Museums & Collections
Ancient Egyptian Funerary Portraits
Harvard Art Museums’ exhibit uncovers paintings’ mysterious origins.
by Nancy Walecki
Leaning into Winter
Exploring Burlington, Vermont
by Nell Porter-Brown
Downtown Oasis
Connecticut’s Mattatuck Museum
by Nell Porter-Brown
What Was the Enlightenment, Really?
“Dare to Know” exhibition highlights nuances in the age of reason.
by Nancy Walecki
From the Soil Up
The art of conserving an historic garden at Dumbarton Oaks
by May Wang
The Magic of Luigi Lucioni
Exhibit at Vermont's Shelburne Museum offers beauty and vitality
by Nell Porter-Brown
“A Moral Obligation”
Charles Berlin and 60 years of collecting for Harvard Library
by Lydialyle Gibson
Learners, Grizzled and Downy
An affecting reunion, and Houghton Library accessible to all
by Primus VI
Permafrost Fare
Soured Seal Liver, Anyone?
by Jacob Sweet
Telling Humanity’s Story through DNA
Geneticist David Reich rewrites the ancient human past.
by Jonathan Shaw