Treasure

Perspective view of a train on tracks lined by trees, surrounded by colorfully dressed onlookers.

Treasure | May-June 2025

Miniature Worlds

How “paper peepshows” brought distant realms to life

by Nina Pasquini

Poster for Dos farkishefte shnayderl (the bewitched little tailor) in Paris, c. 1935

Treasure | July-August 2023

Charades with Chutzpah

Harvard’s Yiddish Theater Collection

by Max J. Krupnick

Realistic diorama of an old growth forest

Treasure | May-June 2023

The Harvard Forest Dioramas

Scenes of an ever-changing forest, in miniature

by Nancy Walecki

Photograph of collected hummingbird nests and eggs

Treasure | March-April 2023

What Birds’ Nests Tell Us

Inside the Museum of Comparative Zoology’s revealing birds’ egg and nest collection

by John S. Rosenberg

Three men juggle while roller-skating

Treasure | January-February 2023

The Forgotten Jugglers

Vaudeville's mysterious Ader Brothers

by Nancy Walecki

Tempera portrait of Egyptian woman

Treasure | November-December 2022

Ancient Egyptian Funerary Portraits

Harvard Art Museums’ exhibit uncovers paintings’ mysterious origins.

by Nancy Walecki

Treasure | September-October 2022

Permafrost Fare

Soured Seal Liver, Anyone?

by Jacob Sweet

Treasure | July-August 2022

The Geeky Underground

Science-fiction zines and the quest to save Star Trek

by Nancy Walecki

Blanche Calloway spreading her arms during a performance

Treasure | May-June 2022

Blanche Calloway, Cab’s Enterprising Older Sister

The success and struggles of a pioneering musician

by Jacob Sweet

A cartoon of a man speaking on a telephone and workers at desks behind him

Treasure | March-April 2022

The Fighting Pencil

How cartoonists powered the USSR propaganda apparatus

by Nancy Walecki

Newspaper illustration depicts Richard P. Robinson fleeing Helen Jewett's murder scene

Treasure | January-February 2022

True Crime

Helen Jewett and the origin of American murder media

by Nancy Walecki