Egypt Eternal: 4,000 Years of Fascination

A New Special Exhibition at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East

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Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East

The museum explores the rich history of the Near Eastern cultures. Exhibitions include a full-scale replica of an ancient Iron Age home, life-sized casts of famous Mesopotamian monuments, authentic mummy coffins, interactive displays, and tablets containing the earliest forms of writing.

6 Divinity Ave
Cambridge, MA

Open: Sunday–Friday

Hours: 11:00 am–4:00 pm

Closed: Saturdays

Man with object showing a man and a woman.

Harvard Museum of Natural History

Visit the the popular Glass Flowers gallery. Find your birthstone gem in the newly renovated mineral gallery, and view dinosaur fossils in the paleontology gallery. Admission to the Peabody Museum at Harvard is included.

26 Oxford St,
Cambridge, MA

Open: Monday–Sunday

Hours: 9:00 am–5:00 pm

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology

Explore Maya culture in the Latin American galleries. Discover the early days of American anthropology as shown in the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Experience Native American history and cultures through special exhibitions on Penobscot Canoes, Lakota Images of the Contested West, and the Indian College at colonial Harvard. Admission to the popular Harvard Museum of Natural History is included.

11 Divinity Ave,
Cambridge, MA

Open: Monday–Sunday

Hours: 9:00 am–5:00 pm

Guests enjoying the exhibits in the Peabody.

Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments

The collection contains over 20,000 objects dating from about 1400 to the present. A broad range of scientific disciplines are represented, including astronomy, navigation, horology, surveying, geology, calculating, physics, biology, medicine, psychology, electricity, and communication.

1 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA

Open: Sunday–Friday

Hours: 11:00 am–4:00 pm

Closed: Saturdays

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Egypt Eternal: 4,000 Years of Fascination

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East

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Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments

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