MIT Museum: 2024 February School Vacation Week

The museum has a number of activities planned for the week of February 19-25, including extended Maker Hub and Learning Lab hours, tours, gallery cart demos and family workshops. With the exception of family workshops, all activities are free with museum admission. Take a look at the full schedule below, then plan your visit.

Monday, 2/19

11:00AM-1:30PM
Learning Lab: Microscopy
Explore the details of everyday things using a variety of microscopes.

1:30-4:40PM
Maker Hub: Paper Circuits
Learn how to wire a circuit and explore electricity as you create your own light-up card, paper sculpture or other illuminated object.

Tuesday, 2/20

11:00-11:30AM
Innovation and Creativity Tour
Explore objects from across our galleries that harness art, science and technology in their creation while considering how science enables artistic innovation, and art can push our thinking about scientific progress and exploration.

12:00-1:30PM
Gallery Cart: Cat or Dog?
What is Artificial Intelligence, and how does it work? Find out in this fun game and explore an image-recognition AI.

1:30-4:40PM
Learning Lab: Microscopy
Explore the details of everyday things using a variety of microscopes.

3:30-4:30PM
Family Workshop: AI
Please see below for description and registration information

Wednesday, 2/21

11:00-11:30AM
AI Gallery tour
As artificial intelligence becomes more and more common, how will it change the way we work? Can we use AI to support and augment the work that humans do? We will dive into these questions and more during this guided gallery experience.

11:30AM-1:00PM
Family Workshop: Origami
Please see below for description and registration information

1:30-4:40PM
Maker Hub: Paper Circuits
Learn how to wire a circuit and explore electricity as you create your own light-up card, paper sculpture or other illuminated object.

3:30-4:40PM
Civil and Environmental Engineering Showcase
Meet students from MIT’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, and learn about sustainable, collaborative design by using craft materials to test out bridge design and to create your own model of a stable ecosystem in a bottle.

Thursday, 2/22

11:00-11:30AM
MIT Collects Gallery Tour
Get up close and personal with objects and other media from the museum’s vast collection that tell stories, explore themes, and dive into subject areas.

12:00-1:30PM
Gallery Cart: Ways of Seeing
What does it mean to sense the world around us? Learn how we can use touch to learn about objects, and what the implications of tactile objects are for accessibility.

1:00-3:00PM
Civil and Environmental Engineering Showcase
Meet students from MIT’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, and learn about sustainable, collaborative design by using craft materials to test out bridge design and to create your own model of a stable ecosystem in a bottle.

Family Workshop: AI
Please see below for description and registration information

Friday, 2/23 – A Full Day of Gallery Carts!

10:30AM-12:30PM
Gallery Cart: Microscopy
Explore the details of everyday things using a variety of microscopes.

11:30AM-1:30PM
Gallery Cart: CRISPR
In this hands-on exploration, discover the mechanisms behind CRISPR- a groundbreaking technology that allows scientists to edit DNA.

12:30-2:30PM
Gallery Cart: Cat or Dog?
What is Artificial Intelligence, and how does it work? Find out in this fun game and explore an image-recognition AI.

1:00-3:00PM
Gallery Cart: Curious Calculators
Explore the history of mathematical tools- from ancient measuring devices to mechanical calculators and more.

2:30-4:30PM
Gallery Cart: Fruit Music
How can we use the world around us as a part of everyday technology? Learn about circuitry as you use Makey Makeys to create musical instruments out of fruit

Saturday, 2/24

10:30AM-12:30PM
Learning Lab: Microscopy
Explore the details of everyday things using a variety of microscopes.

12:30-4:40PM
Maker Hub: Paper Circuits
Learn how to wire a circuit and explore electricity as you create your own light-up card, paper sculpture or other illuminated object

Sunday, 2/25

10:30AM-12:30PM
Learning Lab: Microscopy
Explore the details of everyday things using a variety of microscopes.

12:30-4:40PM
Maker Hub: Paper Circuits
Learn how to wire a circuit and explore electricity as you create your own light-up card, paper sculpture or other illuminated object.