Cambridge

  • 2024 Apr 14

    Touch Tour: Ancient Mesopotamia

    Repeats every week every Sunday until Wed Apr 24 2024 except Sun Dec 10 2023, Sun Dec 17 2023, Sun Dec 24 2023, Sun Dec 31 2023, Sun Jan 07 2024, Sun Jan 14 2024, Sun Jan 21 2024, Sun Jan 28 2024, Sun Mar 10 2024, Sun Mar 17 2024.
    1:00pm to 2:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, 6 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

    Available for blind and visually impaired visitors, this tour explores the From Stone to Silicone exhibition featuring ancient Mesopotamia. Touchable replicas are coupled with description to spark discussion about the sculpted art in the Assyrian palace of King Ashurnasirpal II.

    Registration required at least one week in advance. Service animals are welcome.
    Also available by appointment select Monday–Fridays from 2:00pm–3:00pm or 3:00pm–4:00pm.

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  • 2024 Apr 15

    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 Apr 16

    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 Apr 17

    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 Apr 18

    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 Apr 19

    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 Apr 19

    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 Apr 20

    Peabody Museum Tours by Harvard Students

    (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 Apr 21

    Peabody Museum Tours by Harvard Students

    (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 Apr 21

    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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