Online Workshop Instructor: Artist and illustrator, Erica Beade $35 members / $40 nonmembers Learn how to capture the beauty and variety of plant forms with pencil and paper in this two-hour online workshop. With a focus on close observation, we’ll explore a range of techniques for achieving more accurate drawings and delve into contour, foreshortening,…
I ♥ Science
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street Shake off the winter blues and release your inner scientist! This popular annual event offers the chance to interact with professional scientists and amateur collectors, while also trying your hand at simple science explorations. Meet Harvard scientists who study how our brains learn and how plants behave, and…
Lenape, the 14th State? American Indian Treaties Reimagined
Free Hybrid Lecture Location: Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Speaker: Philip J. Deloria, Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History, Harvard University During the American Revolution, representatives of the Continental Congress sought to forge alliances with Native nations through treaties, much as they did with European powers like France. This talk will examine…
New Perspectives in Ornithology
Free Hybrid Lecture Event Location: Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Speakers: Scott Edwards, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology; Curator of Ornithology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University Michael Reed, Professor of Biology, Tufts University Jingmai O’Connor, Associate Curator of Fossil Reptiles, Field Museum of Natural…
The Science of Scents & Fragrances
In-Person Workshop Instructor: Kathy Liu, PhD candidate | Aizenberg Biomineralization & Biomimetics Lab $35 members / $40 nonmembers Have you ever smelled a scent that conjured a memory, transporting you to a different place or time? Have you ever wondered why perfumes smell so different? Scents and fragrances are an incredible mixture of science, art,…
The Science of Scents & Fragrances: Teen Workshop
In-Person Workshop Instructor: Kathy Liu, PhD candidate | Aizenberg Biomineralization & Biomimetics Lab $35 members / $40 nonmembers Would you like to create a special scent that makes everyone wonder what you’re wearing? How can you use chemistry to make people turn their heads? Learn about what makes a fragrance smell the way it does…
Monumental Ritual Texts in Ancient Egyptian Pyramids
Free Hybrid Lecture Event Location: Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Speaker: Christelle Alvarez, Assistant Professor of Egyptology, Brown University The earliest large-scale records of ancient Egyptian religious literature come from Saqqara, an important royal cemetery from Egypt’s Old Kingdom period. For nearly two centuries, the subterranean chambers beneath some of Saqqara’s…
Science Spotlights: Amazing Axolotls!
In-Person Presentation Location: Harvard Museum of Natural History, Classroom B (Third Floor), 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge MA Speaker: Dr. Jessica Whited – Whited Lab, Harvard Stem Cell Institute Meet up-and-coming scientists and learn about questions at the forefront of research today in this series of short talks. 2:00–2:30 pm Amazing Axolotls Have you ever wondered what…
Sketching Mammals
Online Workshop Instructor: Artist and illustrator, Erica Beade $35 members / $40 nonmembers Learn to capture mammals with pencil and paper in this online workshop. We’ll explore some basic mammal anatomy that will inform your drawings; step-by-step methods for developing your mammal sketch; techniques for achieving greater accuracy and for capturing depth, volume, and fur…
The Future of the Ancient Egyptian Afterlife
Free Hybrid Lecture Event Location: Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Speaker: Rune Nyord, Associate Professor and Chair, Art History Department, Emory University Could some of our familiar ideas about the ancient Egyptian afterlife be more Christian than Egyptian? Recent studies suggest that themes we often assume to be central, such as…