[Sci-tech-public] October 1st STS Colloquium & Schedule of Events: September 29 - October 5

[Debbie Meinbresse]

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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