Museums & Collections
Discover treasures from Harvard’s museums and special collections, from ancient artifacts to modern art.
George Washington’s Sash on Display at Peabody Museum Starting May 25
A famous American fashion statement helps bring Revolutionary history to life.
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.
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.
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.
Brief biography of Native American basket-maker Clara Darden
Brief life of an overlooked artist: c. 1829-1910. With images of Darden's masterpieces of river-cane basketry.
by Ivan Gaskell
American business embraces photography in the 1930s
Corporate culture embraces photography.
Updike papers at Houghton Library
Taking a look at the Houghton Library holdings
When print advertising shifted from black and white to color
As consumer products grew more colorful, so did the ads. View an image gallery.