Join us for a guided tour of the historic Carnegie Science – Earth and Planets Laboratory. Carnegie Science (formerly the Carnegie Institution of Washington) was established in 1902 by Andrew Carnegie to fund and perform scientific research. In 1938, Vannevar Bush became its president, and then went on to head the Office of Scientific Research and Development, through which almost all wartime military R&D was carried out, including radar and the early administration of the Manhattan Project. In 1939, Uranium fission was demonstrated at the Carnegie Science campus in Washington DC, confirming the initial discovery of fission that had just been announced in Germany.

Today, Carnegie Science advances research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Earth and Planetary Science, Ecology, Genetics and Developmental Biology, and Plant Science. Our tour will begin with a brief welcome and overview of the center’s history, given by Carnegie’s director - Dr. Mike Walter. This event is free.

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Directions: The Carnegie Science campus is best accessed by private car or Uber. Park in the area circled in red on the map below, and then enter the Greenwalt Building where we will be by Carnegie’s Director, Dr. Mike Walter. He will give us a short history of the Carnegie Science Center. We will then be given a “show and tell” tour of the campus and provided with descriptions of some of Carnegie’s current research activities.