Museums & Collections

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

Radcliffe Acquires a Black Feminist’s Archive

An architect of Black women’s studies, Barbara Smith introduced the concepts of “identity politics” and “intersectionality.”

by Lydialyle Gibson

Apollo 11, Up Close and Personal

An exhibition in Houghton Library shows Apollo 11 in context, and at its most intimate.

by Jacob Sweet

Harvard’s Houghton Library to be renovated

A renovation to make Houghton Library “open to all”

by Jacob Sweet

Harry Elkins Widener, profiled by Daniel Blank

Brief life of Harry Elkins Widener, theater-loving bibliophile: 1885-1912

by Daniel Blank

Naturalist Mark W. Moffett, author of “The Human Swarm”

Naturalist Mark W. Moffett investigates insects—and now, evolving human societies.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Clay—Modeling African Design exhibit

Pliable arts from across the continent

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Japan on Paper, Harvard Art Museums

Harvard’s enticing Japanese woodblock prints

by Nell Porter-Brown

Garden in the Woods

Springtime at New England’s native-plant haven

by Nell Porter-Brown

Bees around Greater Boston

Greater Boston’s bee cultures

by Jessica Lau

Harvard Business School lessons Lehman Brothers

A Harvard Business School exhibition traces the rise and Great Recession fall of an iconic investment bank.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard appoints Martha Whitehead librarian

A new leader for the library system

by John S. Rosenberg