Museums & Collections

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

Radcliffe Acquires a Black Feminist’s Archive

An architect of Black women’s studies, Barbara Smith introduced the concepts of “identity politics” and “intersectionality.”

by Lydialyle Gibson

Steampunk art at the Fuller Craft Museum

Brockton’s Fuller Craft Museum offers Steampunk art that celebrates the city’s shoe-manufacturing legacy.

by Nell Porter-Brown

“Illuminated manuscripts in Boston collections” displayed in three-site exhibit

A new exhibit highlights how medieval monasticism’s “cult of the book” transmitted beauty and knowledge to the modern world.

by Lily Scherlis

"Beyond Words" showcases Greater Boston illuminated manuscripts

Little-known treasures from Houghton Library and other collections

by John S. Rosenberg

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.

by Jonathan Shaw

Saugus Iron Works replicates colonial-era industry

The Saugus Iron Works highlights early U.S. industrial history

by Nell Porter-Brown

The Bruce Museum shows “Science in Motion” in Greenwich, Connecticut

The Bruce Museum highlights “Science in Motion” in Greenwich, Connecticut.

by Aidan Langston

The Boston Fire Museum highlights firefighting history

Children and adults alike are drawn to this eclectic array of firefighting artifacts.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Pranks in Pusey Library

A retrospective on the Lampoon’s 140 years of mischief

by Aidan Langston

Babar Comes to Houghton Library

Houghton hosts an exhibit of the green suit-wearing French elephant through August 31. 

by Lydialyle Gibson