History Programs

William F. Meggers Gallery of Nobel Laureates
William F. Meggers Gallery of Nobel Laureates

Visit the new William F. Meggers Gallery of Nobel Laureates!

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Freedom’s Laboratory: The Cold War Struggle for the Soul of Science
Slide - Trimble Lecture

Trimble Lecture - Freedom’s Laboratory: The Cold War Struggle for the Soul of Science

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Slide - Physics History Network

The new Physics History Network is now live and available for use!

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Slide - New Web Exhibits

Visit our new web exhibits portal page and redesigned Sakharov and Heisenberg exhibits!

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From our collections

Oral History Interviews

Clyde Tombaugh

by John Lutnes in 1969

Digital Collections

New Digital Repository

Find our digitized collections including the Samuel Goudsmit papers and rare books

Visual Archives

Elizabeth Wood served as the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) President in 1957. Credit: Photograph by Bradford Bachrach, courtesy of AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
March Photos of the Month

First Ladies of a Different Kind

Finding Aids

Esther Goudsmit

Esther Goudsmit papers from 1927-1981

History of Science Web Exhibits

History of Science Web Exhibits

Web Exhibits

The History Center's thirteen online exhibits engage a very broad audience - from elementary school students to historians of science. Visit our gallery to learn more about Marie Curie's discovery of radium or the three physicists who revolutioned our information age: the transistor.

Teaching Guides on Women & Minorities

Teaching Guides: Women & Minorities

Over 40 teaching guides that highlight the often forgotten historical contributions of women and minorities to the physical sciences are available on this site. These teaching guides meet national educational standards, can fit into social and natural science courses, and are available for free.