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Dear Science History Institute Community,

Right now the world is looking to science to guide us through these uncertain times. Lives, both at work and at home, have been disrupted on a level that most people have never experienced before. Everyone seems to be searching for the right combination of data and distractions that will help us cope with the current reality. So here at the Science History Institute, we are doing what we can to provide a little hope from the history of science.
Although our doors may be temporarily closed , we will continue to share the stories of innovators and of discoveries that shape our lives. We encourage you to explore our website , where you can find a vast array of free content for educators, students, science professionals, scholars, science history lovers, and the intellectually curious.

Our Learn page is a great place to start, and our Distillations articles, podcasts , and videos reveal science’s role in a complicated, ever-changing, and often strange world. There are more than 7,600 items for you to browse in our digital collections and more than 125 historical biographies on the men and women behind some of science’s most significant innovations.

Stay home with us and discover the stories of science.
📷 Detail of featured #MuseumMomentofZen image: The Alchemist , François-Marius Granet, oil on canvas, 1800s. Science History Institute.
Programs & Events
The following events will take place via GoToMeeting:
Lunchtime Lectures
This series of informal talks given by local scholars and our own fellows will be held online on Wednesdays from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT.
April 8, 2020
Haas Postdoctoral Fellow
Science History Institute
April 22, 2020
Research Associate
Columbia University
April 29, 2020
Gina Surita
History of Science Postdoctoral Fellow
American Philosophical Society
Dial in: 872-240-3311
Access code:  669-615-717
Friday, April 10, 2020
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Travel across England from the comfort of your own living room! In this short talk and Q&A, digital collections intern  Margaret Hartnett  will share stories of 19th-century English naturalists who wrote about their scientific adventures in travelogues.
Dial in: 646-749-3122
Access code:  908-361-045
📷 Detail of m ap of Saxon England from William Camden,  Britannia: A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Volume 1 , 1806. Science History Institute.
New to GoToMeeting?  Get the app now  and be ready when the event starts.

Prefer not to install an app?  Open the meeting link from a Google Chrome browser on a desktop or laptop computer.
Find Us on Social Media
Our social media and public programming teams are hard at work developing new digital initiatives and online “events.” Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , Instagram , and LinkedIn to stay engaged and informed and have some fun.
Women of Science Bracket
The NCAA tournament may have been canceled, but #SciHistoryBracket continues! Throughout the month of March— Women’s History Month —we asked you to vote for your favorite female scientists in our thrice-weekly Facebook and Twitter polls. We are now down to the Final Four : Hypatia of Alexandria (ancient world), Wang Zhenyi (18th century), Annie Jump Cannon (19th century), and Marie Maynard Daly (20th century). The final bracket will be presented this Friday, April 3, and the ultimate winner will be announced on Monday, April 6.
Self Made Live Tweet Series
 Join the Science History Institute and Historians at the Movies on Wednesdays starting today, April 1, as we continue watching and live-tweeting about the Netflix series Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker . How do you join the fun? Load the episode through your Netflix account, and follow @SciHistoryOrg on Twitter. Then, at exactly 8:30 p.m. EDT, push play and tweet along with us using the hashtag #HATM . We’ll laugh, we’ll cry, we’ll historicize.
April 1, 2020
Episode 2: “Bootstraps”

April 8, 2020
Episode 3: “The Walker Girl”

April 15, 2020
Episode 4: “A Credit to the Race ”
📷 Netflix movie poster of Oscar winner Octavia Spencer as Madame C. J. Walker.
Scavenger Hunts
Let’s play! We’re taking our followers on mini–scavenger hunts through our digital collections . Clues and challenges—to find something in our digital collections or to find something in your home related to something in our collections—will be posted on Twitter on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; on Facebook on Mondays and Fridays; and on Instagram Stories on Mondays.
Six Word Stories
Do any of the many unusual images in our collections inspire you to write a story? If you answered “yes,” then we invite you to take the #SixWordStory challenge, Science History Institute–style. Follow us on Twitter on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and respond to our prompts with a story that is only six words long.
#MuseumMomentofZen
We’re joining other museums around the world to bring some much-needed peace and calm to your news feeds with our own #MuseumMomentofZen posts on Instagram and Twitter . Take a deep breath and enjoy.
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