Museums & Collections


Historic Humor

University Archives to preserve Harvard Lampoon materials

Curiosities: “Completely Magical”

Stunning works by Clifford Ross at the Portland Museum of Art 

by Nell Porter Brown

The Art of the Portrait Painter

Jason Bouldin makes the intangible tangible.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Family Newsletters of Holidays Past

Origins of a beloved, bemoaned Yuletide tradition

by Nancy Walecki

The Places You’ll Go

Art, science, sports—and fanciful holiday lights—in the Connecticut River Valley 

by Nell Porter Brown

War's Other Consequences

Harvard Art Museums exhibition explores the American military’s effect on its homeland.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Art Museums To Require Vaccination or Negative COVID Test

The announcement comes amid a spike in cases on campus and an increase in testing frequency. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Repatriating Native American Remains

Disputes over the disposition of sensitive collections shadow Peabody Museum

by Juliet Isselbacher

Reflections of Pandemic Intimacy

Harvard's Carpenter Center highlights works by Katherine Bradford and Diedrick Bracken

by Nell Porter Brown

Documenting New England’s Unseen

Seeking mentorship as a student of color, and finding a calling in the arts

by Che Applewhaite

How Harvard Profited On Keeping Time

Harvard’s clocks and the standardization of time

by Jacob Sweet