A Look at "The Language of Color"

Visit the Harvard Museum of Natural History via video for a tour of its new exhibition, The Language of Color.

From The November-December 2008 Issue

Visit the Harvard Museum of Natural History via video for a tour of its new exhibition, The Language of Color, introduced by the museum’s executive director, Elisabeth Werby, and conducted by curator Hopi Hoekstra. Then read more about the role of color in the lives of animals and plants in “Animals Speak Color,” Harvard Magazine’s November-December 2008 cover article.

Published in the November-December 2008 print issue in the section.

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