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.”
An Edo-era dazzler from Harvard Art Museums exhibit
This folding fan enfolds two sacred mountains.
Harvard libraries welcome volunteers’ help with historical manuscripts
Volunteer transcribers help make Harvard library documents accessible.
Museum of Fine Arts winter exhibits
Winter exhibits at the Museum of Fine Arts
Urban Adventure Quest, Boston
Scavenger-hunting in historic Boston
Gifts for the arts
Holiday gifts that support the arts
Being With the Other
A Radcliffe exhibition explores a lifetime of artwork and female friendship
Getty, Harvard Art Museums in Pandemic
Pandemic perspectives from the Getty and the Harvard Art Museums—and art’s role in refreshing “the dialogue with other human beings”
Blaschka Glass Sea Creatures Rendered in 3D
Complementary imaging techniques combine to create 3-D models that virtual visitors can examine from any angle.
by Matteo Wong
The much-shrunken class of 1823
The Class of 1823 goes rogue and gets booted.
by Jacob Sweet
Essex, Massachusetts, coastline history
Exploring the coastal wonders of Essex, Massachusetts