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. 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Stevens-Coolidge Place winter activities

Winterlights and scavenger hunts at the historic Stevens-Coolidge Place

by Nell Porter-Brown

“Time is Now: Photography in Baldwin’s Era” exhibit at the Carpenter Center

Eighteen photographers capture the 1930s through the 1980s.

by Brandon J. Dixon

James Baldwin’s America, in Photos

A fresh look at the writer’s work and influences

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Remembering 1969 at Harvard

An exhibit on Harvard in 1969 opens at Pusey Library this fall.

by Brandon J. Dixon

“Shifting Sands”: photos from the Peabody Museum

Family snapshots of living off the land, in the Kalahari

by Sophia Nguyen

Boston by Foot’s “Dark Side of Boston” tour

“Stories the Chamber of Commerce doesn’t want you to hear”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Visualizing the World at the Harvard Map Collection

Maps can be applied to straightforward ends; they can also be fanciful, surprising, or plain weird. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Lives Glimpsed through Passports

Houghton exhibit documents “the dream of a globalized world.”

by Brandon J. Dixon

A printer's archive and Nam June Paik's video art, at the Harvard Art Museums

Recent acquisitions at the Harvard Art Museums train a fresh lens on photography and video art.

by Sophia Nguyen