Museums
Two Free Events That Are Coming Up
We decided to give you the heads-up on two free events at museums around the area—just in case you wanted to add a little downtime to your iCal.
Overlooked Artist Discussed at Sackler
UCLA film professor Chon A. Noriega examined the life and works of the Latino artist Raphael Montañez Ortiz in the latest of the Latin American Leventritt Lecture Series held at the Sackler Museum last night.
Latin American Art Expert to Fill Associate Curator Position
The Harvard Art Museum has appointed Mary Schneider Enriquez ’81, an expert in Latin American art, to serve as an ...
Artifacts Take Their Rightful Place as Art
Etruscan, Greek, Chinese, and Islamic vases find a place among the vast collection of the Harvard Art Museum alongside the work of European masters like Rembrandt, Van Gogh, and Picasso.
Collections To Find New Home in Northwest Science Building
Five departmental collections in the Museum of Comparative Zoology are facing a yearlong move from their age-old home on Oxford St. into the basement of the Northwest Science Building, after a series of clouded administrative indecisiveness that prompted some confusion among the staff.
Linda Fang at the Sackler Museum
Linda Fang performs folk tales and other stories rooted in Chinese history and culture at the Sackler Museum.
Museum Houses A Bizarre Bazaar of Animals
For many, the words “natural history museum” may conjure up some fairly dry imagery: taxidermied beasts sitting tamely behind plate-glass windows, passive-aggressive signs warning patrons “please do not touch,” sterile exhibits scattered through maze-like hallways, and a gift shop by the exit to top it all off.
Lecture at the Semitic Museum
Several experts on archaeology from Harvard and institutions around the world came together yesterday evening at the Semitic Museum to deliver a lecture entitled "Writing History from Material Objects: New Light on Late Bronze Age Glass in Egypt and Mesopotamia."
Pictures and specimen of wildlife exhibiting their vibrant colors in nature.
Museum guest Andrea Paquin takes in the "Language of Color Exhibit" at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
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The Wiyohpiyata exhibit at the Peabody is a sensory experience that immerses the visitor in the sounds, images, and even smells associated with Lakota culture.
National Treasures
Metal arm bands are neatly arranged by a pipe bag underneath a looming five-foot portrait of its owner: Sitting Bull, ...
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The Wiyohpityata exhibit at the Peabody Museum is a sensory experience that immerses the visitor in the sounds, images, and even smells associated with Lakota culture.
An evening under the stars with Jay O'Callahan
Last night in the Sackler Museum, Jay O’Callahan recites "Forged in the Stars", a story commissioned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of NASA.