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.”
A Post-Plague Outpost
Candice Lin’s otherworldly refuge
Curating a More Diverse Campus Environment
A report and recommendations, from the FAS task force on signage and visual culture issues
Houghton Library Features Children’s Books in Opening Exhibit
“Animals Are Us” contextualizes Houghton’s new treasures.
by Jacob Sweet
The Paintings Found Behind a Shelf of Books in the Harvard Botanical Museum
The discovery of Rosa M. Towne’s paintings in the Harvard Botanical Museum
by Edward Tabor
The Art of the Portrait Painter
Jason Bouldin makes the intangible tangible.
Family Newsletters of Holidays Past
Origins of a beloved, bemoaned Yuletide tradition
The Places You’ll Go
Art, science, sports—and fanciful holiday lights—in the Connecticut River Valley
American Ingenuity
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
The Student Prince
A Springfield, Massachusetts, tradition lives on
Curiosities: “Completely Magical”
Stunning works by Clifford Ross at the Portland Museum of Art