Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments

Time, Life, & Matter features instruments from Harvard's rich scientific history
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
Islands Evolving in Isolation

A new online exhibition highlighting the latest discoveries made by Harvard scientists
Educational Programs

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

What's Happening

Exhibit

This is a new exhibit that features hundreds of specimens from Rockefeller’s collection and recount the story of a man whose childhood pursuit grew into a lifelong passion.

Our Museums

Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments

Harvard Museum of Natural History

Mineralogical & Geological Museum

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology

Dreaming of the Sphnix

Activity

Dream Stela

This Harvard Semitic Museum exhibit displays a resin cast of the Dream Stela, the original can be found between the paws of the Great Sphinx. Experience the Sphinx through augmented reality. Learn more.

Rotten Apples Return to Harvard's Glass Flowers exhibition

Climate Change

New Exhibit

Climate Change

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.