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 robotic arm interacting with an underwater object on the ocean floor.

Five Questions with Peter R. Girguis

A Harvard professor of evolutionary biology on what lurks in the deep sea  

by Olivia Farrar

Thursday evening, Dava Sobel read excerpts from her most recent book, on Copernicus.

At Harvard, Dava Sobel discusses what convinced Copernicus to publish his work

At Harvard, Dava Sobel discusses the conversation that convinced Copernicus to publish his lifework.

The title page of Andreas Vesalius's renowned anatomy textbook depicts a public dissection.

At Harvard, a special exhibit showcases the history of anatomy and dissection

A special exhibit showcases the history of anatomy and dissection.

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.

Justin Kaplan at home

A tribute to Justin Kaplan

In tribute to an old friend

Sound waves are produced by the vibrations of physical objects.

Harvard-based Sawyer seminar discusses hearing through the body

Through cat telephones and electronic dance music, scholars discuss the physical basis of sound.

<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

On familiar ground: AMS Jr. at the White House, 1965

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. letters liberalism

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.'s "fighting faith" in liberalism, revealed in his letters

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

<i>Autumn</i>

Robert PIllsbury crafts art works from layers of paper

Paper artist Robert Pillsbury ’61 makes his work from stacked cut sheets of paper.

Michael Carney (standing left) with friends, and (seated) brothers Tom, Martin, and Paddy.

Recent books on evolution, island Ireland, Jonathan Swift, and more

Recent books with Harvard connections