Museums & Collections
“Edifying and Beautiful”
Botanical illustrations on display at Harvard’s rare book library
by Jack R. Trapanick
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
The Geeky Underground
Science-fiction zines and the quest to save Star Trek
by Nancy Walecki
Honoring a Life with Birds
A Concord Museum and Mass Audubon exhibit on William Brewster celebrates a new wildlife sanctuary
by Nell Porter Brown
Interpreting the Universe
Mildred Thompson's abstract vision
by Nell Porter Brown