Arts & Culture

Magna Carta on display in Houghton Library

University News |

An Original Magna Carta, Hidden in Plain Sight

A rare original surfaces at Harvard at an “almost providential” moment. 

by Nina Pasquini

Tibetan texts on loan, awaiting scanning at the Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center

John Harvard's Journal | September-October 2014

Tibetan Literature, Digitized

Harvard Library helps preserve Tibet’s literary heritage.

by Francesca Annic...

Traditional artisans, such as spinners, demonstrate their skills at Strawbery Banke.

Harvard Squared | September-October 2014

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Fall travel to New England’s seacoast offers art, history, biking, and great restaurants

Concert music soars at the Gardner Museum’s Calderwood Hall

Harvard Squared | September-October 2014

Strings, Sax, and a Dash of Sass

Boston’s chamber orchestra A Far Cry merges genres at the Gardner Museum.

Meandering paths at Fairsted, the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site.

Harvard Squared | September-October 2014

A Park of One’s Own

The last home and private garden of Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of modern landscape architecture

by Nell Porter-Brown

A new permanent exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural History showcases more than 50 glass models of marine invertebrates from the collections of the Museum of Comparative Zoology—models crafted by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, creators of the famous Glass Flowers. This model is <i>Tubularia indivisa</i>, or oaten pipes hydroid. (MCZ SC119)

Museums & Collections |

A Glass Menagerie

The Harvard Museum of Natural History showcases Blaschka glass invertebrates.

Seymour Slive

University News |

An Honorand’s Passing

Art historian Seymour Slive, Ar.D. ’14, dies at 93.

The bucolic Essex River property Cogswell&rsquo;s Grant, named for the 1636 royal grant given to John Cogswell, is now a house museum open to the public.

Harvard Squared | July-August 2014

Lives in Art

Early American artifacts help animate history.

by Nell Porter-Brown

An island overview

Harvard Squared | July-August 2014

Retreat and Recreate: Peddocks Island

This Boston Harbor island offers an urban oasis.

Advertising trade cards from the 1850s to the 1910s depict Irish immigrants&rsquo; social and economic climb from the laboring classes…

Harvard Squared | July-August 2014

The Many Faces of Boston

A Boston Public Library exhibit illustrates immigration history.

Conservation scientist Jens Stenger explains the history of Mark Rothko’s <i>Harvard Murals</i> and the details of the conservation project in front of the now-faded <i>Panel Four.</i>

Arts & Culture |

Rarely Seen Rothkos Highlight Harvard Art Museums’ Reopening

“Restored” by technology, Harvard Murals anchor inaugural exhibition.

by Francesca Annic...