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Sea Monsters: Wonders of Nature and Imagination

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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...

“Broken Nature” and Other Design Exhibitions for the Real World

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Free Public Lecture Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator, Architecture and Design; Director, Research & Development at The Museum of Modern Art The XXII Triennale di Milano, Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival, highlighted the concept of restorative...

Renovated Fishes Exhibition Reopens June 2 at Harvard Museum of Natural History

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The historic Fishes Exhibition at the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge reopens to the public on June 2, 2012 after a major makeover. Museum-goers may explore the diversity of fishes from gars to groupers and stonefishes to seahorses. The...

Facelift-Restoration of Historic Mammals Now Completed

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This past Monday morning, the giraffe and okapi were safely back behind glass after spending a couple weeks released from ‘captivity’ in the museum’s Great Mammal Hall for the first time in nearly a century. It took a half dozen staff from HMNH and the...

New England Forests Exhibition Opens May 21 at Harvard Museum of Natural History’s new Zofnass Family Gallery

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On Saturday, May 21, 2011 the Harvard Museum of Natural History will debut the new Zofnass Family Gallery with the opening of New England Forests, a permanent multi-media exhibition that explores the natural history and ecology of our regional forests...

Harvard Museum of Natural History Commemorates 150th Anniversary of Founding of Museum of Comparative Zoology: Renovated Great Mammal Hall Reopens October 16, 2009

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In recognition of the 150th anniversary of the founding of Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Harvard Museum of Natural History unveils Phase I of the renovation of the historic Great Mammal Hall, which reopens to the public on October 16, 2009...

Collecting Wonders: Tomorrow’s Discoveries Exhibition Unlocks Treasures from Harvard’s Collections

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Open June 27, 2026, through April 2027 in the Harvard Museum of Natural History Cambridge, Mass., June 24, 2026— In the new exhibition Collecting Wonders: Tomorrow’s Discoveries , the Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH) brings some of Harvard’s most...

Time Trails at the Harvard Museum of Natural History

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Time Trails Gallery Exploration Opening March 6 through December 6, 2013 Explore the concept of time in unexpected places at the Harvard Museum of Natural History and at the three other Harvard Museums of Science and Culture (Peabody Museum of Archaeology...

Lily Simonson: Painting the Deep Exhibition to Open June 30, 2018 at Harvard Museum of Natural History

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(CAMBRIDGE, MA) Glowing under black lights, California artist Lily Simonson’s luminescent paintings embody a synergy between art and science that reveals new ways of seeing and understanding life forms in the deep ocean. “Being in the deep sea feels like...

Next of Kin: Seeing Extinction through the Artist’s Lens

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This exhibition will be closed Tuesday, July 11 from 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Exhibition on view through July 16, 2017 We live in a time when an alarming array of plants and animals struggle to even exist in a world that is increasingly dominated and altered by...

Inspiration, Empathy, and Education: How Cultural Entities Are Helping People Think about Climate in New Ways

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Speakers: Karen Mauney-Brodek, President, Emerald Necklace Conservancy Brenda Tindal, Executive Director, Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Garrett Nelson, President & Head Curator, Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Advance registration required. As the...