12 Days ‘Til Christmas: Day 3

“…a virtual tour of Harvard!”

We’ll be hosting our Innovation Project™ in three amazing spaces at Harvard: Sanders Theatre, The Science Center and Annenberg Hall. Learn more below!

Sanders Theatre

Inspired by Christopher Wren’s Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford, England, Sanders Theatre is famous for its design and its acoustics. A member of the League of Historic American Theatres, the 1,166-seat theatre offers a unique and intimate 180-degree design, which provides unusual proximity to the stage. More details here.

The Science Center

The Science Center is Harvard’s main classroom and laboratory building for undergraduate science and mathematics, in addition to housing numerous other facilities and services. Located just north of Harvard Yard, the Science Center was built in 1973 after a design by Josep Lluís Sert (then dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design). The Science Center was financed in part by an anonymous gift from Edwin Land, inventor of the Polaroid “Land” camera. As part of its construction, the portion of Cambridge Street running along the north edge of Harvard Yard was depressed into an underpass, allowing unhindered pedestrian movement between the Yard and Harvard facilities to the north, including the Science Center itself.

Annenberg Hall

Named in memory of Roger Annenberg, ’62 and inspired by the great halls of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, this room is arguably the most impressive space at Harvard. The hall covers an expansive 9,000 square feet. Architectural features include the great hammerbeam trusses, stenciled ceiling, and walnut paneling. Over the hall, on the east end, the imaginative stairway sequence leading to the tower meeting rooms works with the ceiling trusses and the polychromatic brick wall to create a myriad of geometric patterns. Annenberg Hall houses a vast collection of paintings, sculpture and stained glass. Annenberg Hall is not available for public viewing. More details here.

**Learn more about the 2013 Innovation Project™ now!**

PYMNTS.com launched our own version of “The 12 Days Of Christmas.” We’re counting down to Christmas weekend and each day we’ll offer a highlight from our upcoming Innovation Project™.