

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Histories of the Future
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 24 Jan, 2026 at 03:00 pm – Sat, 24 Jan, 2026 at 03:30 pm
- **Event Description**: What did people in the past think the future would look like?

Join Florencia Pierri, associate curator of science and technology at the MIT Museum, to hear about visions of the future from times past. Using examples from the Museum’s collection, this talk will trace how people from the 1850s to the 1950s thought we would get around, talk to one another, live, and eat in the future.

Along the way, we’ll look at ideas that were at times strangely prescient, sometimes totally off base, and usually just plain weird, and examine how they reflected the hopes, fears, and aspirations of the people who created them.

January 24
3pm - 3:30pm
This program is free with Museum admission. While walk-ins are welcome, advance registration is recommended to reserve your spot.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cambridge/histories-of-the-future/200029342129817
- **Event Categories**: nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 7

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://tickets.mitmuseum.org/events/019ae593-1a95-4159-6a3c-780ba00cb861?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=cambridge-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Cambridge
- **state**: MA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 314 Main Street, Gambrill Center, Cambridge, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02139
- **lat**: 42.36234
- **long**: -71.08676
- **full address**: 314 Main Street, Gambrill Center, Cambridge, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02139

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: MIT Museum (https://allevents.in/org/mit-museum/25971944)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 24 Jan, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 314 Main Street, Gambrill Center, Cambridge, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02139
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** MIT Museum
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Histories of the Future ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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