Museums & Collections
Discover treasures from Harvard’s museums and special collections, from ancient artifacts to modern art.
England’s First Sports Megastar
A collection of illustrations capture a boxer’s triumphant moment.
Harvard Art Museums To Require Vaccination or Negative COVID Test
The announcement comes amid a spike in cases on campus and an increase in testing frequency.
Repatriating Native American Remains
Disputes over the disposition of sensitive collections shadow Peabody Museum
Reflections of Pandemic Intimacy
Harvard's Carpenter Center highlights works by Katherine Bradford and Diedrick Bracken
Curiosities: A Fantasy Trip
“Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration,” at the Norman Rockwell Museum
Documenting New England’s Unseen
Seeking mentorship as a student of color, and finding a calling in the arts
How Harvard Profited On Keeping Time
Harvard’s clocks and the standardization of time
by Jacob Sweet
America’s Oldest Synagogue
Newport R.I.’s colonial era and thriving Jewish community
Harvard Art Museums Will Reopen This Fall
The musems will welcome students back on September 1, and the public on September 4.
Harvard Art Museums names a new curator
Horace D. Ballard will direct American art collections at the museums.
Peabody Essex Museum’s “In American Waters”
From oceanic voyages to romping in the waves, a new exhibit explores relationships to water.