Not quite the subject matter we were expecting but interesting nonetheless. Some exhibits are a quick walk-through like the robotics exhibit on the first floor, and some are more involved to absorb all of the material, such as the shipbuilding exhibit. I didnt have the greatest appreciation for the Polaroid exhibit because it consisted of a lot of photos that seemed to express for an obscure shock factor that distracted from their scientific interest (I say this as a layman). Overall it was worth $10 but not much more. The art in motion exhibit was my favorite and I would have loved to see 10x more!!

This museum is a great place for kids and adults. It is a fascinating blend of a science museum and an art museum.The kinetic sculpture exhibit is incredible. Other major exhibits cover ship building and the history of Polaroid camera.Parking is not provided, so youll need to use a nearby garage or the street meters.

I love everything about this place. If you consider yourself a bit of a geek, this is a must go place! Highly recommend going here if you visit Boston

This place is quite the gem. Ive always wanted to go here and finally got the chance. Boston has always been a great source of learning the sciences for me. I was utterly shocked to see a Robotic piece I loved at the Museum of Science as a child in this exhibit! Really brought back many fond memories. This is a must go to attraction for anyone devoted to the sciences.

Very enjoyed the museum! Despite the name, it’s not really though an MIT Museum (it has little of MIT’s history per se), but more like a museum of technology that came out of it. It’s a great spot to come alone (it’s not so large) or with friends and family, and there are some interactive activities that children can also participate (at specific hours).

Wow! Very cool museum. My two boys 12 and 8 absolutely loved it. It’s relatively small so I would plan about 2 hours to see everything. My kids loved all the robots and technology. The presentation on the slide ruler was fascinating. It’s a great place to take the family.

Such amazing museum! This is the place, where engineering and art are closely intertwined and you don`t recognize where is a line between it - it`s blurred and you are involved into something wonderful.

Surely a good place to take kids to. Nice for adults as well. Be sure to interact with some the art work.

We loved it. 3 kids and 6 adults and we all enjoyed the experience. And I was able to get in free for having banking with bank of America. And students (with student ID or email) get in free also.

If you love science, particularly physics, you will enjoy this museum. I found it kind of interesting. Most of it was dedicated to the science of movement and part of it to image and video. It is actually pretty small, and you can easily get through it in about an hour. There is an extensive part of the museum that feature boat construction. I expected something totally different going there (like cutting edge tech, robotics etc.), but I still enjoyed it.

Small but interesting museum. Mainly showcases robots~ great for kids

Great little museum to stop into. Id say takes about 1-1.5 hours to go through. Cute gift store options. Robotics/engineering can meet artistry.

Very interesting museum featuring a number of exhibits relevant to MIT. When I visited, the ground floor showed a number of robotic devices and the upper are had lots of interesting displays about ship architecture, including drawings, notebooks, models and a number of other things. Pretty specific, but very interesting. There were also a number of mechanical art pieces on display as well as a very interesting photo exhibit about the Bauhaus movement.

Interesting stuff for all ages! Loved the mechanical section! Check their web page before going because they have a variety of learning sessions happening. I never thought I would say this but their gift shop had some really cool items that I have never seen before.

My family had a fantastic visit today at the museum. From the minute we walked in Beth greeted us and was the best ambassador! Lots of cool exhibits from robotics to the Polaroid experience and nautical science made this a great place to visit at MIT!!

This s the best museum that I have ever been to so far, it has so many interesting finds, all the detailed hand crafted boats models, and blueprints of the order boats, great gift store, absolutely kids friends place ever been!!!!

This very great place to start your trip. Please watch all automatic machine, specially hand writing machine.

