Organizationally, the Institute Archives and Special Collections is comprised of the Institute Archives and Special Collections, including the conservation staff in the Wunsch Conservation Lab.

The Institute Archives and Special Collections collects, preserves and fosters the use of unique and rare historical materials, regardless of format, that document MIT and the history of science and technology, now and into the future.

For all reference requests, please contact us using our form: Ask the Archives.

Location:
Building 14N-118
In the Hayden Library, 160 Memorial Drive

Mailing address:
Building 14N-118
77 Massachusetts Ave 
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 USA

E-mail: mithistory@mit.edu
Telephone: 617.253.5136
Fax: 617.258.7305

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