Museums & Collections

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

Harvard’s Plant Collection Meets Space Science

Light-based analysis of botanical collections link plants to Earth’s changing climate.

by Jonathan Shaw

Salem's House of the Seven Gables survives

Nathaniel Hawthorne's Salem muse was preserved by philanthropist Caroline Emmerton.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Artist Ellen Harvey holds a "dark mirror" to the museum world

Ellen Harvey's installations offer "complicated gifts" to the viewer.

by Olivia Schwob

Harvard public health dean, museum director, more

A new dean for public health, a new director for the art museums, and more

Harvard Portrait: Ethan Lasser

A Harvard Art Museums curator on how artworks talk to one another, and to us

by Lydialyle Gibson

A day trip to Andover, Massachusetts

A day trip to Andover: Addison Gallery of American Art, gardens, and hikes

by Nell Porter-Brown

Gundalow rides promote appreciation of history and the environment

Public boat tours with The Gundalow Company, in Portsmouth, N.H.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard Art Museums appoints Martha Tedeschi as new Cabot director

Hailing from the Art Institute of Chicago, Tedeschi will assume the role next July. 

by Sophia Nguyen

Drumlin Farm's sheep-shearing festival draws crowds

Woolapalooza is held at Mass Audubon’s sanctuary in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

by Nell Porter-Brown

"Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe," at the Currier Museum

Upward of 150 haute couture and historic shoes are on display in Manchester, N.H.

by Nell Porter-Brown