Really nice little museum space right in Cambridge that’s a bargain at $10 for admission.It doesn’t have a ton of gallery space but it’s impressively curated and really showcases MIT’s focus on the intersection between art and science.There were three main exhibits, Lighter, Stronger, Faster: The Herreshoff Legacy which looks at the legacy of New England Ship Building. Gestural Engineering: The Sculpture of Arthur Ganson, which involved wonky, crank or pedal powered “Ganson” machine that spring into motion. Finally, the marquee exhibit was The Polaroid Project: At the Intersection of Art and Technology.The real blockbuster exhibit was The Polaroid Project. This was an absolute feast for the eyes. The curators did an excellent job in walking you through the history of the Polaroid and then showing you how use and techniques developed with works by over 175 artists. Beautiful space, I could have spent half a day in here.Ganson’s sculptures were awesome. Quirky, fun, at times sad and melancholy - you could stay in here for hours. (Pretty kid friendly too).The ship building exhibit was interesting, while definitely not my cup of tea, I learned a lot about the craft and the blistering pace of design to win the President’s Cup.

I was disappointed. It was smaller and leas extensive than I had expected. The displays that were there were of a high quality but I didnt really get an overall view of MIT and how it has spanned the years. I did enjoy the display of mechanical artworks (see picture) which was a great example of human ingenuity. Kudos for the free wifi which is widely available.

Pure amazing ! Just seeing the efforts on display and the thought that went behind each of the exhibits is jaw dropping. You want to spend as much time as possible in every exhibit and try and understand how it works. If you love science, you absolutely have to go to this place. Might even be a great place to take your teen kids to get them aspiring !

Here , you will find different exhibitions for engineers projects.

Small museum but very interesting things. Especially artificial intelligence section was intriguing. You can spend the same amount of time in the gift shop as examining the exhibitions. In fact, the gift shop although small might be as interesting because they have such a good selection.

Expo of Robotics from the 90... It should rather go into archive... How about current or at least more modern projects from MIT students?And than just a small 2mq wall about latest sensorial materials technologies...

High Tech Romance. Art on the Charles River and the Great Lawn at MIT. 50 year Celebration of the Center for Avanced Visual Studies. Have fun without me!

Awesome place with great history about Science and Technology.

Great place, will take 45mins to an hour max so its not really big. Large area dedicated to Herreshroff and his sail boat plans and there is one lovely section which has mechanical interactive exhibits by Arthur Ganson. Polaroid exhibition opens in October 19.

Very neat museum. I would say it takes about two hours to see the exhibits. It was neat leaning about the brain and all of the kinetic exhibits along with robotics.There was a woman with short red hair that takes her job a bit too serious. She got upset when my phone rang and it was an emergency call. Then she followed us around the rest of the museum.

Great way to spend an afternoon, doesnt take up the whole day but still spent a very good amount of time there. Pretty amazing to check out

Fun exhibits. We especially enjoyed the automata. The gift shop has almost every geek gift you can imagine, but no slide rules.

What a great museum! Love the space and exhibitions! The gift shoo is pretty cool too!!

This is a very good place for us to get educated as a engineering student! I love this place due to how everything in there is lively and original. I get to learn lots of amazing things about robots and artificial intelligent. Overall, I would recommend you guys to this amazing place!

Very little museum, 10 admission fee is a bit high considering the exhibitions.The robot section, to be fair, is not worth it.I also visited the Polaroid exhibition, so better than the downstairs one.

We came for the robots and tech. There are ZERO robots or tech. Just a few pictures from eastern Europe taken by an alumni, a few kinetic sculptures and a bunch of boat models.By far the most useless museum Ive ever been to.The store is fine.Skip this museum, life is too short to waste time in there.

The Gestural Engineering exhibit is worth the price of entry. Pretty cool

From the great conceptual motorized sculptures to current innovations to the history of technology... And even art... This is a fun and stimulating small museum, a short walk from the MIT main campus, and a little further from Harvard.

With girlfriend~Pretty amazing working combining engineering and art.The store offers something amazing!

Great place to gather with family and friends.

Kinda small but good

This museum is very small. But the exhibition is full of creativity and interesting.

