Museums & Collections

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

Bees and Flowers Are Falling Out of Sync

Scientists are revisiting an old way of thinking about extinction.

by Andrés Muedano

William James centennial conference and exhibition

A conference and an exhibition at Houghton Library showcase the legacy of the pioneering psychologist and philosopher.

Harvard renovates building to create new labs for stem-cell research

Harvard renews an older building to create new labs in Cambridge for stem-cell research.

Innovative museums highlight New England's industrial past

Innovative museums highlight New England's industrial past.

by Nell Porter-Brown

In photographs by Wang Di and Xing Danwen, Beijing as "urban utopia"

Two Beijing photographers interpret China's breakneck change from Communist revolution to market-based consumerism.

by John S. Rosenberg

Update on Fogg Art Museum renovation

Gutting the Fogg Art Museum on the way to renovating it

Farlow Library exhibit on deadly Amanita mushrooms and mycological illustration

The Farlow Library's new online exhibits highlight the death cap mushroom and mycological illustration.

by Christopher Reed

William James symposium in Cambridge and New Hampshire

An unusual symposium at Harvard and at James's summer residence this August will remember the life of the psychologist-philosopher.

A titan arum, a rare odoriferous plant, blooms at Harvard

A titan arum waxes and wanes.

Rare Titan Arum "Carrion Flower" Set To Bloom in a Harvard Greenhouse

An exotic Indonesian plant may well bloom into a flower more than six feet tall in the next few days.

American business embraces photography in the 1930s

Corporate culture embraces photography.

by Christopher Reed