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.
What of the Humble Pencil?
Review: At the Harvard Art Museums’ new exhibit, drawing takes center stage
Medieval manuscript illuminates monthly guidance on living well
A medieval manuscript illuminates monthly guides to diet and health.
Cherry Blossom Festival centennial marked with exhibit of Japanese paintings
Masterworks of Japanese painting on display for the Cherry Blossom Festival's centennial
President, provost, protestor messages on Harvard libraries
The administration says reorganizations, and staff reductions, will support better user experiences and a stronger system.
Harvard library restructuring presages smaller workforce
Library leaders tell staff that restructuring will require smaller workforce.
Brontë juvenilia in Houghton Library at Harvard
Miniature manuscript books by Charlotte Brontë
Troubadour style dagger from France in Harvard Art Museums described
Is this a dagger which I see before me…? Not primarily.
Sackler exhibition reveals artistic discovery in Renaissance Europe
An exhibition at the Sackler reveals the connections among Renaissance art, invention, and the evolution of science.
Photographs of early modern printed-paper sundials
Photographs of early modern printed-paper sundials
Jan Sadeler’s engravings of The Seven Liberal Arts
Jan Sadeler’s engravings of The Seven Liberal Arts
Inventions in Early Modern Europe
Images from Stradanus’s "Nova reperta," a series of engravings representing technological innovations of the modern age from the perspective of a practicing artist