The rickety old store-front building that houses the MIT Museum is hiding in plain sight, tucked away on Mass Ave between the main campus and Central Square. Really, you have to look for it. Once you make it through a disorganized lobby/giftshop, inside is a stunning, well-curated collection of achievements in robotics, neurology, photography, engineering and other fields that can exist nowhere else. After all, this is THE MIT. Most of the exhibits are on the second floor and a couple of hours is all you need to take in the collection and catch an occasional presentation. It is fairly childproof and child-accessible. The discounts for admission are numerous so check and admission is free the last Sunday of every month September to June.

I had a lot of fun here. A student ID from any university gets you half-price admission ($5). The exhibits were interesting and the gift shop was reasonably priced w/ some neat stuff.

Cool exhibits, but not really a lot of stuff to see. This is probably a good pick for adults or slightly older kids (assuming they have an interest in the intersection of art and science). Younger kids are probably not a great fit for this museum, generally speaking.

Great mesuem! The exhibits are really cool, they also have these 2 exhibits where you can take slow motion pictures of a water droplets, and waves and then Email the pictures to yourself.

This museum has an eclectic mix of interesting exhibits that make it worth a few hours for young people to visit. We went to a lot of museums and this museum has a lot of things we havent seen before. The exhibits include the history of artificial intelligence, holograms, Use of cameras and still photos in scientific discoveries, and creative machines designed by MIT students-including some that you can play and use. Our entire family loves them. It is highly recommended!

Small museum dedicated to some great contributors of the MIT and the tools used historically in the institute. The area with the kinetic and mechanical sculptures is really neat! The area dedicated to robotics could be improved.

Not worth going and paying entrance.There really isnt much interesting stuff here, considering the cool stuff that MIT does.The museum store is good. That was, sadly, the best part of this museum.I think there is a lot more that MIT could offer in its museum

Small exhibit, might be interesting if you like robotics and photography. Best to go on a free day like myself. The $10 fee is too high for what it shows.

Brey interesting museum. Its a small place but with very beautiful exposition about art and technology. The tickets are $10 adult and $5 child/student.

It’s interesting. Very small. And I think it would be better if they had more emphasis on computing.

What an amazing facility. Spend a few hours here and take it all in. Make sure to always read the plaque!

Some amazing exhibition of mechanics on the second floor. Not so big but pretty interesting. One tip: you can buy some of the souvenirs in the gift shop on amazon.

Pretty small one but worth visiting. As a student, entry is discounted and hence the visit is worth the money. If visiting nearby, definitely check out this museum.

This museum is really worth a visit if you are in the area. It features a ton of cool robotics and pieces of art, much of it made by MIT students and faculty. Most of it mixes art with technology in very intriguing ways. The museum is a bit small, but it is definitely worth seeing.

The MIT Museum, founded in 1971, is located at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It hosts collections of holography, technology-related artworks, artificial intelligence, robotics, maritime history, and the history of MIT. Its holography collection of 1800 pieces is the largest in the world, though not all of it is exhibited. As of 2019, holographic art, and works by the kinetic artist Arthur Ganson are the two largest long-running displays. There is a regular program of temporary special exhibitions, often on the intersections of art and technology. In addition to serving the MIT community, the museum offers numerous outreach programs to school-age children and adults in the public at large. The widely attended annual Cambridge Science Festival was originated by and continues to be coordinated by the museum. A major expansion program is underway, with expected relocation to a new building in the Kendall Square innovation district in late 2021. The museum was founded in 1971 by Warren Seamans, originally as part of an exhibit project of the Office of the President and the Department of Humanities for the inauguration of President Jerome Wiesner. The committee involved was named the Historical Collections in December 1971 and served as the predecessor to the museum. Its purpose was to collect and preserve historical artifacts and documents scattered throughout MIT. It was renamed the MIT Museum in 1980, and began developing exhibits and educational programs for the MIT community as well as society at large. Since 2005 the official mission of the MIT Museum has been, to engage the wider community with MIT’s science, technology and other areas of scholarship in ways that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century. The museum is directed by MIT Professor John Durant, and operates under MITs Associate Provost for the Arts, who also oversees the List Visual Arts Center and the MIT Office of the Arts. Durant is also a faculty member of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) in its Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS). He teaches courses on the development of science exhibits and communication between scientists, engineers, and the general public. The museum was accredited by the organization now called the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) in 1984, and reaccredited in 2002 and 2013. The MIT Museum also belongs to the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC), Museum Computer Network, New England Museum Association, International Confederation of Architectural Museums, and the International Council of Maritime Museums.

