Museums & Collections


An Original Magna Carta, Hidden in Plain Sight

A rare original surfaces at Harvard at an “almost providential” moment. 

by Nina Pasquini

"Art Is a Dark Mirror"

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

by Olivia Schwob

University People

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

Ethan Lasser

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

by Lydialyle Gibson

Before Social Media

Radio was the medium that broke the silence.

by Christopher Reed

Art and Nature in Andover

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

by Nell Porter-Brown

River Runs

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

by Nell Porter-Brown

Martha Tedeschi to Lead Harvard Art Museums

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

by Sophia Nguyen

Woolapalooza

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

by Nell Porter-Brown

Not Made for Walkin'

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

by Nell Porter-Brown

The Stuff of World War II

As living memory of the war dims, curators shape a modern museum of history.

by Nell Porter-Brown