Arts & Culture

Explore Harvard’s vibrant arts scene—from campus exhibitions and theater to cultural analysis and literary reviews. Discover how creativity shapes the Harvard experience.

A drawing of a young boy reading by lamplight.

What of the Humble Pencil?

Review: At the Harvard Art Museums’ new exhibit, drawing takes center stage

by Olivia Farrar

The façade of the new 204,000-square-foot Renzo Piano-designed facility rises from the back of 32 Quincy Street.

Renovated Harvard Art Museums to open November 16 2014

The new Renzo Piano-designed facility will open to the public on November 16, 2014.

<i>Bowles's new pocket map of the United States of America: the British possessions of Canada, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, with the French and Spanish territories of Louisiana and Florida, as settled by the preliminary articles of peace signed at Versailles the 20th. Jany. 1783,</i> published by Carington Bowles (London, 1784)

Harvard maps settle U.S.-Canada border

A library loan—with latitude

by John S. Rosenberg

Beatrix Potter&rsquo;s home, gardens, and tales of small creatures, at the Arnold Arboretum

Art, lectures, cultural and campus events at Harvard in March and April

Harvard arts and cultural events

An eighteenth-century Chinese jadeite tripod covered censer that was stolen from the Fogg Museum in 1979 has been formally returned to the Harvard Art Museums.

Stolen Chinese censer returns to Harvard Art Museums

Three decades later, an eighteenth-century artwork returns home.

A wintry scene by Meri Bond, at the Arnold Arboretum

Art, lectures, cultural and campus events at Harvard in November and December

Harvard arts and cultural events

The I.L. Ellwood Company used gleaming locomotives to highlight the advantages of its "barb wire" fencing.

Railroads’ impact in the U.S.A.: an online, HBS Baker Library exhibition

What more than 240,000 miles of railroad track can do

by Christopher Reed

The HMSC is working to utilize their collections as teaching tools to pique the interest of undergraduates early in their studies.

The Harvard Museums of Science and Culture promote research collaboration.

A new consortium of Harvard museums promotes collaboration in teaching and research.

The trio Ensemble Evolution performs its eclectic compositions at the Arnold Arboretum

Art, lectures, cultural and campus events at Harvard in November and December

Harvard arts and cultural events

Exterior view of the Cabot Science Library in the Science Center, as it exists today, before planning begins for a comprehensive renovation

Science library at Harvard will be reimagined for the 21st century

The science center space will be reimagined for 21st century knowledge production and exchange.

Sarah Thomas

Sarah Thomas will assume second head role as Larsen Librarian for Harvard's FAS

The vice president for the Harvard Libraries has in addition been named Larsen Librarian for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.