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

Lily Simonson "Party of the Yeti Crab" painting

New Exhibit

This new exhibit presents six original mural-sized paintings that literally glow with luminescent pigments and together create an immersive visual experience, giving form to a hidden alien universe.

Our Museums

Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments

Harvard Museum of Natural History

Harvard University Herbaria

Mineralogical & Geological Museum

Museum of Comparative Zoology

Harvard Semitic Museum

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology

Honeybees Image for the Bees! exhibit

Exhibit

Bees!

What’s the buzz at the Harvard Museum of Natural History? It’s all about BEES! After a long winter nap, our honeybee hive is humming again. The hive is located in Arthropods: Creatures That Rule.

Rotten Apples Return to Harvard's Glass Flowers exhibition

Exhibit

Microbial Life: A Universe at the Edge of Sight

Explore the fascinating lives of Earth’s first inhabitants, as they continue to engage with and sustain the planet’s biosphere in ways science is only just beginning to uncover and understand.