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.”
Honoring a Life with Birds
A Concord Museum and Mass Audubon exhibit on William Brewster celebrates a new wildlife sanctuary
Interpreting the Universe
Mildred Thompson's abstract vision
Seafaring America
Visiting Mystic, Connecticut
Blanche Calloway, Cab’s Enterprising Older Sister
The success and struggles of a pioneering musician
by Jacob Sweet
Springtime Antics at the Arnold Arboretum
Lesser-known plants with tricks up their sleeves (or, rather, stems)
Photographs and Blackness, Barkley L. Hendricks
How the artist saw community—and the world
“That Human Element”
The Houghton debuts a digital collection of African-American primary sources.
A Verdant Cultural Retreat
Boston’s Forest Hills Cemetery is a welcome respite from the world.
Arnold Arboretum Turns 150
A look back at the Arboretum's history—and the millennia to come
The Fighting Pencil
How cartoonists powered the USSR propaganda apparatus