MIT Museum Receives Polaroid Archives

On a more positive note, we turn to the MIT Museum, who have just sent out notice that they’ve received a large collection of archival Polaroid material from the former company’s new owner, PLR IP Holdings (the ones that brought Lady Gaga on as Creative Director). Edwin Land, who launched what would become the instant photo company in the late 1930s, had been connected to MIT in the early days of its founding, not only living in Cambridge, but also serving as a visiting scholar, so it makes sense that these collection of materials should go to the university’s museum.