Exhibitions

The Children's Museum. 300 Congress include: the Climbing Sculpture, a twomaze suspended puzzle piece climbing maze; Climbing the Wall, a rock climbing exhibit; El Mercado De Barrio, a replica of a Latino neighborhood market in Boston; Teen Tokyo, an exhibition on fashion, food, sports, music, art, and school and family life for kids in Japan; Jump Up! Boston's Caribbean Carnival; and Powwow, an exhibition of photographs of Arapahoe and Shoshone powwows.

Hart Nautical Gallery. 55 Mass Ave., M.I.T., Cambridge. 253-5943. Ongoing. "Course 13, 1893-1993: From Naval Architecture to Ocean Engineering." Permanent Exhibition of Ship Models.

M.I.T. Museum. 265 Mass Ave., Cambridge. 253-4444. Through June 18. " From Louis Sullivan to SOM: Boston Gards Go to Chicago." Through drawings and artifacts, this exhibition explores the explosive growth of the city of Chicago in the last quarter of 19th century and the contributions to this building boom by MIT and Boston architects.

Ongoing. "Holography: Artists and Inventors." MIT Hall of Hacks." "Light Sculptures by Bill Parker." "Math in 3D: Geometric Sculptures by Morton G. Bradley, Jr." "MathSpace."

Museum of Fine Arts. 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. 267-9300.

Through Oct. 22. "Degrees of Abstraction: From Morris Louis to Mapplethorpe." The selection of objects and the installation of this exhibition will play "pure" abstraction against representation.

Through June 4. "Dennis Miller Bunker: American Impressionist." Featuring 50 of he artist's finest works, this exhibition will be the first comprehensive exhibition accompanied by an extensive catalogue.

Through May 7. "Emil Nolde: The Painter's Prints." Nolde, known for his vibrantly colored oil paintings and watercolors, will be the focus of the first major U.S. exhibition of one of the greatest modern German artists.

Through May. "Monet Installation." The Museum's entire collection of paintings by Claude Monet will be installed in the impressionist galleries for the first time in nearly 20 years. No institution outside of France holds a larger collection of paintings by Monet than the MFA. The installation will be compeimented by a selection of works by otherimpressionists such as Renoir, Degas, Manet andGauguin.

Through May 7. "Nolde Watercolors in America."An exhibition of 40 watercolors from Americanpublic and private collections.

Through April 16. "Sweet Dreams: Bedcovers andBed Clothes." This exhibition of quilts,coverlets, blankets, futon covers, lingerie andsleeping caps will be drawn primarily from thepermanent collection.

Through July 25, 1995. "The Taste for Luxury:English Furniture, Silver and Ceramics.1690-1790," exploring the influence of stylisticdevelopments in the decorative arts through the18th century.

Museum of Science. Science Park, Boston.723-2500. Exhibits include "The Observatory,"featuring infrared and ultrasonic sounds andimages of unseen events; and "The Test Tube," anexhibit of some of the museum's works-in-progressfor upcoming exhibits. Laser show "Pink Flyod:Dark Side of the Moon," "The Police,""Lollapalaser," and "Dream On: The Music ofAerosmith." Omni Theater. Planetarium.

Nostalgia Factory. Through March 31. 336Newbury St., Boston. 236-8754. "P.C:Pre-Computer," an exhibition of vintage ads foroffice machines and computers, dating from theturn of the century through the 1970s.