Looking Forward: Ancient Vessels, Géricault, and Adam and Eve 

Opening September 7, our special exhibition Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings presents a stunning range of elaborate animal-shaped vessels that span continents and millennia.

In our University Galleries, visitors will have the chance to see compelling (and surprisingly relevant) works by the Romantic period’s most influential artist, Théodore Géricault, in Mutiny: Works by Géricault. Another installation focuses on how various artists—Dürer, Rembrandt, Blake, Munch, and Beckmann, among others—have treated the subject of Adam and Eve.

Exhibitions Closing Soon

Special Exhibitions Gallery, Level 3
University Galleries, Level 3
Lightbox Gallery, Level 5

Nam June Paik: Screen Play closes Sunday, August 5, while Analog Culture: Printer’s Proofs from the Schneider/Erdman Photography Lab, 1981–2001 and the related installation A.K. Burns: Survivor’s Remorse close Sunday, August 12. See these acclaimed exhibitions while you still can!

Instagram Road Trip 

This summer, we’ve embarked on a road trip through our photography collection with curator Makeda Best and Ph.D. candidate Rebecca Voelcker. Follow our journey cross-country, from Massachusetts to California, and enjoy works by some of America’s finest artists along the way. 

See the journey so far on Instagram.

Members Tour

Wednesday, August 15, 9–10am

Members are invited to discover our collections during a special curator-led tour through select galleries, held outside the museums’ public hours. More

Highlights from Index

Learn how a microfader helps our conservators test light sensitivity and gauge how long objects may be placed on view. More

In preparation for the Animal-Shaped Vessels exhibition, curators and students got their hands dirty in the Harvard Ceramics Studio. More