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The Great Stride: MIT Moves to Cambridge exhibit

MIT was one of the initial occupants of Boston’s Back Bay in the 1860s, but within 40 years, there was little vacant acreage for the maturing Institute to acquire in the rapidly developing neighborhood. By the early 20th century, MIT began to explore in earnest for a new site. This exhibit celebrates MIT’s move in 1916 across the Charles River to its current location in Cambridge. The Great Stride illuminates the people who envisioned, labored, and provided the resources to build the “New Technology,” and celebrates the three days of festivities and dedication in June of 1916 that hailed the new campus.
For more information, contact the MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections.

Maihaugen Gallery
Hayden Memorial Library (14N-130)
160 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139

Hours: Monday through Friday, 10 am to 4 pm

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  • The Campus & Cambridge
    • An Evolving Frontier
    • Timeline
    • InfiniteMIT
    • Voices of Cambridge
    • Imagining New Technology: A celebration exhibition at the MIT Museum
    • The Great Stride: MIT Moves to Cambridge exhibit
    • Celebrating a century of employees in Cambridge
    • A Campus Built for Innovation exhibit
  • Events
    • Reception: Imagining New Technology at the MIT Museum
    • Symposia
    • Celebration Concert
    • Small Infinities, a play by Professor Alan Brody
    • MIT Day of Service
    • Open House
    • Moving Day at MIT
    • Toast to Tech
  • Together in Service
  • News
  • Video
  • About MIT 2016
    • Accessibility
    • Acknowledgments
    • Contact
    • Privacy Statement
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