Library Exhibits Online
Schwerdtfeger Library, Space Science and Engineering Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison
A compilation of exhibits of
varied focus, produced
primarily by libraries and featuring their collections.
- The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
- The Center for History of Physics, the American Institute of Physics
- Center
for Polimer Studies, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California
- The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois
- Imperial War Museum, London, United Kingdom
- Institute and Museum of the History of Science, Florence,
Italy
- The Linda Hall Library, Kansas City, Missouri
- Mandeville Special Collections Library, University of California,
San Diego
- MIT Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Monash University Library, Victoria, Australia
- Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts
- National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC
- The National Museum of Science and Industry (NMSI), London, United
Kingdom
- The National Security Archive, The George Washington University
- Open Society Archives, at Central European University
- Royal Observatory Greenwich, London, United Kingdom
- Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Washington, DC
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The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Bioscience at
Berkeley, Biotechnology in the Bay Area
Selections from the archives and oral history collections of the Bancroft
Library.
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The Center for History of Physics, the American Institute of Physics
Albert Einstein: Image
and Impact
A biographical exhibit, featuring Einstein's essay, "The World As
I See It."
Andrei Sakharov: Soviet
Physics, Nuclear Weapons, and Human Rights
A biographical exhibit of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Soviet Physicist.
The Discovery of Global Warming
A hypertext history of how scientists came to (partly) understand what
people are doing to change the Earth's climate.
Emilio Segrè Visual
Archives
A searchable collection of photographs, slides, lithographs, etc.,
of American physicists and astronomers of the twentieth century.
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Center for Polimer Studies,
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Exploring Patterns in Nature
Hands-on activities, simulations, and experiments for enhanced high school
and undergraduate science curriculum. Virtual Molecular Dynamics Laboratory
The Virtual Molecular Dynamics Laboratory enables the student to visualize
atomic motion, manipulate atomic interactions, and quantitatively investigate
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Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California
A
History of the Internet
An illustrated timeline of the development of the Internet, from 1962
to 1992.
Visable Storage
Here you will find photographs of the objects from the Computer History
Museum's large collection of computing artifacts that are currently on
display at the Museum's Visible Storage
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The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois
Butterflies
at the Field Museum
Selections from the Field Museum's Herman Strecker Collection of butterflies.
Sue at the Field
Museum
An on-line exhibit about the "largest, most complete, best preserved
T. Rex."
The
Field Museum's Women in Science
Featuring 13 interviews with women working in all areas of science.
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Imperial War Museum, London, United Kingdom
Enigma and
the Code Breakers
An interactive exhibit which traces the history of code-breaking from
ancient Greece to modern times.
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Institute and Museum of the History of Science, Florence, Italy
Court Scientists
The Art of Experimentation in the Galilean Accademia del Cimento (1657-1667)
Pompeii: Nature,
Science and Technology in a Roman Town
An exhibit celebrating the natural, scientific, and technological knowledge
of ancient Rome.
Leonardo and Renaissance engineers
The exhibit marks the logical conclusion of a long program
of research and exhibitions on Renaissance engineers begun in 1985.
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The Linda Hall Library, Kansas City, Missouri
The Face of the Moon:
Galileo to Apollo
An Exhibit of Rare Books and Maps depicting images of the moon from
the Collection of the Linda Hall Library.
Out of this World:
The Golden Age of the Celestial Atlas
The exhibition features forty-three star atlases and maps, covering the period
from 1482 to 1851.
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Mandeville Special Collections Library, University of California,
San Diego
Weathering
the Weather: The Origins of Atmospheric Science
Early documents and "important works on meteorology from the
collection of Kenneth E. Hill."
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Monash University Library, Victoria, Australia
Science
Fiction: An Exhibition of Material from the Rare Book Collection
An exhibit covering "several eras of speculative fiction."
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MIT Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts
On the Surface
of Things: Images in Science & Engineering
Stunning photographs by Felice Frankel communicate recent research in
a variety of disciplines at MIT and other institutions.
