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.
Harvard Library digital exhibition on the magic of reading
A sampler from the Harvard University Library's online collection Reading: Harvard Views of Readers, Readership, and Reading History.
William James centennial conference and exhibition
A conference and an exhibition at Houghton Library showcase the legacy of the pioneering psychologist and philosopher.
Harvard renovates building to create new labs for stem-cell research
Harvard renews an older building to create new labs in Cambridge for stem-cell research.
Innovative museums highlight New England's industrial past
Innovative museums highlight New England's industrial past.
In photographs by Wang Di and Xing Danwen, Beijing as "urban utopia"
Two Beijing photographers interpret China's breakneck change from Communist revolution to market-based consumerism.
Update on Fogg Art Museum renovation
Gutting the Fogg Art Museum on the way to renovating it
Farlow Library exhibit on deadly Amanita mushrooms and mycological illustration
The Farlow Library's new online exhibits highlight the death cap mushroom and mycological illustration.
William James symposium in Cambridge and New Hampshire
An unusual symposium at Harvard and at James's summer residence this August will remember the life of the psychologist-philosopher.
A titan arum, a rare odoriferous plant, blooms at Harvard
A titan arum waxes and wanes.
Rare Titan Arum "Carrion Flower" Set To Bloom in a Harvard Greenhouse
An exotic Indonesian plant may well bloom into a flower more than six feet tall in the next few days.