A Bite of Lunch
Explore the history of science behind U.S. efforts to feed schoolchildren with Lunchtime exhibition curator Jesse Smith.
The Science History Institute’s Lunchtime: The History of Science on the School Food Tray exhibition is closing at the end of January 2026.
In the video below, join curator Jesse Smith on a tour of the sciences and technologies that have influenced the ways we’ve fed schoolchildren in the United States for more than a century.
If you’ll be in Philadelphia this month, please visit us. Admission to our museum is always free! And we hope to see you in April for the opening our next temporary exhibition: Flash! Bang! Boom! A History of Fireworks. It’s the Science History Institute’s contribution to America’s semiquincentennial. Happy 2026!
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