Museums & Collections
“Edifying and Beautiful”
Botanical illustrations on display at Harvard’s rare book library
by Jack R. Trapanick
Speaking Volumes
Glimpsing Harvard’s East Asian language materials collection
by Nell Porter Brown
Tracing the Enslaved to Modern Descendants
A new technique for connecting ancient DNA to living relatives may have implications for institutions with legacies of slavery.
by Jonathan Shaw
“Joyous Protest Posters”
The Royal Chicano Air Force’s activist art at Houghton Library
by Ryan Doan-Nguyen
Words with No Freedom
A Houghton Library exhibit explores writing in prison.
by Rodrigo del Río
The Untold Story of Watercolors
Harvard Art Museums' exhibit highlights unsung facets of American watercolor.
by Nancy Walecki
Harvard Art Museums Now Admission-Free
The new policy includes all visitors, effective immediately.
by John S. Rosenberg
Charades with Chutzpah
Harvard’s Yiddish Theater Collection
by Max J. Krupnick
Master Watercolorists
Works by Sargent, Homer, and others at the Worcester Art Museum
by Nell Porter Brown
Happenings in Hartford
Literary legacies, parks, festivals—and more
by Nell Porter Brown
Films by a Japanese Master
The Harvard Film Archive’s “Complete Ozu Yasujirō”
by Nell Porter Brown