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.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Tasmanian crocoite at the Harvard Museum of Natural History

What lead, chromium, and oxygen can do

by Christopher Reed

Mineralogical Marvels

Rocky treasures from the Harvard Museum of Natural History

Nineteenth-century dancing lessons

A professor's passion reveals how one learned to dance in Jane Austen's day.

by Christopher Reed

War and peace in Memorial Hall's stained glass

A stained-glass window in Harvard's Memorial Hall

by Christopher Reed

Reconstructed Sassetta altarpiece

Investigators construct a virtual Italian Renaissance altarpiece.

by Christopher Reed

A scrapbook of seaweed

Seaweed and seaside scenes of Martha’s Vineyard

by Christopher Reed

Love Nest

The most romantic tent in town

by Christopher Reed

Warrior Artists

Lakota drawings inspire a dramatic exhibition.

by Christopher Reed

Pith Paper

On Tetrapanax papyriferum and Chinese art

A Lover's Picnic

The late Stuart Cary Welch was a connoisseur of lovers’ picnics and the world of Persian and Indian art.