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.”
Pablo Picasso Exhibit Opens at Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums exhibit on depictions of combat and revolution
Capturing the American South
Photographs at the Addison Gallery of American Art
Mysterious Minis
Intricate mosaics shrouded in mystery
How Birds Lost Flight
Scott Edwards discovers evolution’s master switches.
News in Brief
Education dean and football coach step down, a significant art acquisition, and more
Peabody Museum Removes Native American Funerary Objects
Responds to federal rules requiring tribal consultation and consent
Curiosities: Bats, In Fact
Peabody Essex Museum dispels negative myths around these nocturnal creatures
Fresh Takes on the Caribbean
The ICA/Boston's exhibit offers views from the diaspora
No Sleepy Coastal Town
Visiting Portsmouth in winter
Zelia Nuttall
Brief life of a remarkable anthropologist (1857-1933)