[1][2][3] At the heart of the Institute was the Burndy Library on the ground floor, initially containing 37,000 volumes on the history of science and technology collected by the Dibner Fund.
[4] The building was a modest Art Deco structure, fronting on Memorial Drive and the Charles River.
The Institute held regular lectures, seminars, study programs, and an annual symposium in the history of science and technology.
[1] In 1995, the 600-volume Babson Collection of historical material related to Isaac Newton was placed on permanent deposit with the Burndy Library.
[10] Approximately 200 antique light bulbs from the Burndy Collection are on display in the Beautiful Science exhibition.