Museums & Collections

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

A worm-like creature known as the "velvet worm" rears as if looking at the camera

Creepy Crawlies and Sticky Murder Weapons at Harvard

In the shadows of Singapore’s forests, an ancient predator lies in wait—the velvet worm.

by Olivia Farrar

The Untold Story of Watercolors

Harvard Art Museums' exhibit highlights unsung facets of American watercolor.

by Nancy Walecki

Harvard Art Museums, view of the galleries and conservation labs that surround the Calderwood Courtyard.

Harvard Art Museums Now Admission-Free

The new policy includes all visitors, effective immediately.  

by John S. Rosenberg

Poster for Dos farkishefte shnayderl (the bewitched little tailor) in Paris, c. 1935

Charades with Chutzpah

Harvard’s Yiddish Theater Collection

by Max J. Krupnick

Watercolor painting of alligators in a swamp

Master Watercolorists

Works by Sargent, Homer, and others at the Worcester Art Museum

by Nell Porter-Brown

Photograph of stone bridge over a pond in a park

Happenings in Hartford

Literary legacies, parks, festivals—and more

by Nell Porter-Brown

Two women seated looking into the film camera, from Japanese film Tokyo Story

Films by a Japanese Master

The Harvard Film Archive’s “Complete Ozu Yasujirō”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Realistic diorama of an old growth forest

The Harvard Forest Dioramas

Scenes of an ever-changing forest, in miniature

by Nancy Walecki

Boardwalk by Taunton River and Braga Bridge overhead

Fall River: Phoenix Rising?

“A good place to be pleasantly surprised”

by Nell Porter-Brown

portrait of young girl surrounded by ornate gold-painted frame

Reframing American Art

Contextualized Spanish colonial works at the Harvard Art Museums

by Nell Porter-Brown

Digital reconstruction of two medieval tiles

Medieval Disinformation?

A Worcester exhibit links politics and visual culture.

by Nell Porter-Brown