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Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts
The Dance of Chance
Explore fractals and other exciting, beautiful patterns found in nature as
you take a virtual tour through the Dance of Chance!
Secrets of the Ice: An Antarctic Exhibit
The Exhibit offers hands-on opportunities for people to explore
the science of the Antarctica expedition, through a specially designed
website
which
is part of the Museum's Current Science and Technology program.
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National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC
Apollo to the
Moon
A fascinating look at the history of lunar exploration.
Earth
Today
This web site provides
a quick look at the information presented in the Earth Today exhibit
as well as
links to many of the near real-time data sets used to study the Earth.
Explore the
Universe
An exhibit that traces the development of astronomical tools, from Galileo
to the present day.
Exploring the Planets
Exploring The Planets highlights the history and achievements of planetary explorations,
both Earth-based and by spacecraft.
Fauna in
the Files: Images of Animals from the National Air and Space Museum
An image collection that features animals, celebrating their impact and
influence on aviation through the years.
GPS: A New Constellation
An exhibit that looks at The Global Positioning System (GPS), which is
one of the more significant recent advances in navigation and positioning
technology.
Looking
@ Earth
A look at how our view of Earth has changed with aerial technology.
Space Race
An exhibit chronicling the development of the space programs within the
United States and the Soviet Union; features information on the Soviet
Union previously unavailable or classified.
Star Wars: The Magic of Myth
An enjoyable exhibit featuring artwork and artifacts from the first three
"Star Wars" films.
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The National Museum of Science and Industry (NMSI), London, United Kingdom
Antenna
Antenna is a world first - a constantly-updated exhibition devoted exclusively
to science and technology news. It's the place to get up to date.
Climate Change: the Burning Issue
Noticed anything different about the weather recently? Scientists now agree that
global climate is changing - and humans are to blame. Antenna examines the
evidence for climate change and asks who should be responsible for tackling
it, in a special new exhibition.
Cosmic Globes
Come and see the starry heavens, the planets and the Moon shrunk to the
size of a football, as the Science Museum shows a stunning selection
of its celestial, planetary and lunar globes.
Exploring Leonardo
Learn about this fascinating scientist, inventor, and artist.
Life, the Universe and the Electron
An exhibition to celebrate the centenary of the discovery of the electron,
supported by the Institute of Physics.
Making the Modern World
Making the Modern World shows a series of exceptional artefacts which
mark new departures in technology and science - the events which have
framed our world.
People and Space
This online exhibition highlights some of the contributions made by men
and women from different backgrounds to developments in space.
Strange Surfaces
This exhibition brings together striking and significant mathematical
surface models from the 19th century with interesting and attractive
models being made today.
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The National Security Archive, The George Washington University
The Real Thirteen
Days: The Hidden History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
A multifaceted exhibit featuring primary documents, photographs, audio
clips, and secondary accounts of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Open Society Archives, at Central European University
Angkor:
The Lost City in the Jungle
A history of the Angkor Empire, which flourished from the ninth to fifteenth
centuries.
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Royal Observatory Greenwich, London, United Kingdom
The 28-inch Photo-visual
Refractor
An exhibit dedicated to the seventh-largest refracting telescope in the
world.
Eclipses
at Greenwich
An in-depth look at four eclipses: Turin (1842); Spain (1860); Sobral
(1919); and Giggleswick (1927).
John Harrison and
the Longitude Problem
John Harrison's solutions for "finding longitude at sea."
The Ordnance
Survey
An exhibit celebrating the creation of the first ordnance survey
map, using the Royal Observatory as a triangulation point.
South African
Star Myths
Engaging star myths -- about Orion and the Milky Way, among others --
courtesy of the South African Astronomical Observatory.
Tycho Brahe's Star Maps
A glimpse at the work of an early astronomer, who worked without benefit
of telescopes.
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Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Washington, DC
Science
and the Artist's Book
Artist's books, commissioned by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries
and the Washington Project for the Arts (WPA), and inspired by the Heralds
of Science collection of the Dibner Library of the History of Science
and Technology.
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