(Cambridge, MA) The Harvard Museum of Natural History announces the renovation and remodeling of its signature gallery exhibiting the internationally acclaimed Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants, popularly called the Glass Flowers. The Glass Flowers gallery, which first opened in April 1893, has been closed to the public since late November 2015, and will reopen on Saturday, May 21,…
Harvard University and Boston Athletic Association Partner to Offer Native American Running: Culture, Health, Sport
(CAMBRIDGE, MA) April 18, 2016 is the 120th running of the Boston Marathon, the premier international celebration of endurance, running, fitness and community. It is also the 80th anniversary of the 1936 victory of Ellison “Tarzan” Brown, a Narragansett Native American, whose surge past John A. Kelley on the Newton Hills led to the naming of…
Harvard Semitic Museum to exhibit recreated throne of Egyptian Queen Hetepheres beginning February 11
(Cambridge, MA) An interdisciplinary collaboration at Harvard University has created a full-scale reproduction of an ancient Egyptian throne belonging to Queen Hetepheres (about 2550 BC). Created by Giza Project staff members Rus Gant, David Hopkins and partners, the chair’s materials are based on the ancient original: cedar, bright blue faience tiles, gold foil, gesso, cordage seating,…
Radio Contact: Tuning in to Politics, Technology, and Culture opens March 11 at Harvard’s Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
(Cambridge, MA) Radio Contact: Tuning in to Politics, Technology, and Culture is a new exhibition opening Friday, March 11 at the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments in the Harvard University Science Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Before the internet and social media, and before television, radio was the medium that informed, instructed, entertained, and connected people across cultures and geographic…
Glass Flowers Gallery to Open May 21, 2016 at the Harvard Museum of Natural History
(Cambridge, MA) The Harvard Museum of Natural History announces the renovation and remodeling of their signature gallery exhibiting the internationally-acclaimed Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants, popularly called the Glass Flowers. The Glass Flowers gallery, which first opened in April 1893, has been closed to the public since late November. From now until mid-April, a small selection…
Harvard Curatorial Innovations Series Showcases Experts from MoMA and the Exploratorium in April 27 Lecture
(Cambridge, MA) Museums can be important spaces for exploring social, political, and historic experiences through art and science. Experts from the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and the Exploratorium in San Francisco will discuss examples at Harvard’s second annual Seminar on Innovative Curatorial Practice Monday, April 27. The event will be held…
Finding Our Way: An Exploration of Human Navigation opens February 12 at the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments at Harvard Science Center
(Cambridge, MA) A new exhibition Finding Our Way: An Exploration of Human Navigation opens February 12 at Harvard University’s Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments in Cambridge. This intriguing exhibition explores both the biological underpinnings of human navigation and its technological history, from the sea-faring cultures of the southern Pacific to early European mariners. Compelling mounted specimens from Harvard’s…
From the Nile to the Euphrates: Creating the Harvard Semitic Museum Opens Friday December 5 at the Harvard Semitic Museum
(Cambridge, MA) The Harvard Semitic Museum is in the process of renewal and revitalization. As we move forward, it first seems right to return to our roots and examine where we came from. This exhibition celebrates the vision of Professor David Gordon Lyon (1852–1935), the museum’s founder and first director. Lyon assembled a rich collection…
Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Awarded $150,000 Grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services
(Cambridge, MA) Today, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded $150,000 to the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (HMSC). The museums will use the grant funds to create an innovative learning experience entitled What’s in a Name? Species, Naming and the Scientific Process to educate and engage the public in the scientific process…
New Director to Lead Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
Jane Pickering has been appointed executive director of the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture (HMSC), a new consortium of Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) museums at Harvard University which includes the Harvard Museum of Natural History. The other partner museums are the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, the Semitic Museum, and the…