Museums & Collections
Discover treasures from Harvard’s museums and special collections, from ancient artifacts to modern art.
George Washington’s Sash on Display at Peabody Museum Starting May 25
A famous American fashion statement helps bring Revolutionary history to life.
The Birthplace of the American Iron Industry
The Saugus Iron Works highlights early U.S. industrial history
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.
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 1853 Homer House in Belmont
A mansion promotes artist Winslow Homer’s roots in Belmont, Massachusetts.
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.