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After Dark: DIY

All galleries open. Be sure to check out our newest exhibition, Moving Objects, on view on the third floor.

SECOND FLOOR

Essential MIT

Local brews from Arlington Brewing Company
Delicious eats from Mostly Pasta
Sets by DJ Nat Burner


Lee Family Exchange

DIY Pinball with Maker tools
Customize a game and test your skills. Go head-to-head with a friend in 2-player mode. Presented by Diane Brancazio and Justin Schmidt of the MIT Edgerton Center.

Heide Maker Hub

Origami
Join us in the Maker Hub to create modular origami with friends. Presented by Kenny Zhang.

Custom Coozies
Decorate your own MIT Museum coozie to take home.

Slit-Scan Photography
By combining slit-scan photography and a turntable, discover a new way to look at everyday objects. Presented by Quentin Bolsee of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms.

Learning Lab 1

Sew-able Electronics
Design and sew your own light up accessory, learn basic circuitry and leave with a unique glowing wearable piece with Jess Osserman of MIT's Project Manus.

Learning Lab 2

Build-a-voxel
Assemble mechanical metamaterials with Miana Smith of the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms.


Intro to Zines and Woodblock Prints
Learn how to spread the word using grassroots methods like Zines and Woodblock Prints with David Seigel and Gray Winburne of the Foundry Consortium.