RCA Mark II Synthesizer
A synthesizer the size of an entire room from the dawn of the age of computing lives at Columbia University's Prentice Hall. Why has it been preserved...
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Collaboratively produced by students in Columbia's podcast club, Material Culture examines objects from our special collections and archives to learn about history and human society.
The Elegy of Lady Fiammetta: Western Manuscript 107
It is a small book-sized manuscript, like one you would find on your shelf. On both ends, there are two wooden boards that are covered in leather. And...
The Tibetan Buddhist Thangka Painting from the C.V. Starr East Asian Library
Columbia’s resident Thangka is about three feet tall, and maybe two feet across. But the painting itself actually only makes up about 1/3 the area of ...
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Introducing Material Culture, a podcast from Columbia University Library that explores objects from our libraries, rare book and manuscript collection...