Museums & Collections
Discover treasures from Harvard’s museums and special collections, from ancient artifacts to modern art.
At Harvard’s Peabody Museum, Photos Reimagine Iranian History
Artist Azadeh Akhlaghi reconstructs moments of Iranian political upheaval in a series of meticulously staged images.
Peabody museum curators discuss archaeology of Harvard Yard project
Archaeologists examine printing type found deep in Harvard Yard.
Library spaces for a digital era must cater to many audiences
Oxford’s Bodleian opens its new Weston Library.
Harvard exhibit traces explorers from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries
A new exhibit traces navigation by mariners from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries.
A new exhibit at the Concord Museum is curated Doris Kearns Goodwin
A new baseball exhibit at the Concord Museum is curated by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Harvard’s collection of early American paintings
Harvard’s collection of early American paintings are mostly portraits, all men.
“Cold Storage” documentary looks inside the libraries' Harvard Depository
A new documentary explores the three million feet of shelving at the Harvard Depository.
Harvard Art Museums director departing
Just weeks after a gala reopening, the director announces plans to step down.
“Birds of the World” at Harvard’s Museum of Natural History
A new exhibition of birds of the world
Harvard's African and African American art gallery opens
Another art museum opens—this one, a gallery for African and African-American Art.
The Griffin Museum of Photography explores the Mississippi Delta and books
The Griffin Museum of Photography’s winter exhibits