Parent Institution
Site Type
Supervisor Name(s)
Lindsay Smith Zrull
Supervisor Title(s)
Curator of Astronomical Photographs
Supervisor Email(s)
Department Address
60 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA
ADA Compliant
No
Parking
No
Transportation
T red line
Multiple bus routes
Multiple bus routes
Site Description
The HCO's Astronomical Photographic Plate Collection (also known as the Plate Stacks) is the world's largest archive of stellar glass plate negatives, amassing over 500,000 celestial moments captured in time, some dating back to the mid-1800s.
Website URL
https://platestacks.cfa.harvard.edu/