Benjamin Franklin: A How-to Guide June 5, 2006 - December 22, 2006
What do you know and how do you know it? Today, we are surrounded by self-help literature and how-to guides. This how-to universe didn’t always exist. It has a history, and its history explains a great deal about Benjamin Franklin, that self-made American. Featuring rare books and scientific instruments, the exhibition explores the how-to theme in two Harvard galleries. At Houghton Library, the focus is on the circulation of knowledge; at the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, it is on science and sociability.		Houghton Library and Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, United States. Free. Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments (617) 495-2779.