Museums & Collections
Museums, Making Their Way
Pandemic perspectives from the Getty and the Harvard Art Museums—and art’s role in refreshing “the dialogue with other human beings”
by Caroline Engelmayer
“Hands On” with Fragile Glass Sea Creatures
Complementary imaging techniques combine to create 3-D models that virtual visitors can examine from any angle.
by Matteo Wong
Rebelling and Expelling
The Class of 1823 goes rogue and gets booted.
by Jacob Sweet
“A Step Up from the Usual Beautiful”
Exploring the coastal wonders of Essex, Massachusetts
by Nell Porter-Brown
Royall House and Slave Quarters
Preserving black history as “an act of liberation”
by Nell Porter-Brown
Bringing Black History to Light
A Houghton Library project to digitize thousands of African-American records and artifacts
by Lydialyle Gibson
How Harvard Handled the 1918 Flu Pandemic
Fall semester interrupted, a century ago
by Matteo Wong
How the Lines Get Bent
Curator Garrett Dash Nelson ’09 on the Boston Public Library’s exhibition of “persuasive cartography”
by Matteo Wong
Air Mail
A wartime life together—cut short
by Blythe Grossberg
A Living Treasure in Boston
Summertime at the Arnold Arboretum
by Nell Porter-Brown