Museums & Collections
Discover treasures from Harvard’s museums and special collections, from ancient artifacts to modern art.
Don’t Call Stephanie Pierce A Paleontologist
From competing in youth gymnastics to studying tetrapods, the Harvard curator has always chased her curiosity.
Leaning into Winter
Exploring Burlington, Vermont
What Was the Enlightenment, Really?
“Dare to Know” exhibition highlights nuances in the age of reason.
From the Soil Up
The art of conserving an historic garden at Dumbarton Oaks
by May Wang
The Magic of Luigi Lucioni
Exhibit at Vermont's Shelburne Museum offers beauty and vitality
“A Moral Obligation”
Charles Berlin and 60 years of collecting for Harvard Library
Learners, Grizzled and Downy
An affecting reunion, and Houghton Library accessible to all
by Primus VI
Permafrost Fare
Soured seal liver, anyone?
by Jacob Sweet
Telling Humanity’s Story through DNA
Geneticist David Reich rewrites the ancient human past.
The Geeky Underground
Science-fiction zines and the quest to save Star Trek
Honoring a Life with Birds
A Concord Museum and Mass Audubon exhibit on William Brewster celebrates a new wildlife sanctuary