Museums & Collections
An Original Magna Carta, Hidden in Plain Sight
A rare original surfaces at Harvard at an “almost providential” moment.
by Nina Pasquini
At 100, Widener Opens Its Arms Wider
As Widener Library Celebrates its 100th anniversary, a look at its history and future
by Zara Zhang
Taxonomic Riddles
New technology lets researchers see differences inside museum specimens
by Jonathan Shaw
The State of the Libraries
Robert Darnton, retiring University Librarian, assesses the collections in a digital era.
Edouard Kopp Named Curator of Drawings
Will oversee the Art Museums’ pre-twentieth-century drawings.
Harvard Installs “Triangle Constellation"
A new sculpture, calibrated to help the Harvard Art Museums achieve balance
by Sophia Nguyen
The “Little Object That Speaks Loudly”
Archaeologists examine printing type found deep in Harvard Yard.
by Stephanie Garlock
Iconic Library Embraces Digital Era
Oxford’s Bodleian opens its new Weston Library.
by Spencer Lee Lenfield
Finding Our Way
A new exhibit traces navigation by mariners from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Take Me Out
A new baseball exhibit at the Concord Museum is curated by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Early BMOCs
Harvard’s collection of early American paintings are mostly portraits, all men.
by Stephanie Garlock