 
<http://web.mit.edu/arts/visual/galleries.html>http://web.mit.edu/arts/visual/galleries.html. 

    * mit press bookstore/coop (for shopping)
    * Mass ave. bridge (smoots, nice view of city)
    * The MIT Hotel (up toward Central Square) and its many funky features
    * List visual arts center and media wall; The List Visual Arts Center 
will close after July 11, but during the rest of the year, they're one of 
New England's pre-eminent exhibitors of contemporary art. See 
<http://web.mit.edu/lvac/www/general/index.html>http://web.mit.edu/lvac/www/general/index.html 

    * Sculptures around campus:
    * The List also has a (downloadable) map of all the sculptures and 
major public artwork that's sited around the campus. See 
<http://web.mit.edu/lvac/www/collections/map.html>http://web.mit.edu/lvac/www/collections/map.html 
to plan your walking tour. -- or pick up the map at the Info Office
    * the MIT Museum (largest collection of holography, Edgerton, those 
wacky machines/sculptures)   On line [http://web.mit.edu/musuem] and 2-3 
blocks from Bldg 7 , along with "Doc," holograms, and wacky machines, your 
visitors can encounter robots, "Mind and Hand: The Making of MIT Scientists 
and Engineers," 100 years of flight in  MA, and anti-Vietnam War posters at 
MIT from the early 70s.; The MIT Museum has tons of really cool exhibits 
including the amazing kinetic sculptures of Arthur Ganson that everyone 
loves (see 
<http://web.mit.edu/museum/exhibitions/index.html)>http://web.mit.edu/museum/exhibitions/index.html). 

    * if your visitors are *really* lucky, they'll be here on a day when a 
hack has occurred :)






Marilyn C. Wilson, PhD
Senior Career Development Counselor
MIT Careers Office
77 Massachusetts Avenue, 12-170
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 258-9149 or
(617) 253-4733  
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