Repeats every week every Friday until Fri Aug 25 2023 .
2:00pm to 3:00pm
2:00pm to 3:00pm
2:00pm to 3:00pm
2:00pm to 3:00pm
2:00pm to 3:00pm
2:00pm to 3:00pm
2:00pm to 3:00pm
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location:
Houghton Library, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
Join us for an introduction to Houghton Library, Harvard’s primary rare book and manuscript library. The tour includes visits to our exhibition spaces and display rooms dedicated to the English writer Samuel Johnson and his circle, Romantic poet John Keats, American poets Emily Dickinson and Amy Lowell, as well as the library of Harvard collector William King Richardson. A history of the building and an overview of services available to library patrons will also be provided.
Join curator Joachim Homann for an in-depth discussion about works in the exhibition American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, on view from May 20 to August 13, 2023. Homann will share insights about the making of the exhibition, which seeks to inspire conversations and enrich today’s practitioners of watercolor.
Cambridge Open Archives is an annual free event that offers members of the public the rare chance to visit a number of unique archives and collecting agencies in Cambridge, organized by the Cambridge Historical Commission. This year, participating repositories will plan their tours around the theme “Born in Cambridge."
Houghton Library is Harvard University’s primary repository for rare books and manuscripts. As the first purpose-built university special collections library in the country, we’re proud to claim our own stake in this year’s “Born in Cambridge” theme. The Open...
The climate crisis is a matter of environmental as well as historical injustice. Human geographer Garrett Dash Nelson will explore the uneven distributions of harm, responsibility, vulnerability, and power, in both historical and local perspective.
Join the Harvard Art Museums for a guided look at works of art in the exhibition American Watercolors, 1880–1990, with museum director Martha Tedeschi.
Join conservator Susan Costello as she focuses on numerous facets of color surrounding an ancient Greek ceramic vessel. She’ll explain how the original color was manufactured, what issue came up when conservators tried restoring the color, and how the Forbes Pigment Collection helped conservators figure out what went wrong.
Join associate curator Horace D. Ballard for an in-depth tour of the objects and themes of the exhibition De los Andes al Caribe: El arte americano desde el imperio español/From the Andes to the Caribbean: American Art from the Spanish Empire, on view until July 30, 2023. Ballard will share insights about the ways in which the idea of “America” and the canon of American art are inseparable from the histories of Spanish colonialism across the hemisphere.
Harvard Museum of Natural History & Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
Explore the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture at night! Enjoy free admission at two HMSC museums as part of ArtsThursdays. Too much to see in one visit? ArtsThursdays at HMSC, on the last Thursday of each month, is always free. All ages are welcome.
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Visit the new exhibits Swimming with Sharks and In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers, as well as the world-famous Glass Flowers. Find your birthstone in the newly renovated mineral gallery, see large tigers, and view dinosaur fossils in the...
Join us for an evening of art, fun, food, and more! Bring your friends to mingle in the Calderwood Courtyard, chat over a snack or drink at Jenny’s Cafe, browse the shop, and of course, wander the galleries to take in our world-class collections of art.
Explore the exhibitions From the Andes to the Caribbean: American Art from the Spanish Empire and American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light on Level 3. After you’ve browsed the galleries, circle back to see what’s happening in the courtyard.
Join us for a discussion about our special exhibition American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, featuring artist Richard Tuttle, who contributed to the exhibition catalogue, and members of the curatorial team.
Registration is open for this event on Saturday, May 13, after 10:00am.