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Howe, Manning & Almy: Boston’s First All-Woman Firm and the Changing Face of Architecture
Howe, Manning & Almy: Boston’s First All-Woman Firm and the Changing Face of Architecture took place on Wed, Sep 23, 2026 at 10:00 AM (EDT) at Building 14 in Cambridge, MA, and runs until 4:00 PM.
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This exhibit honors the first all-women architecture firm in Massachusetts, founded by Lois Lilley Howe. Visitors will see over 900 commissions and explore MIT's role in supporting women architects since the 1890s. The display highlights the firm's influence on Cambridge's built environment and its ecofriendly renovation methods.
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On view through May 27, 2027 This exhibit celebrates the first-known all-women architecture firm in Massachusetts, founded in 1900 by Lois Lilley Howe, the first woman to graduate with an architecture degree from MIT. Howe, along with architects Eleanor Manning and Mary Almy, completed more than 900 commissions throughout the course of their company’s history. The exhibit will look at the role MIT’s architecture program played in supporting women in the field since the 1890s, as well as Howe, Manning & Almy’s influence on the built environment of Cambridge and the firm’s ecofriendly approaches to renovation. The Maihaugen Gallery (14N-130) is open Monday through Thursday, 10am - 4pm, excluding Institute holidays.
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Details
- When
- Wed, Sep 23, 2026 · 10:00 AM (EDT) · until 4:00 PM
- Where
- Building 14
- Address
- 474-160 Memorial Drive, Building 14, MA, 02139
- Price
- See listing
- Genre
- Fine Art
Questions
- When was Howe, Manning & Almy: Boston’s First All-Woman Firm and the Changing Face of Architecture?
- Wed, Sep 23, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT.
- Where was Howe, Manning & Almy: Boston’s First All-Woman Firm and the Changing Face of Architecture?
- Building 14, 474-160 Memorial Drive, Building 14, MA, 02139, Cambridge, MA.
- What time did Howe, Manning & Almy: Boston’s First All-Woman Firm and the Changing Face of Architecture end?
- It runs until 4:00 PM.