2021 Sep 04
Reopening Day at the Harvard Art Museums
10:00am to 5:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Join us for the public reopening of the Harvard Art Museums on Saturday, September 4!
Begin in our Calderwood Courtyard before venturing into the galleries to enjoy three levels of art, spanning ancient to modern times. See the exhibitions “States of Play: Prints from Rembrandt to Delsarte” and “A Colloquium in the Visual Arts.” And don’t forget to stop by the museum shop, just off the courtyard, to round out your visit.
Our new ReFrame initiative, which reimagines the function, role, and future of the university art museum, introduces new artworks to many of our...
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2021 Sep 01
The Arboretum Experience
Wed Sep 1 (All day) to Thu Sep 30 (All day)
Location: 
Arnold Arboretum (125 Arborway, Boston) & American Repertory Theater
Visitors are invited to experience the natural beauty of the Arnold Arboretum on an outdoor, self-guided journey that centers resilience, healing, wellness, and joy. This collaboration between the American Repertory Theater and the Arboretum features multi-genre audio plays for various ages, interactive movement maps, and pop-up performances, all set against the 281-acre backdrop of one of the jewels of Boston’s Emerald Necklace.
The Arboretum is open daily, sunrise to sunset. Visitors entering via the Arborway, Bussey Street, Forest Hills, Centre Street, Walter Street, Peters...
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2021 Aug 09
Virtual Summer Science Week: Awesome Archaeology!
Repeats every day until Fri Aug 13 2021 .
9:30am to 10:30am
9:30am to 10:30am
9:30am to 10:30am
9:30am to 10:30am
9:30am to 10:30am
Location: 
Harvard Museum of Natural History—Online
For children entering grades 4–6
Fees: $63 members/$70 nonmembers
Instructor: Andy Majewski
Hear from people from 4000 years ago by looking at the objects they left behind. Meet the ancient Egyptians, Maya, Mesopotamians, and others through live, small-group Zoom sessions, and explore how objects in the museums tell their stories. Together, we’ll try some archaeology activities, use 3D models and augmented reality, and discover hidden objects within the exhibits of...
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2021 Aug 07
Arnold Arboretum: Guided Tour
10:30am to 12:00pm
Location: 
Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston
Join us for a free, 90-minute walk through the Arboretum! Tour seasonal plant highlights and learn about Arboretum history from a trained docent. The walk is geared toward adults, and starts from the kiosk in front of the Hunnewell Building at 125 Arborway.
This tour is limited to 15 participants.
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2021 Aug 07
Arnold Arboretum: Guided Tour
10:30am to 12:00pm
Location: 
Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston
Join us for a free, 90-minute walk through the Arboretum! Tour seasonal plant highlights and learn about Arboretum history from a trained docent. The walk is geared toward adults, and starts from the kiosk in front of the Hunnewell Building at 125 Arborway.
This tour is limited to 15 participants.
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2021 Aug 02
Virtual Summer Science Week: Spineless Wonders (Session 2)
Repeats every day until Fri Aug 06 2021 .
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
Location: 
Harvard Museum of Natural History—Online
Dates: August 2–6
Children entering grades 1–4
• Grades 1–2 meet 9:30–10:30 am
• Grades 3–4 meet 11:00 am–12:00 pm
Fees: $63 members/$70 nonmembers
Instructor: Javier Marin
Come explore—virtually—the amazing world of insects, spiders, and other invertebrates at the museum! During live Zoom sessions, see a tarantula up close, help find millipedes, and listen to the hiss of a giant...
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2021 Jul 26
Virtual Summer Science Week: Earth Explorers (Session 2)
Repeats every day until Fri Jul 30 2021 .
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
Location: 
Harvard Museum of Natural History—Online
Dates: July 26–30, 2021
Children entering grades 1-4
• Grades 1-2 meet 9:30am–10:30am
• Grades 3-4 meet 11:00am–12:00pm
Fees: $72 members/$80 nonmembers (includes a small packet of special materials mailed to your home).
