Museums & Collections

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

Radcliffe Acquires a Black Feminist’s Archive

An architect of Black women’s studies, Barbara Smith introduced the concepts of “identity politics” and “intersectionality.”

by Lydialyle Gibson

Brenda Tindal Named Inaugural Chief Campus Curator

The position will oversee the visual culture and signage of the University.

by Nancy Walecki

Harvard Law School Partners with Royall House and Slave Quarters

Medford museum spotlights the historic link between wealth and human bondage.

by Nell Porter-Brown

"A Very Intimate and Painful Reckoning"

Dean Claudine Gay on the Native American hair clippings in Harvard’s holdings

by Lydialyle Gibson

Bodies in Motion

Inspiring new exhibit at the deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park

by Nell Porter-Brown

Fernando Zóbel-Montojo

Brief life of an abstract painter: 1924-1984

by Felipe Pereda

The Forgotten Jugglers

Vaudeville's mysterious Ader Brothers

by Nancy Walecki

The Power of Plants

Exploring the “plant humanities” at Harvard’s Dumbarton Oaks

by Jonathan Shaw

Curiosities: The Art of Childhood

A new exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston

by Nell Porter-Brown

George Reisner

Brief life of a pioneering Egyptologist: 1867-1942

by Peter Der Manuelian

Ancient Egyptian Funerary Portraits

Harvard Art Museums’ exhibit uncovers paintings’ mysterious origins.

by Nancy Walecki