Collection
Focus: local, national, international
Consists of: MIT student drawings (1873-1968), MIT campus materials (1864-present), Study Collection Drawings (1840-1930s), program books (1905-1961), working drawings (20th century), models, slides, photographs (1870’s-present), ephemera
Strengths: collection documents the history of America’s first architecture program,
architectural education, changes in American society and building types; working
drawings for The Architects Collaborative, 1946-1995.
Accessible through inventories, except for TAC archive.
Some drawings can be reproduced.
Institution does not have a conservation laboratory.
Library Holdings
Holdings at MIT’s nearby Rotch Architectural Library complement the Museum’s collection.