Museums & Collections
Discover treasures from Harvard’s museums and special collections, from ancient artifacts to modern art.
This Connecticut Mine Was Once a Prison
The underground Old New-Gate Prison quickly became “a school for crime.”
The Hull Lifesaving Museum highlights U.S. Coast Guard and maritime rescues
The South Shore's Hull Lifesaving Museum reflects more than a century of rescues at sea.
Corita Kent's screenprints are part of Pop art's history and culture
A Harvard exhibit situates her work in the Pop art movement.
Joseph Rock and his plant-collecting adventures in 1920s China
An adventuresome Arnold Arboretum botanizer's heroics in 1920s China
Harvard’s Houghton Library chronicles 150 years of “Alice in Wonderland”
Houghton Library exhibition chronicles 150 years of Alice in Wonderland.
by Zara Zhang
At Harvard, artist Jesse Aron Green puts a viewer through his paces
Harvard Art Museums’ installation and film series by Jesse Aron Green ’02
by Bailey Trela
Harvard’s Widener Library opens Its arms wider for Centennial Celebration
As Widener Library Celebrates its 100th anniversary, a look at its history and future
by Zara Zhang
Museum specimens yield new secrets to non-invasive imaging technology
New technology lets researchers see differences inside museum specimens
Robert Danton, at Retirement, reflects on the State of Harvard libraries
Robert Darnton, retiring University Librarian, assesses the collections in a digital era.
Edouard Kopp named curator of drawings at Harvard Art Museums
Will oversee the Art Museums’ pre-twentieth-century drawings.
Harvard Art Museums installs “Triangle Constellation” by Carlos Amorales
A new sculpture, calibrated to help the Harvard Art Museums achieve balance