Museums & Collections

Discover treasures from Harvard’s museums and special collections, from ancient artifacts to modern art.

A person examining handwritten notes and papers on a table.

Radcliffe Acquires a Black Feminist’s Archive

An architect of Black women’s studies, Barbara Smith introduced the concepts of “identity politics” and “intersectionality.”

by Lydialyle Gibson

Hornbills, including the Malaysian state bird, <i>Buceros rhinoceros</i> (right)

“Birds of the World” at Harvard’s Museum of Natural History

A new exhibition of birds of the world

by Christopher Reed

The Cooper Gallery opened with its first exhibit on October 21, which will be on view until January 8.

Harvard's African and African American art gallery opens

Another art museum opens—this one, a gallery for African and African-American Art.

by Sophia Nguyen

From photographer Brandon Thibodeaux's <i>When Morning Comes</i> series

The Griffin Museum of Photography explores the Mississippi Delta and books

The Griffin Museum of Photography’s winter exhibits

Harvard Art Museums celebrates American Paintings at Harvard

Lecture celebrates the release of American Art at Harvard, Volume One

Members of the Harvard community and area residents celebrated the official opening of the Harvard Art Museums on November 16.

The renovated Harvard Art Museums open

The renovated Harvard Art Museums open

The renovated and expanded Harvard Art Museums have entrances on both Quincy and Prescott Streets. The staff of the Museums hopes that casual passersby will filter through the building and gather in its central courtyard.

A preview of the Harvard Art Museums

Welcoming the University community through a series of special talks and celebrations, the Harvard Art Museums re-introduce themselves.

Additional photographs of the Harvard Art Museums' galleries

Additional images of the Harvard Art Museums galleries

This gallery's collection conveys the breadth of nineteenth-century collectors’ international interests, by grouping together works by Sargent, Munch, and Degas, among others.

Discussing the role of the university museum before a November launch

Panelists bring their perspective to the long-awaited reopening of the Harvard Art Museums.

Photographs of abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe and her son Samuel, who died at 18 months

Schlesinger Library's new exhibit showcases the Civil War's personal histories

A Schlesinger Library exhibit reveals the domestic side of the war.

Scene from an 1858 German album

Silhouettes from Harvard’s Houghton Library displayed

All that’s needed are scissors and a steady hand.

by Christopher Reed