Collections Blog
Collecting the Ecosystems of Science
A dispatch from PITTCON by our curator of instruments and artifacts.
There’s a Class(ification) for That!
My trip to Rare Book School, or, how I spent (part of) my summer.
A Chilling History
On the science and technology of portable coolers.
How to Judge a Book by Its Cover
What book bindings teach us about readers of the past.
Money Talks
Applying numismatics to environmental board games.
Navigating the Oral Histories of Immigration and Innovation Collection Online
Learn how Center for Oral History staff are working to shed light on the experiences of immigrant scientists.
Scientists, Engineers, and the End of the Vietnam War
On the big politics of the Small Business Innovation Research Program.
Periodic Table Tennis
On scientists with a passion for Ping-Pong.
The Power of Perspective
How contrasting stories found in our collections help us embrace the complexity of the history of science.
Dr. Seaborg Goes to Washington
And then goes back. And then back again. And back again…
What Does a Scientist Look Like?
Our oral history collection can help students reframe their images of scientists—and of themselves.
Natural Passions
How protected lands inspire scientific pursuits.
From Peril to Preservation in the Bredig Archives
Chaim Weizmann, Fritz Haber, and a home for Jewish scientists.
Who Knew History Could Be So Delicious?
Discovering the history of umami in the Science History Institute’s archives.
Around the World in (Almost!) 80 Collections
Using digitized items and their data to take a global journey.
Covering Science
On the appeal of decorative scientific book cloth bindings.
A Tale of Two Editions
Material evidence for a Frankfurt second edition of ‘Utriusque cosmi maioris.’
‘High’ School Science
Most object labels tell us what something is. Why one in our collections tells us what something is not.