Museums & Collections

Group of men and women at the Nobel Prize ceremony

Arts & Culture |

Doctors for Change

Countway Library exhibit explores historic anti-nuclear activism

by Nell Porter-Brown

Two photos of the same woman, one as a store worker the other as an Arctic explorer

Harvard Squared | May-June 2025

Rendering Dreams in Art

South Korean artist’s socially themed photographs at the Peabody Essex Museum

by Nell Porter-Brown

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

Garden view of Aspet, with vibrant flower beds and Mount Ascutney in the background.

Harvard Squared | May-June 2025

Basking in the Beaux-Arts

Park offers art, nature, and history in New Hampshire

by Nell Porter-Brown

Bel professor of Egyptology Peter Der Manuelian, with his book "Walking Among Pharaohs" (2022)

Five Questions |

Five Questions with Professor Peter Der Manuelian

Harvard professor of Egyptology on unsolved mysteries, cats, and the beauty of ancient craftsmanship

by Olivia Farrar

Painting of swimmers in blue tones

Harvard Squared | March-April 2025

Emerging Maine Artists

Works by young artists at the Portland Museum of Art

by Nell Porter-Brown

Sunlit library room at the Boston Atheneum

Harvard Squared | March-April 2025

The New Old Boston Athenaeum

Find “the joy of discovery and power of this unique place.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

yellow palm warbler on a branch

Harvard Squared | March-April 2025

Birding, Dancing, Cooking…

Celebrating the season with the Trustees

by Nell Porter-Brown

An antique brass plumb level with engraved markings, a curved scale, and a hanging plumb bob against a black background.

Treasure | March-April 2025

Scientific Stardom

How Galileo’s geometric and military compass helped him calculate his own ascent

by Nina Pasquini

Toussaint Miller in a dark sweater plays the trumpet on stage with eyes closed.

University People | March-April 2025

Music and Medicine

Toussaint Miller explores the healing power of art.


by Lydialyle Gibson

Munch painting. "Two Human Beings (The Lonely Ones)"

Museums & Collections |

A Gift of Munch Artworks

Transformative bequest left to the Harvard Art Museums

by Jonathan Shaw