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.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

MAD Magazine at the Norman Rockwell Museum

An illustrative retrospective at the Norman Rockwell Museum 

by Nell Porter-Brown

The Mystery Behind an Incan Tunic

Unraveling an Inca masterpiece’s secrets

by Max J. Krupnick

Harvard Professor on Printmaking

An art historian analyzes an overlooked medium.

by Murray Whyte

AI @ Harvard

Harvard symposium assesses the new technology.

by Jonathan Shaw

The Picture of Freedom

A Boston Athenaeum exhibit explores an abolitionist with Harvard ties.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Lampoon Donates Historic Materials to University Archives

University Archives to preserve Harvard Lampoon materials

by Nina Pasquini

Springfield Dinosaur Eggs Museum Exhibit

A new exhibit featuring fossilized dinosaur eggs and nests from around the world.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Bernini’s Model Masterpieces at the Harvard Art Museums

Thirteen sculptures from Gian Lorenzo Bernini at Harvard Art Museums.

by Nina Pasquini

Civil War American Writer and Abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier

Homes of the poet and abolitionist, whose verses were said to have inspired Abraham Lincoln. 

by Nell Porter-Brown

LaToya M. Hobbs Exhibit "Carving Out Time" Debuts at Harvard Art Museums

A monumental exhibit of woodblock prints from the Harvard Art Museums

by Nina Pasquini