Instructor: Arielle Moon
Dig into earth science with this virtual museum experience. Explore volcanoes, crystals, and fossils! During the live, small-group Zoom sessions, experiment with “lava,” solve a sandy mystery, and...
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2021 Jul 19
Summer Science Week: All Together Now—Exploring Ecology
Repeats every day until Fri Jul 23 2021 .
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
Location: 
Harvard Museum of Natural History—Online
Dates: July 19–23
For children entering grades 3-6
• Grades 3-4 meet 9:30am–10:30am
• Grades 5-6 meet 11:00am–12:00 pm
Fees: $63 members/$70 nonmembers
Instructor: Javier Marin
Join us as we explore the relationships between living things and the places they live, virtually! During these live, small-group Zoom sessions, learn about how animals, plants and their environments are...
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2021 Jul 12
Virtual Summer Science Week: Earth Explorers (Session 1)
Repeats every day until Fri Jul 16 2021 .
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
9:30am
Location: 
Harvard Museum of Natural History—Online
Dates: July 12–16
Children entering grades 1-4
• Grades 1-2 meet 9:30am–10:30am
• Grades 3-4 meet 11:00am–12:00pm
Fees: $72 members/$80 nonmembers (includes a small packet of special materials mailed to your home).
Instructor: Arielle Moon
Dig into earth science with this virtual museum experience. Explore volcanoes, crystals, and fossils! During the live, small-group Zoom sessions, experiment with “lava...
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2021 Jun 20
Virtual Summer Solstice 2021
(All day)
Location: 
Harvard Museums of Science & Culture—Online
Join us on Sunday, June 20 to learn about the scientific and cultural significance of the summer solstice, enjoy musical performances and explore activities to do at home. Stay tuned for the full details!
Learn more about and register for this virtual event.
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2021 Jun 06
World Bicycle Day Celebration
12:00pm to 1:15pm
Location: 
Harvard Museums of Science & Culture—Online
Human-powered transportation helps protect the natural world that we so proudly share with museum visitors. It can also contribute to health and wellness by offering a fun way to get moving. Dedicated to cyclists of all ages, this program will inspire you to seek out warm-weather adventures on two wheels, learn more about biking’s many benefits, get maintenance and safety tips, discover nearby bike routes, find out what’s being done to improve urban biking infrastructure, and enjoy music made with and on bicycles!
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2021 May 27
Pottery Chill Out
Repeats every week every Thursday until Thu Jun 24 2021 .
4:30pm to 6:30pm
4:30pm to 6:30pm
4:30pm to 6:30pm
4:30pm to 6:30pm
4:30pm to 6:30pm
Location: 
Harvard Ed Portal—Online
Remember Play Doh when you were a kid? What if we told you you're never too old to play with clay? Sign up for our 5-session Zoom clay class, where we will make and decorate mugs, phone holders, sculptures—whatever you want, really!—using our hands and objects you can find at home. No experience necessary!
We'll teach you everything you need to know, PLUS we'll mail you all the stuff you'll need! You'll get to keep your final product and, as an added bonus, we'll chat about how working with clay can help you relax and knead-out some of the stress you may be feeling.
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2021 May 26
Mapping Your Heart: A Zine Making Workshop
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Ed Portal—Online
*For high school students living or attending school in Allston, Brighton, or Cambridge!*
Reflect on where you are right now to where you want to be. What comes easily to you? What do you love the most about yourself? Where do you want to put your energy?
Explore these questions and learn more about your inner world in this hands-on workshop led by Brighton artist Deborah Johnson. Start with a short meditation, look at examples of self-published...
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2021 May 19
After-School Animal Encounters: Movement
3:00pm to 3:45pm
Location: 
Harvard Museum of Natural History—Online
Can you slither, hop, jump, climb, or even fly? How would you do these things with zero, two, four, or even a hundred legs? As winter melts away and warmer springtime weather blows in, all animals big and small are as excited to get out and move around as we are! Join human museum staffers Javier and Ryan in this live 45-minute family program as they discuss and take a look at some of our amazing animals in motion.
