Dr. Alexi Baker
@alexibaker
History of Science & Technology at Yale Peabody Museum since 2017. Museum historian since 2003. Science writer since 1998. #histSTM #earlymodern #twitterstorian
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Join me and Elizabeth Fox on May 12 for a free online event about scientific instruments and timekeepers from Yale Peabody Museum & Yale Art Gallery! We will explore #earlymodern science, craftsmanship & colonialism: peabodyhsi.wordpress.com/2023/05/01/com… #museums #arthistory #histSTM #twitterstorians
As Yale launches its amazing new LUX digital platform for collections, it's lovely to see our astrolabe signed by Georg Hartmann in 1537 highlighted - from the Yale Peabody Museum History of Science and Technology collection! #twitterstorians #Museums #histSTM #libraries
Hope you enjoy the treatment of this amazing object from the History of Science and Technology collection at the Yale Peabody Museum 🕛 Espero que disfrutes el tratamiento de este objeto espectacular de la colección de Historia de la Ciencia y la Tecnología del Yale Peabody Museum
Check out tons of wonderful photos from visits by the Scientific Instrument Society and Ocular Heritage Society to our History of Science and Technology collection at Yale Peabody Museum! peabodyhsi.wordpress.com/2023/09/12/the… #museums #twitterstorians #histSTM #histsci #history
Season's greetings from Yale Peabody Museum History of Science and Technology, as we gear up for the museum's reopening later this Spring! Kristine Ericson, our Graduate Research Assistant, created this wonderful film with objects from the collection. #histSTM #histsci #twitterstorians
Join us for a talk and demonstration about lathe turning at Yale Art Gallery Furniture Study on March 22, 2024! I will be bringing four pocket watches from Yale Peabody Museum History of Science & Technology: artgallery.yale.edu/calendar/event… #museums #twitterstorians #history #arthistory #histSTM
"Electricity: Powering the World" at Tellus Museum included a Wimshurst machine, Leclanché battery, Leyden jar, electric motor model & early lightbulbs from Yale Peabody Museum History of Science & Technology! peabodyhsi.wordpress.com/2024/03/08/yal… #twitterstorians #museums #histSTM #histsci #physics
The Yale Peabody Museum museum in New Haven has reopened to the public after a large-scale renovation and reimagining! Come see hundreds of objects from our History of Science and Technology collection on display there: peabodyhsi.wordpress.com/2024/03/27/his… #twitterstorians #histSTM #histsci #histmed
Fascinating talk by David Lindow about the art, history & technology of turning at Yale Art Gallery Furniture Study! I was happy to contribute watches from Yale Peabody Museum History of Science & Technology: peabodyhsi.wordpress.com/2024/04/05/art… #museums #arthistory #twitterstorians #histSTM #histsci
Celebrate the solar eclipse with a solar viewer from the 1760s and astronomical lantern slides from the 1820s, from the Yale Peabody Museum History of Science & Technology collection! #Eclipse2024 #SolarEclipse2024 #museums #twitterstorians #histSTM #histsci #astronomy
Congratulations to Professor Priyamvada Natarajan, one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world! Priya contributed a label & feedback to our new Yale Peabody Museum History of Science & Technology gallery: news.yale.edu/2024/04/17/tim… #museums #astronomy #histSTM #histsci
Celebrate Earth Day with this magic lantern slide c. 1820 in the Yale Peabody Museum History of Science & Technology collection! You can also revisit our pocket globe & thermometers from an Earth Day past: peabodyhsi.wordpress.com/2021/04/21/the… #EarthDay2024 #museums #histSTM #histsci #twitterstorians
Students, staff & faculty are collaborating on videos and trivia related to the new displays at the reopened Yale Peabody Museum museum - including our History of Science and Technology gallery! See what is up so far at amuseapp.com #museums #twitterstorians #histSTM #histsci
❗️❗️2024 NUNCIUS PRIZE - EXTENDED DEADLINE❗️❗️ We are happy to inform you that the deadline for submitting an essay proposal for the 2024 Nuncius Prize has been extended to August 31th #histsci #histmed #HistTech #history #visual #material Brill History Museo Galileo 👇
Assistant professor searches Yale History for 1) Modern Europe 2) Early Modern Europe 3) colonial Latin America 4) history of technology. Details here history.yale.edu/about-us/curre…