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The MIT Museum and the City of Cambridge announce the return of Cambridge Science Festival, an annual week-long celebration of ingenuity, creativity and innovation featuring more than 200 free programs across Cambridge and Greater Boston between Monday, September 23 and Sunday, September 29, 2024.
This year’s festival has a focus on our shared humanity – how humans interact, explore, and discuss together.
The Cambridge Science Festival showcases the newest ideas and innovations in science, art, technology, engineering, design, and more, that spark conversations about the role of science and innovation in our society and for all humankind. The festival includes four thematic days as well as a slate of one-time events that are presented by organizations and venues across Greater Boston during the 7 day event. Among the 200+ events are events aimed at adults, workshops and demonstrations for students and graduates, activities for children and families, professional networking events and open houses, walking tours, nature walks, keynote lectures, expert panels and more.
All Cambridge Science Festival events are free of charge, and in addition, the MIT Museum will also provide free admission to all during the week of the festival, providing a complementary opportunity to explore the museum. Cambridge residents who enjoy their time at the MIT Museum are encouraged to sign up for a free membership at the museum’s welcome desk or online. Free admission to the museum is extended year round to active military, EBT cardholders, members of the Massachusetts Teachers Association, and MIT ID holders.
Of special note for 2024’s Festival, curated thematic days will bring a focused set of programs.
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For the Win: Games, Puzzles, and the Science of Play includes multiple afternoon and evening events clustered around Kendall Square on Thursday September 26.
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Frontiers: A New Era of Space Exploration showcases our need to explore the unknown, with programs throughout the City on Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28, co-curated by The Space Consortium, organizers of Massachusetts Space Week.
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Electric Skin: Wearable Tech and the Future of Fashion offers a full program of day and evening events at the intersection of science, fabric and fashion, taking place at The Foundry and co-curated by Boston Fashion Week and Advanced Functional Fabrics of America on Saturday, September 28.
Series for this year include In the Neighborhood – celebrating the full range of talent and expertise across the City of Cambridge with many topics, formats, and venues; Lunch & Learn – a program of events scheduled daily between 12-1pm; and Carnival, the family-friendly science extravaganza, returning to the Kendall/MIT Open Space on Sunday September 29 from 12p-4p. As just one example of our exciting line up, the program Democracy in the Age of AI will feature Audrey Tang, the recent inaugural Minister of Digital Affairs of Taiwan, Claudia Chwalisz, the Founder and CEO of DemocracyNext, and Deb Roy, the Director of the MIT Center for Constructive Communication. This program will be at the MIT Museum on Tuesday, September 24 from 7p-9p.
The full program guide is now available at https://cambridgesciencefestival.org/festival-guide-2024/.