Museums & Collections
Discover treasures from Harvard’s museums and special collections, from ancient artifacts to modern art.
Creepy Crawlies and Sticky Murder Weapons at Harvard
In the shadows of Singapore’s forests, an ancient predator lies in wait—the velvet worm.
Alexander Gassel retrospective at the Museum of Russian Icons
A blend of Russian Orthodox iconography and mythical motifs
Dr. Jeffries balloons across the Channel
Two explorers strip to stay aloft.
by Jacob Sweet
Baseball-jersey fashion
The Worcester Art Museum spotlights baseball garb.
Highfield Hall & Gardens, on Cape Cod
The renewed community life of a grand Cape Cod estate
An innovative gate for Harvard Yard
At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard
by Jacob Sweet
An organismic biologist praises reawakening to the natural world
Re-engaging with nature alongside the director of the Arnold Arboretum
How cartographers filled “empty” space with animals
The era of imaginative mapmaking
“Shen Wei: Painting in Motion”
“Shen Wei: Painting in Motion,” at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
“This is Not a Gag,” MASS MoCA
Richard Nielsen: “This is Not a Gag,” at MASS MoCA
Peabody Museum Discovers Possible Slave Remains in Its Collections
“We must begin to confront the reality of a past in which academic curiosity and opportunity overwhelmed humanity,” Harvard president Lawrence Bacow wrote.