Museums & Collections

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

This Connecticut Mine Was Once a Prison

The underground Old New-Gate Prison quickly became “a school for crime.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

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

Music and Medicine

Toussaint Miller explores the healing power of art.


by Lydialyle Gibson

Gift of Munch Artworks

Transformative bequest left to the Harvard Art Museums

by Jonathan Shaw

The Fish in Harvard Square

Artist Isola Murray’s child-size animals

by Olivia Farrar

Museum of Printing Massachusetts

A unique museum in Haverhill, Massachusetts, offers a history of graphic arts.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard Film Archive West African Women in Films

The Harvard Film Archive features works by director Rosine Mbakam

Artist Janiva Ellis at the Harvard Carpenter Center

Newly finished paintings unveiled