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“We are teaching students and visitors about a way of engaging the world and a way of engaging history,” said Laurel Ulrich (right), Harvard’s 300th Anniversary University Professor, who helped to develop the "Tangible Things" exhibit with Ivan Gaskell, Margaret S. Winthrop Curator and senior lecturer on history. Sara Schechner (left) is the David P. Wheatland Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, which houses the core of the exhibition.

Putting things in their place

New course, exhibition re-evaluate how items are classified

Arts|

DateMarch 3, 2011March 5, 2019

An offbeat new exhibit, drawing on material collected at Harvard over the centuries, aims to answer those questions, challenging viewers to explore the notion of how Western thought categorizes a wide array of objects, and what can be gleaned from those classifications. This postcard, designed by Samantha van Gerbig at the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, reflects the variety of items on exhibit.

Hide and seek

New exhibit puts things in their places, and also outside them

Arts|

DateJanuary 27, 2011March 5, 2019