Museums & Collections
The Picture of Freedom
A Boston Athenaeum exhibit explores an abolitionist with Harvard ties.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Peabody Museum Removes Native American Funerary Objects
Responds to federal rules requiring tribal consultation and consent
by Lydialyle Gibson
Bats, In Fact
Peabody Essex Museum dispels negative myths around these nocturnal creatures
by Nell Porter Brown
Fresh Takes on the Caribbean
The ICA/Boston's exhibit offers views from the diaspora
by Nell Porter Brown
No Sleepy Coastal Town
Visiting Portsmouth in winter
by Nell Porter Brown
Zelia Nuttall
Brief life of a remarkable anthropologist (1857-1933)
by Merilee Grindle
The Good Fight
A Boston museum highlights historic black activism.
by Nell Porter Brown
News in Brief
New Divinity and Engineering and Applied Sciences deans, Kennedy School and Art Museums departures, and more
Sackler—and Beyond
The “Objects of Addiction” exhibit explores Harvard’s opium ties.
by Max J. Krupnick
Martha Tedeschi to Step Down from Harvard Art Museums
Director, appointed in 2016, plans to retire in June 2024.
by John S. Rosenberg
The Burst of the South Sea Bubble
A Harvard Business School exhibit documents the first global financial crisis.
by Ryan Doan-Nguyen