In 1956, the head of the Atomic Energy Commission, Lewis Strauss, declared that the United States was waging a “Cold War of the Classroom” against the Soviet Union.  New scientific curricula and toys trained children to think about the world in a way deemed essential to American supremacy. This exhibition transformed the gallery into a mid-century, science classroom in order immerse visitors in Cold War lessons.

Staff curator assisting grad-student guest curators, Jeremy Blatter and Christopher Phillips.