Art and Science at the MIT Museum of Boston
Art and science has always shared a special and a symbiotic relationship. A scientist, researcher, inventor, doctor, or mathematician all use their creativity in their fields of work. A painter or a sculptor uses science and anatomy to fuel their artistic work. In another life, Bill Gates may have become an incredible artist, Michelangelo an incredible surgeon, and DaVinci a world known inventor–which he was as a matter of fact.
It is this combination that is exemplified at the Museum of Science and Art at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. Surrounded by the charming streets, beautiful hotels, and bars and bistros, the campus museum offers a lot, not only to those visiting from out of town, but to the people of the city, and to the world of the arts and sciences. The exhibitions and the permanent collection at the museum include the work of the alumni and the professors, as well as a vast array of memorabilia collected throughout the years. One will find everything from robots, displace of design and architecture, holography, oceanic artifacts and engineering equipment. There is also a comprehensive record, or timeline, presented which outlines the innovations in technology that have taken place during the last two centuries.
This museum is free to the public each 3rd Sunday of the month, and it is a great opportunity to learn about the ways in which we got to where we are today as a society. There mission is to engage the world. They want to expose people to the wonders of the technological age and to the people who were and are still making those wonders into realities. Their exhibitions high light and focus on the expansion of this endeavour not only through the public’s eyes, but within the scientific community, inspiring not only the people of the world, but each other as well. It is a beautiful place to discover, one of the finest of the city, one of the finest of the world.
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