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.
Edouard Kopp named curator of drawings at Harvard Art Museums
Will oversee the Art Museums’ pre-twentieth-century drawings.
Harvard Art Museums installs “Triangle Constellation” by Carlos Amorales
A new sculpture, calibrated to help the Harvard Art Museums achieve balance
Peabody museum curators discuss archaeology of Harvard Yard project
Archaeologists examine printing type found deep in Harvard Yard.
Library spaces for a digital era must cater to many audiences
Oxford’s Bodleian opens its new Weston Library.
Harvard exhibit traces explorers from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries
A new exhibit traces navigation by mariners from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries.
A new exhibit at the Concord Museum is curated Doris Kearns Goodwin
A new baseball exhibit at the Concord Museum is curated by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Harvard’s collection of early American paintings
Harvard’s collection of early American paintings are mostly portraits, all men.
“Cold Storage” documentary looks inside the libraries' Harvard Depository
A new documentary explores the three million feet of shelving at the Harvard Depository.
Harvard Art Museums director departing
Just weeks after a gala reopening, the director announces plans to step down.
“Birds of the World” at Harvard’s Museum of Natural History
A new exhibition of birds of the world