Come Fly Away: Images of Flight from the Vail Rare Book Collection

Friday, March 01, 2019

Building 14, Maihaugen Gallery, 14N-130
160 MEMORIAL DR, Cambridge, MA 02139

Featuring selections from the extensive Vail Rare Book Collection and Vail Collection of Aeronautical Prints, Broadsides and Clippings, Come Fly Away is a window into hundreds of years of human interest in flight.

These collections, presented to MIT in 1912 by Theodore N. Vail, former president of AT&T and member of the MIT Corporation, range from the delightfully fanciful to factual depictions of historic events.

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Arts/Music/Film, General

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MIT Libraries
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