Museums & Collections

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

A long, patterned fabric ribbon in shades of blue and green, draped on a white background.

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

A pair of Byzantine mosaics. Left, 40 Martyrs. Right, St. John Chrysostom

Mysterious Minis

Intricate mosaics shrouded in mystery

by Max J. Krupnick

Scott Edwards photographed in the ornithology collection

How Birds Lost Flight

Scott Edwards discovers evolution’s master switches.

by Veronique Greenwood

Football Coach Murphy, retiring

News in Brief

Education dean and football coach step down, a significant art acquisition, and more

Peabody Museum

Peabody Museum Removes Native American Funerary Objects

Responds to federal rules requiring tribal consultation and consent

by Lydialyle Gibson

Image of a bat depicting the love-hate relationship associated with the creatures

Curiosities: Bats, In Fact

Peabody Essex Museum dispels negative myths around these nocturnal creatures 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Large tapestry featuring colorful woven saris and metal bells

Fresh Takes on the Caribbean

The ICA/Boston's exhibit offers views from the diaspora  

by Nell Porter-Brown

Wintry Portsmouth at sunset

No Sleepy Coastal Town

Visiting Portsmouth in winter

by Nell Porter-Brown

Portrait of Zelia Nuttall, 1880

Zelia Nuttall

Brief life of a remarkable anthropologist (1857-1933)

by Merilee Grindle

restored interior of the African Meeting House

The Good Fight

A Boston museum highlights historic black activism.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Marla Frederick and David C. Parkes, new divinity and engineering and applied sciences deans

News in Brief

New Divinity and Engineering and Applied Sciences deans, Kennedy School and Art Museums departures, and more