Museums & Collections
Discover treasures from Harvard’s museums and special collections, from ancient artifacts to modern art.
Radcliffe Acquires a Black Feminist’s Archive
An architect of Black women’s studies, Barbara Smith introduced the concepts of “identity politics” and “intersectionality.”
Leaning into Winter
Exploring Burlington, Vermont
Downtown Oasis
Connecticut’s Mattatuck Museum
What Was the Enlightenment, Really?
“Dare to Know” exhibition highlights nuances in the age of reason.
From the Soil Up
The art of conserving an historic garden at Dumbarton Oaks
by May Wang
The Magic of Luigi Lucioni
Exhibit at Vermont's Shelburne Museum offers beauty and vitality
“A Moral Obligation”
Charles Berlin and 60 years of collecting for Harvard Library
Learners, Grizzled and Downy
An affecting reunion, and Houghton Library accessible to all
by Primus VI
Permafrost Fare
Soured Seal Liver, Anyone?
by Jacob Sweet
Telling Humanity’s Story through DNA
Geneticist David Reich rewrites the ancient human past.
The Geeky Underground
Science-fiction zines and the quest to save Star Trek