Museums & Collections

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

At Harvard’s Peabody Museum, Photos Reimagine Iranian History

Artist Azadeh Akhlaghi reconstructs moments of Iranian political upheaval in a series of meticulously staged images.

by Olivia Farrar

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)

by Nancy Walecki

Photographs and Blackness, Barkley L. Hendricks

How the artist saw community—and the world 

by Nell Porter-Brown

“That Human Element”

The Houghton debuts a digital collection of African-American primary sources.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Arnold Arboretum Turns 150

A look back at the Arboretum's history—and the millennia to come

by Nancy Walecki

The Fighting Pencil

How cartoonists powered the USSR propaganda apparatus

by Nancy Walecki

Milton Avery, Wadsworth Atheneum

The American painter’s "playful use of color and diverse stylistic repertoire" on display in Hartford

by Jacob Sweet

A Verdant Cultural Retreat

Boston’s Forest Hills Cemetery is a welcome respite from the world.

by Nell Porter-Brown

“Armenian creativity, culture, and survival”

A museum reflects an ancient civilization and the modern global diaspora.

by Nell Porter-Brown

A Post-Plague Outpost

Candice Lin’s otherworldly refuge

by Nell Porter-Brown