Museums & Collections
Discover treasures from Harvard’s museums and special collections, from ancient artifacts to modern art.
Bees and Flowers Are Falling Out of Sync
Scientists are revisiting an old way of thinking about extinction.
The Bruce Museum shows “Science in Motion” in Greenwich, Connecticut
The Bruce Museum highlights “Science in Motion” in Greenwich, Connecticut.
The Boston Fire Museum highlights firefighting history
Children and adults alike are drawn to this eclectic array of firefighting artifacts.
"Beyond Words" showcases Greater Boston illuminated manuscripts
Little-known treasures from Houghton Library and other collections
Radcliffe alumna Judith Brodsky, on printmaking and risk-taking
From the beginning, artist and advocate Judith Brodsky felt “pulls in different directions.”
by Violet Baron
Harvard's New England plant collections published online
Digitized herbaria collections data allow researchers to predict future plant ranges.
Saugus Iron Works replicates colonial-era industry
The Saugus Iron Works highlights early U.S. industrial history
Pranks in Pusey Library
A retrospective on the Lampoon’s 140 years of mischief
Babar Comes to Houghton Library
Houghton hosts an exhibit of the green suit-wearing French elephant through August 31.
Harvard exhibition of Neolithic Chinese pottery
An exhibition of prehistoric earthenware deepens understanding of early Chinese cultures and communities.
The Arnold Arboretum’s 10-year plan for plant collecting
Collecting expeditions race the anthropocene extinction to sample wild botanical diversity.