Museums & Collections

Discover treasures from Harvard’s museums and special collections, from ancient artifacts to modern art.

Harvard’s Plant Collection Meets Space Science

Light-based analysis of botanical collections link plants to Earth’s changing climate.

by Jonathan Shaw

A Magna Carta at Harvard Law School

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

by Nina Pasquini

Countway Library

Countway Library exhibit explores historic anti-nuclear activism

by Nell Porter-Brown

Jung Yeondoo: Building Dreams at the Peabody Essex Museum

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

by Nell Porter-Brown

Paper Peepshows at Harvard's Baker Library

How “paper peepshows” brought distant realms to life

by Nina Pasquini

The Estate Behind Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park

Park offers art, nature, and history in New Hampshire

by Nell Porter-Brown

Five Questions with Professor Peter Der Manuelian

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

by Olivia Farrar

Fresh Works by Young Maine Artists

Works by young artists at the Portland Museum of Art

by Nell Porter-Brown

Galileo's Compass and the Art of Branding

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

by Nina Pasquini

The New Boston Athenaeum

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

by Nell Porter-Brown

Spring Activities Around Harvard Square

Celebrating the season with the Trustees

by Nell Porter-Brown