Spend Time at the Museums This Holiday Season!
Looking for holiday gifts? Our shop has art books, unique jewelry, gifts for the kids on your list, and more! Afterward, warm up with a frothy cappuccino from Jenny’s Cafe while relaxing in the Calderwood Courtyard.
Also be sure to see our current exhibitions—Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World and Mutiny: Works by Géricault—before they close on January 6. On Wednesday afternoons and on Saturday, December 1 (and Saturday, January 5), we’re offering free admission, including tours on selected dates!
If you’ve already visited our Animal-Shaped Vessels exhibition, please take this brief survey. We’re grateful for your input!
Visual AIDS’ Day With(out) Art: ALTERNATE ENDINGS, ACTIVIST RISINGS
Saturday, December 1, 2–3pm
Menschel Hall, Lower Level
This year’s Day With(out) Art program features six videos exploring the impact of art in AIDS activism. More
Salt Wood Salt Wire Salt Salt
Thursday, December 6, 7–8pm
Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland Street
Visiting artist Jace Clayton will perform Salt Wood Salt Wire Salt Salt with music ensemble Bent Duo. This new composition serves as a companion piece to the artist’s current installation at the museums, Jace Clayton, The Great Salt. More
Now on View: Clay—Modeling African Design
Gallery 2570, Level 2
A selection of more than 50 works on loan from Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is on display alongside works from our permanent collections, including a recently acquired contemporary photograph by Afro-futurist artist Alexis Peskine. More
Closing Soon: Time is Now
Closing Sunday, December 30
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street
Time is Now: Photography and Social Change in James Baldwin’s America, curated by Makeda Best, the museums’ Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography, explores the places and events that framed Baldwin’s life and themes in his writing. More
In the Press
Our new chief curator, Soyoung Lee, was named a HUBweek Change Maker. Read her interview in Medium. More
Make room on your bookshelf—four new publications are out from the Harvard Art Museums this fall and early winter. More
Visitor Information
Open daily, 10am–5pm
The museums will be closed Monday, December 24, for Christmas Eve and Tuesday, December 25, for Christmas.
Plan your visit
Also This Month
Free Holiday Parking
To help celebrate the season, the museums are offering free parking in Harvard University’s Broadway Garage from Wednesday, December 26 through Friday, December 28 and on Monday, December 31, from 10am to 3pm. Parking tickets must be validated at the museums’ admissions desk prior to departure.
Gallery Talks and Exhibition Tours
Join us for regular gallery talks about works of art on view; upcoming topics include Géricault’s prints, Etruscan jewelry, and Turner’s monumental landscapes. We’re also offering regular tours of the Animal-Shaped Vessels exhibition, led by curators, graduate students, and other experts. Check the calendar for the full lineup.
Wednesday, December 5, 5:30–6:30pm
Members are invited to discover the Harvard Art Museums collections during a special curator-led tour through select galleries, held outside the museums’ public hours. More
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