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.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Reimagining Cabot Library and Its Common Spaces

Penny Pritzker ’81 reflects on how the space has been completely transformed into more than just floors of stacks.

by Oset Babür

Peabody Museum 150th anniversary exhibition anthropology

The Peabody Museum 150th is a showcase for the origins and evolution of anthropology.

by John S. Rosenberg

Springtime at Mount Auburn Cemetery

Springtime at Mount Auburn Cemetery

by Nell Porter-Brown

American bird art in Canton, Massachusetts

A trip to Mass Audubon’s unique art museum

by Nell Porter-Brown

Celebrating John F. Kennedy

Centennial celebrations for John F. Kennedy in Brookline

by Nell Porter-Brown

The Discovery of a Lost Harvard Museum

Recreating the Philosophy Chamber

by Jonathan Shaw , Jennifer Carling

Harvard exhibition designer Justin Lee, profiled

Justin Lee's essential, “invisible,” work at the Harvard Art Museums

by Lily Scherlis

Harvard Houghton Library 75th anniversary exhibition

A humanistic “masterclass” for Houghton Library's seventy-fifth anniversary

When entrepreneurship lifted off in Cambridge

Edwin H. Land and the shaping of entrepreneurship in Greater Boston

by John S. Rosenberg

New Hampshire's Star Island offers wild beauty and meaningful retreats.

Wild beauty and meaningful retreats on New Hampshire’s Star Island

by Nell Porter-Brown