Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments

Visualizing Science: The Art of Research opening September 20.
Harvard Museum of Natural History

Microbial Life exhibit now open!
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology

All the World Is Here: Harvard’s Peabody Museum and the Invention of American Anthropology
Harvard Semitic Museum

From Stone to Silicone: Recasting Mesopotamian Monuments
Educational Programs

Learn more about natural history and ancient civilizations in our classes.

What's Happening

Dinosaur bones

Public Lecture

Assembling the Dinosaur

Tuesday, September 17 at 6:00 pm Lukas Rieppel reveals how dinosaurs became intertwined with commercial culture, philanthropic interests, and the popular imagination during America’s long Gilded Age.

Our Museums

Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments

Harvard Museum of Natural History

Mineralogical & Geological Museum

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology

Climate Change

Exhibit

This new exhibit on Climate Change draws on the latest scientific information about our warming climate, the global and local consequences, and how to both reduce the fossil fuel emissions that cause it and prepare for its effects.

Rotten Apples Return to Harvard's Glass Flowers exhibition

New Mini-Exhibit

Cosmic Origins

Visitors to this new small exhibit—located within our Earth & Planetary Sciences exhibition—will investigate the origins of and processes shaping planetary bodies and stars by using touchable specimens, colorful visuals, and interactive media.