Cool little museum with two floors of various displays ranging from architecture and design to robotics and funny technological art installations. Some very impressive items like the first Polaroid camera. The information provided is often quite general... would love to have more in depth explanations of the items on display, ie. the physics/chemistry behind.

Small but interesting exhibition about AI and the beauty of brain drawings. Entrance fee is 10 USD.

Not too interesting for kids. When we came and found out that its free today we were really happy. But after the visit we were disappointed but glad, that we didnt pay for it.

Small musuem but worth tov visit. Nice robotics IA stuff

Fabulous gift shop. Entrance $10 adults $5 kids. Great vfm. My 16yr old son loved it as did I.

Even though the exhibition was good, not worth the $10

Okay museum. I was expecting allot cooler things to see invented by smart people. But I was very unimpressed other than the ship building information and history. Other than that is more geared towards little kids in way but not exactly a good museum. Worth $5 bucks or free.

Great place to get more knowledge how robots were made and a lot of fun ways to learn and see great inspirations

I like so much the room with engineers creations.I need to say that I was expecting more, maybe the MIT history like a timeline with contributions, colabs and all thinks that MIT did until this days.

The MIT Museum, founded in 1971 is located at the Massachusetts Institute of Technologyin Cambridge, Massachusetts. It hosts collections of holography, technology-related artworks, artificial intelligence, robotics, maritime history, and the history of MIT. Its holography collection of 1800 pieces is the largest in the world, though not all of it is exhibited. As of 2014, works of high-speed photographer Harold Edgerton and kinetic artist Arthur Ganson are the two largest long-running displays. There is a regular program of temporary special exhibitions, often on the intersections of art and technologyIn addition to serving the MIT community, the museum offers numerous outreach programs to school-age children and adults in the public at large. The widely attended annual Cambridge Science Festival was originated by and continues to be coordinated by the museum.The museum was founded in 1971 by Warren Seamans, and was initially called the MIT Historical Collections. Its purpose was to collect and preserve historical artifacts and documents scattered throughout MIT. It was renamed the MIT Museum in 1980, and began developing exhibits and educational programs for the MIT community as well as society at large.Since 2005 the official mission of the MIT Museum has been, to engage the wider community with MIT’s science, technology and other areas of scholarship in ways that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.The museum is directed by MIT Professor John Durant, and operates under MITs Associate Provost for the Arts, who also oversees the List Visual Arts Center and the MIT Office of the Arts.The museum was accredited by the organization now called the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) in 1984, and reaccredited in 2002 and 2013. The MIT Museum also belongs to the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC), Museum Computer Network, New England Museum Association, International Confederation of Architectural Museums, and the International Council of Maritime Museums.

Smaller than I expected but some really cool things.

Thats a great place. Very interesting.

This is a fun little museum. There are a lot of rotating exhibits, so check the website to see whats there now. Admission is free one Sunday of the month, so look out for that as well.My favorite thing here is the kinetic sculptures, which may be the only permanent exhibit they have. I could watch these things for hours, theyre so creative and clever.Im saying four stars only because the museum is quite small and unless youre very interested in one of the temporary exhibits, it might feel like ten bucks is asking too much. Still, its supporting MIT and the research and education that has made so much of modern life possible, so its hard to feel bad about that.Id say you could properly see the whole museum in about an hour to 90 minutes depending on how fast you read and whats on display.

There was a special free event tonight and j was fortunate to go to it by happenstance.

Very interesting items on display, interesting backstories on them as well. Makes me wish I attend MIT myself. Makes me want to create.

An amazing collection of pieces of everything from engineering to architecture to art. Sheds a musuem-like point of view on many types of modern sciences. This musuem is fit for all ages and there are also discounts for students!

