#  Cold War in the Classroom (2011) 

 



**Presentation Date:** Friday, September 30, 2011

**Location:** Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

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In 1956, the head of the Atomic Energy Commission, Lewis Strauss, declared that the United States was waging a “Cold War of the Classroom” against the Soviet Union. New scientific curricula and toys trained children to think about the world in a way deemed essential to American supremacy. This exhibition transformed the gallery into a mid-century, science classroom in order immerse visitors in Cold War lessons.

Staff curator assisting grad-student guest curators, Jeremy Blatter and Christopher Phillips.



 



 

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