Collection: Beckman Room Records |

Scope and Contents

This small collection contains most of the administrative paperwork related to the design and content used to create the exhibit.

Dates

Creation: Majority of material found within 1989-1993

Biographical / Historical

With assistance from the Beckman Foundation, the Beckman Room opened in 1989 in conjuction with the opening of the Beckman Institute. The room or museum held an exhibit of Arnold Beckman and the History of Science. In 2017, the exhibit was removed and the room was renovated to exhibit archival materials and collections from the Caltech Archives. The first exhibit to open after the removal of the Beckman materials was the Feynman 100 Exhibition: "The Mind's Eye: Richard Feynman in Word and Image," opening on May 11, 2018.