Special Events

Free In-Person Event Join us for a free night at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture. Explore the museum after hours for a Halloween adventure unlike any other. Trick-or-treat your way through the galleries and encounter mysterious specimens rarely...

All Ages Special Event Leer en español Harvard Museum of Natural History (26 Oxford Street) and Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology (11 Divinity Avenue) Celebrate Puerto Rico’s rich culture and natural wonders at the Harvard Museums of Science &...

In-Person Presentation Speaker: Sasha Post – Graduate Student – Dept. of Human Evolutionary Biology Meet up-and-coming scientists and learn about questions at the forefront of research today in this series of short talks. 2:00–2:30 pm Let’s play a game of...

Free In-Person Lecture Harvard Book Store, the Harvard University Division of Science, the Harvard Library, the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, and the Peabody Museum at Harvard welcome Daniel E. Lieberman—paleoanthropologist at Harvard University...

Online Workshop Instructor: Erica Beade Price: $35 members / $40 nonmembers Sketching can be a practice for deepening mindful awareness of our surroundings, and mindful awareness can enrich our sketching practice by helping us quiet inner voices. In this...

Online Workshop Instructor: Erica Beade Price: $35 members / $40 nonmembers In this online drawing workshop, instead of focusing on a particular drawing material or subject matter, we’ll explore the core building blocks of visual art: marks and lines...

Online Workshop Instructor: Artist and Educator Rachel Mirus Price: $35 members / $40 nonmembers What makes a cluster of abstract shapes look like a tiger face? The way we see and interpret shapes relies on how our neurons are wired and our higher...

Online Workshop Instructor: Artist and Educator Erica Beade Price: $35 members / $40 nonmembers The visual qualities of reflectivity, translucency, and transparency are incredibly compelling, but capturing them in your drawings in a satisfying way can be...

Online Workshop Instructor: Rachel Mirus Price: $35 members / $40 nonmembers Join us for an art-making exploration of some ways our perception of color influences how we make and appreciate art. Using color-focused art projects, we will learn about our...

In-Person Presentation Meet up-and-coming scientists and learn about questions at the forefront of research today in this series of short talks. 2:00–2:30 pm – The Chemical World of Plants Speaker: Claire Li – Graduate Student – Ryan Nett Research Lab How...