Museums & Collections
Discover treasures from Harvard’s museums and special collections, from ancient artifacts to modern art.
George Washington’s Sash on Display at Peabody Museum Starting May 25
A famous American fashion statement helps bring Revolutionary history to life.
The “Benton Gospels” a rare Byzantine codex at Dumbarton Oaks
Rare and beautiful, then and now: a Byzantine codex at Dumbarton Oaks
by Bailey Trela
“Gorey’s World” at the Wadsworth Atheneum
Edward Gorey’s own art collection at the Wadsworth Atheneum
A trip to New Britain, Connecticut
New Britain’s “Little Poland” and museum of American art
Profile of photography curator Makeda Best
Focusing on the Harvard Art Museums’ new photography curator
Benjamin Franklin’s Retirement and Reinvention
Two hundred and seventy years ago, Benjamin Franklin did something highly unusual. He retired.
Is knee osteoarthritis a mismatch disease?
Neither increased obesity nor longevity explains the doubling of knee osteoarthritis since World War II.
Harvard archivist Megan Sniffin-Marinoff
The University archivist on what it means to “document Harvard”
Harvard botanists hunt rare plants in China
The hunt for rare plants in China
Brief life of Henry Chapman Mercer, innovative ceramicist
Brief life of an innovative ceramicist: 1856-1930
Father Columba Stewart of Hill Museum & Manuscript Library is profiled
A globe-trotting monk with the Benedictine “survival gene” seeks out treasured manuscripts.