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.
American bird art in Canton, Massachusetts
A trip to Mass Audubon’s unique art museum
Harvard Houghton Library 75th anniversary exhibition
A humanistic “masterclass” for Houghton Library's seventy-fifth anniversary
When entrepreneurship lifted off in Cambridge
Edwin H. Land and the shaping of entrepreneurship in Greater Boston
New Hampshire's Star Island offers wild beauty and meaningful retreats.
Wild beauty and meaningful retreats on New Hampshire’s Star Island
Peabody Essex Museum's wearable-art exhibit
Fashion collides with high art at the Peabody Essex Museum.
Public Health Museum in Tewksbury, Massachusetts
Artifacts used to fight American epidemics, at the Public Health Museum in Massachusetts
The Dignity of Refugees in Helen Zughaib’s Painting
The Lebanese-American painter depicts people who pay the price of war.
This Singer sewing machine has many facets
The multifaceted global and interdisciplinary impact of a useful object
Ukrainian-language collections housed at Harvard
One of the largest Ukrainian-language collections in the world, housed at Harvard
Harvard Film Archive
Hidden gem: the Harvard Film Archive