Relatively small place. The first floor could have more modern discoveries or designs. Second floor dynamic devices are cool. Class room was cool for my kids

Amazing exhibits. A day well spent.

Great exhibitions. Hope a small permanent holography exhibition will be created, the museum is famous for it, but nothing is on display right now.

Free admission if you have a BoA account! Highly recommend physical computing installation corner by MIT architecture students located on the 2nd floor.

Very interesting museum! The mechanical room is additive! Its a bit small thou, we finished our visit in 1 hour

If this museum lacks in size, it more than made up for it in terms of quality. Several special exhibits truly dazzled - from visualization of brain to history of robotics ( seen from the perspective of the role MIT scientists played in its evolution) to gestural engineering, the display never ceased to amaze. Go, and enjoy. This was one of the coolest museums I have ever seen. Particularly enjoyed the section devoted to the human brain. Bought a hoodie from the gift shop. Well worth the time and money spent to see this museum!

Very cool exhibitions with a lot of history in robotics. Definitely worth a visit.

It was cool to see all the different simple machines

This museum was super cool! I’ve seen it all over Instagram. We finally came by to check it out. SOO many cool photographic areas.

Very cool museum that’s not very big. I think usually entrance isn’t free but apparently it was the last weekend of the month or something so it was free entry when I was there. I was very impressed by the robot section.

Fascinating to see all the work put into things that make our every day life easier

Amazing museum!Awesome robots and other cool stuff.

Nice and interesting expo, is smallest than I think, good gift shop, a little difficult to used the elevators when I was with my baby I have to lift the stroller upstairs. Price for the tickets is no expensive but dont think you go to expend more than 1 hour inside.

Awesome place to spend a few hours learning about science and inventions

Fantastic place. Glad we went

Worth visiting, but not terribly exciting. A mixture of science and art, heavily tilted towards the latter. Unfortunately, art at MIT got noticeably worse over the years, at least if one takes the museum exhibits as a set of samples.

Interesting stuff, but pretty small. Id look for a specific exhibit of interest. That said, the Polaroid exhibit is great!

We had a great afternoon here. It doesnt take all that long (we took maybe 1.5 hours) but it was enjoyable. My partner is a scientist and I love art, and it was the perfect intersection of art & science for us. As a student, it was only $5 per ticket - totally worth it. They have a cool little gift shop, too.

Interesting. Just about what you would expect it to be.They accept GoBostonCardNote: parking is outrageous in this area. If all possible, find street parking. We paid $20 for just over an hour in the closest lot.

Nifty little museum; shouldnt take more than an hour or so. More history and art orientated than you likely think, and a fair amount on boat making.

I went to the MIT museum on one of Bank of Americas free museum weekends. You bring your BofA card and ID and you get in for free on specific days.I thought it was great how many people they had out doing demos and interacting with the material. I especially liked that you could make little aluminum boats and see how many pennies they hold.There was an exhibit associated with Polaroid when I was there as well as some cool metal sculptures that moved with the use of gears.It took maybe an hour to go through everything. Im not sure it would have been worth it to pay full price unless you have kids. Part of the museum was also in transition and was closed off when I was there (early November).

This museum was so interesting and fun! My two teen girls loved it. They said they learned more here than they would have sitting at school.

Love this place. I go every few years. Great for kids too

Personally I really liked it but if you are not a fan of places that require you just to look around and learn then I wouldnt recommend it but if you do like learning and witnessing what other people have created then its a wonderful place to go.

Pretty good if you have around an hour to kill, cool exhibitions even though there arent a lot of them

To be fair, the robot exhibition was mildly interesting - that will take five minutes to walk through. The whole museum can be toured in thirty... With very little gained from it. Definitely not worth the money, sadly.

Awesome things on display, lots of great toys, books, and gadgets in the shop. Great for all ages

Good place to go with kids or also with friends and learn a little bit!

Nice but in need of improvement. For freaks like me ;-)

Well organized and many interesting exposition