Past Events

  • 2024 Mar 15

    Exhibition: Interference Patterns

    Repeats every weekday until Wed Mar 20 2024 .
    9:00am to 5:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Bright colors, transparent shapes, and distorted angles evoke questions about perception, memory loss, and transformation in this larger-than-life glass exhibit by artist Matthew Bajor. Inspired by a loved one's experience with Alzheimer's, Bajor's abstract art and uplifting kinetic sculptures encourage viewers to use love, empathy, and compassion to bridge lost memories and language.

    Learn more.

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  • 2024 Mar 15

    Peabody Museum Tours by Harvard Students

    Repeats every week on Sunday, Friday, Saturday until Sun Apr 21 2024 except Fri Nov 24 2023, Sat Nov 25 2023, Sun Nov 26 2023.
    (All day)

    Location: 

    Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

    Tours by Harvard students connect visitors with the research, teaching, and Indigenous engagement surrounding the cultural heritage in the museum’s care. How do items come to the museum? Who accesses them and how do items return home?

    Visitors may drop in at the scheduled times. No reservation is required. Tours meet in the lobby and last approximately 45 minutes. Tours for groups of ten or more may be scheduled at these and other times.

    Offered on: Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2:00pm and Sundays at 11:00am
    Regular museum admission...

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  • 2024 Mar 14

    Exhibition: "Surveillance: From Vision to Data"

    Repeats every week on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday until Sun Jun 23 2024 .
    11:00am to 4:00pm

    Location: 

    Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

    This timely exhibit considers surveillance beyond the realm of cameras and their watchers, exposing the profound influence of data. Learn about the historical instruments that have been used to transform individuals and landscapes into data. Uncover how powerful entities, from colonial empires to U.S. intelligence agencies, have harnessed surveillance data to produce and perpetuate hierarchies of human difference. Immerse yourself in interactive critical artworks that challenge and resist surveillance through data. Look beyond vision and toward data to reveal an elusive, and now...

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  • 2024 Mar 14

    Exhibition: Interference Patterns

    9:00am to 5:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Bright colors, transparent shapes, and distorted angles evoke questions about perception, memory loss, and transformation in this larger-than-life glass exhibit by artist Matthew Bajor. Inspired by a loved one's experience with Alzheimer's, Bajor's abstract art and uplifting kinetic sculptures encourage viewers to use love, empathy, and compassion to bridge lost memories and language.

    Learn more.

    Read more about Exhibition: Interference Patterns
  • 2024 Mar 13

    Exhibition: "Surveillance: From Vision to Data"

    11:00am to 4:00pm

    Location: 

    Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

    This timely exhibit considers surveillance beyond the realm of cameras and their watchers, exposing the profound influence of data. Learn about the historical instruments that have been used to transform individuals and landscapes into data. Uncover how powerful entities, from colonial empires to U.S. intelligence agencies, have harnessed surveillance data to produce and perpetuate hierarchies of human difference. Immerse yourself in interactive critical artworks that challenge and resist surveillance through data. Look beyond vision and toward data to reveal an elusive, and now...

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  • 2024 Mar 13

    Landscape Sketching

    9:30am to 11:30am

    Location: 

    Harvard Museums of Science & Culture—Online

    Landscapes are an appealing subject for drawings, but it can be difficult to know where to start. In this program we will learn how to select a landscape, create a sense of depth and volume, and use a variety of marks to capture a dynamic variety of textures.

    Cost: $30 members / $35 nonmembers

    Learn more and RSVP.

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  • 2024 Mar 13

    Exhibition: Interference Patterns

    9:00am to 5:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Bright colors, transparent shapes, and distorted angles evoke questions about perception, memory loss, and transformation in this larger-than-life glass exhibit by artist Matthew Bajor. Inspired by a loved one's experience with Alzheimer's, Bajor's abstract art and uplifting kinetic sculptures encourage viewers to use love, empathy, and compassion to bridge lost memories and language.

    Learn more.

    Read more about Exhibition: Interference Patterns
  • 2024 Mar 12

    Exhibition: "Surveillance: From Vision to Data"

    11:00am to 4:00pm

    Location: 

    Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

    This timely exhibit considers surveillance beyond the realm of cameras and their watchers, exposing the profound influence of data. Learn about the historical instruments that have been used to transform individuals and landscapes into data. Uncover how powerful entities, from colonial empires to U.S. intelligence agencies, have harnessed surveillance data to produce and perpetuate hierarchies of human difference. Immerse yourself in interactive critical artworks that challenge and resist surveillance through data. Look beyond vision and toward data to reveal an elusive, and now...

    Read more about Exhibition: "Surveillance: From Vision to Data"
  • 2024 Mar 12

    Exhibition: Interference Patterns

    9:00am to 5:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Bright colors, transparent shapes, and distorted angles evoke questions about perception, memory loss, and transformation in this larger-than-life glass exhibit by artist Matthew Bajor. Inspired by a loved one's experience with Alzheimer's, Bajor's abstract art and uplifting kinetic sculptures encourage viewers to use love, empathy, and compassion to bridge lost memories and language.

    Learn more.

    Read more about Exhibition: Interference Patterns
  • 2024 Mar 11

    Exhibition: "Surveillance: From Vision to Data"

    11:00am to 4:00pm

    Location: 

    Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

    This timely exhibit considers surveillance beyond the realm of cameras and their watchers, exposing the profound influence of data. Learn about the historical instruments that have been used to transform individuals and landscapes into data. Uncover how powerful entities, from colonial empires to U.S. intelligence agencies, have harnessed surveillance data to produce and perpetuate hierarchies of human difference. Immerse yourself in interactive critical artworks that challenge and resist surveillance through data. Look beyond vision and toward data to reveal an elusive, and now...

    Read more about Exhibition: "Surveillance: From Vision to Data"

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