Exhibitions

Heralds of Science

April 21, 1980 – June 6, 1980

National Museum of American History
1300 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC

1st Floor, Dibner Library Lobby

See on Map Floor Plan

Selected rare and significant publications by Copernicus, Euclides, Marie Curie, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, and Charles Darwin are among the major scientific documents and instruments on view, all donated by Bern Dibner.

The exhibition marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of his Heralds of Science, a reference catalog of landmark scientific documents.