Advance registration for this family friendly program is required.
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2021 May 18
¡A Bailar! Zumba con Abe—Let's Dance! Zumba with Abe
Repeats every week every Tuesday until Tue Jun 29 2021 except Tue Jun 01 2021.
6:00pm to 7:00pm
6:00pm to 7:00pm
6:00pm to 7:00pm
6:00pm to 7:00pm
6:00pm to 7:00pm
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Ed Portal—Online
Si te intimida el gimnasio porque no sabes por donde empezar, pero la música Latina te pone a bailar, entonces prepárate para una fiesta inolvidable desde tu propia casa! Ven a reír y moverte al ritmo de Zumba con Abe, una clase energética, donde lo más importante es estar presente y olvidarse de lo demás!
Con más de 6 años de experiencia enseñando Zumba a personas de todas edades, Abe modifica cada clase para que todos puedan participar! No hay que ser bailarín profesional. Solo únete a la clase, sube el volumen, y deja que la música te mueva! Te esperamos!! La clase se da en...
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2021 Apr 29
This Space Holds a Story
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Ed Portal—Online
*For high school students living or attending school in Allston, Brighton, or Cambridge!*
Do you daydream about places you've loved or imagined? Are you curious about how writers turn ideas into stories? Join author Abdul-Razak Zachariah for a glimpse into the children’s book writing process. Write your own story idea for a new generation of readers based on your life and experiences. Abdul will read from his children’s book "...
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2021 Apr 28
What Spiders Have to Say
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Museum of Natural History—Online
Consider the spider: eight legs, eight eyes, and a brain the size of a poppy seed. These are some of nature’s most amazing and charismatic creatures, and yet we know so little about their worlds. Paul Shamble will discuss the lives, habits, and marvelous morphologies of these animals—from sensory structures and cognition to locomotion and behavior. Understanding these creatures helps us better understand evolution and diversity—and leads us to ask what it means that even tiny animals inhabit complex lives.
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2021 Apr 27
Flap, Hop, Caw
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: 
Harvard Museum of Natural History—Online
Celebrate International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day by taking a virtual swoop through the Peabody Museum. These smart birds play games with each other, display anger and friendliness, and appear in cultural tales from around the world. Flap like a real raven with museum educator Javier Marin and learn more about the birds’ characteristics. Find ravens drawn or carved in Alaskan Native art, enjoy a read-aloud Tlingit tale and make a paper craft with Andy Majewski.
Ages: 5–7 (with an adult, if needed)
Cost: $3 members; $5...
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2021 Apr 20
After-School Animal Encounters: Humans and Animals
3:00pm to 3:45pm
Location: 
Harvard Museum of Natural History—Online
Life on planet Earth can sometimes seem unbelievably diverse and resilient, yet we’re more aware than ever of how connected all living beings are to one another. This special Earth Week edition focuses on some of the challenges animals face today, and on what we humans—young and old—can do to help. This event will be fun for the whole family so bring your questions and sense of wonder, and join Javier, Ryan, and some of our amazing animals as they lead you in a live 45-minute program.
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2021 Apr 20
Virtual Exhibit: Women of the Museum, 1860–1920: Behind-the-Scenes at the Museum of Comparative Zoology
Tue Apr 20 (All day) to Fri Dec 31 (All day)
Location: 
Harvard Museums of Science & Culture—Online
For the first time in the museum’s history, women who labored in the collections, offices, and labs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology in the late 19th century are being revealed in a unique online exhibit from the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture. The exhibit is curated by Reed Gochberg, Assistant Director of Studies and a Lecturer on History and Literature at Harvard University.
Women like Elizabeth Hodges Clark, Elizabeth Bangs Bryant, and Elvira Wood persevered diligently behind-the-scenes, gaining unparalleled expertise in what were previously thought to be men’...
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