Exhibitions

Sea Monsters: Wonders of Nature and Imagination

On view through May 17, 2026. Embark on a daring voyage into the depths of human imagination at the Harvard Museum of Natural History’s new special exhibition, Sea Monsters: Wonders of Nature and Imagination. Featuring ancient mariners' maps, literature...

The Blaschkas at the Microscope: Lessons in Botany

Step back in time to the late-nineteenth century and marvel at the exquisite craftsmanship of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, renowned creators of the mesmerizing Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants. Delve into their captivating educational...

Ants and Termites: Nature’s Super Organisms

Ants and termites are ancient, diverse, and ubiquitous insect groups, inhabiting all of Earth’s continents, save Antarctica, and living in sometimes massive colonies that are among the most interesting and complex societies in the animal kingdom...

Mineral Eggs

Closing April 8, 2025 Mineral Eggs is a small exhibit in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery that displays a beautiful collection of polished egg-shaped minerals that belong to London businessman and collector Robert Myers. The collection contains...

Swimming with Sharks: A Deep Dive into Shark Biology and Behavior

Open through November 8, 2026 Nearly half a billion years ago, the first ancestors of a most remarkable group of fishes sprung forth from the evolutionary tree of life, exploding into a spectacular array of cartilaginous predators. Today, sharks are...

The New Glass Flowers Exhibition From the Hands of the Makers Now Open in the Harvard Museum of Natural History

The new Glass Flowers exhibition, From the Hands of the Makers, at the Harvard Museum of Natural History reveals the conservation methods used by the Blaschkas.

In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers: An Exploration of Change and Loss

In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers: An Exploration of Change and Loss is an immersive multidisciplinary experience that marries art and science through a modern artistic interpretation of Henry David Thoreau’s preserved plants. Thoreau was prolific in his...

Virtual Scientist in a Classroom

Recommended for grades 6-9. Reservations are open for programs through June 2026. Want your students to meet a practicing scientist? Here’s your chance! Invite a Harvard Science Education Partner into your classroom!

From the Hands of the Makers

Closing April 14, 2024 Over their fifty years creating the Glass Flowers, Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, father and son, continually experimented with materials and methods that pushed the boundaries of glassworking. Years later, their complex and varied...

Face to Face Q & A with Jana Matusz

Photo by Kris Snibbe, Copyright of the President and Fellows of Harvard College Jana Matusz has been drawing and painting in museums since she was a child, first on Saturdays at the Carnegie museums growing up in Pittsburgh, and more recently at the...

Gray Wolf

Turquoise-fronted Amazon