HMSC: The Power of Tangible Things: Making History Through Objects

Date: 

Monday, October 26, 2015, 6:00pm

Location: 

Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

Join the authors of Tangible Things in a lively conversation about Harvard "stuff": the books, manuscripts, artwork, scientific specimens, ethnographic artifacts, and historical relics found in the University's world-class collections.

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich 300th Anniversary University Professor, Harvard University

Ivan Gaskell, Margaret S. Winthrop Curator of Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts in the Harvard Art Museum, and Senior Lecturer on History, Harvard University

Sara Schechner David P. Wheatland Curator, Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University

Sarah Anne Carter Curator & Director of Research, The Chipstone Foundation & Visiting Lecturer for HarvardX, Tangible Things

Samantha van Gerbig Senior Curatorial Technician, Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University