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.”
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.
The Harvard Giza Project rebuilds a 4,500-year-old Egyptian throne
“Experimental archaeology” at the Harvard Semitic Museum
Winslow Farm Animal Sanctuary
Debra White built the Winslow Farm Animal Sanctuary in Norton, Massachusetts.
The 1853 Homer House in Belmont
A mansion promotes artist Winslow Homer’s roots in Belmont, Massachusetts.
Matika Wilbur photographs of Native American women on exhibit at Radcliffe
Native American women are the focus of photographer Matika Wilbur’s Radcliffe exhibit.
by Laura Levis
Houghton Library Celebrates the Quatercentenary of Shakespeare's Death
Celebrating four centuries of Shakespeare at Harvard
by Olivia Munk
Salem's House of the Seven Gables survives
Nathaniel Hawthorne's Salem muse was preserved by philanthropist Caroline Emmerton.
Artist Ellen Harvey holds a "dark mirror" to the museum world
Ellen Harvey's installations offer "complicated gifts" to the viewer.
Harvard public health dean, museum director, more
A new dean for public health, a new director for the art museums, and more