Join us for an in-depth tour of our special exhibition Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings, on view from September 7, 2018 through January 6, 2019. Tours will be given by curators, graduate students, and other experts.

This tour will end with an optional close-up encounter with objects related to the Animal-Shaped Vessels exhibition in the museums’ Art Study Center....

Since its founding in 1958 by Harvard and Cornell Universities, the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis has excavated, conserved, and published on aspects of the ancient city of Sardis in western Turkey from prehistoric through Islamic periods. The expedition is one of the longest running international projects sponsored at Harvard and is one of the oldest classical archaeological projects in the Mediterranean. Harvard students who participate in the program gain academic, professional, and cultural experience while contributing to archaeological research, conservation efforts,...

Join us in the Art Study Center for a glimpse into the history of the Harvard Art Museums.

In celebration of American Archives Month, select historical photographs, correspondence, objects, and more from the Harvard Art Museums Archives will be on view for close examination. Archives staff will be on hand to share the stories behind the materials.

The Art Study Center is located on Level 4. No appointment is necessary during open hours. Please be prepared to present a photo ID.

Free with museums admission

Lockers are available on the Lower...

Join us for an in-depth tour of our exhibition Mutiny: Works by Géricault, on view from September 1, 2018 through January 6, 2019. This tour will be led by A. Cassandra Albinson, the Margaret S. Winthrop Curator of European Art, with Nina Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, professor emerita, 18th- and 19th-century European art at the University of Delaware.

Mutiny: Works by Géricault explores compelling images by the Romantic period’s most influential artist,...

Casey Monahan, the Cunningham Curatorial Assistant for the Collection in the Division of European and American Art, will give this gallery talk.

Our galleries are full of stories—this series of drop-in talks gives visitors a chance to hear the best ones! The talks highlight new works on view, take a fresh look at old favorites, investigate artists’ materials and techniques, and reveal the latest discoveries by curators, conservators, fellows, visiting artists, technologists, and other contributors.

Free with museums admission. Gallery talks are limited to 15 people...

As we celebrate International Archaeology Day, we hope you’ll join us for an in-depth look at our special exhibition Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings, on view from September 7, 2018 through January 6, 2019. Tours will be given by curators, graduate students, and other experts.

Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World brings together nearly 60...

Annual Henri Zerner Lecture

Paul Delaroche’s Moses Exposed on the Nile, painted for Baron James de Rothschild in 1853, has vanished without a trace. While its memory is preserved in a fine contemporary engraving, an abundant series of drawings leading up to the final composition, which Delaroche developed over at least 10 years, is of equal interest. The drawings reveal the artist’s knowledge of past renderings of the subject, and also illuminate his distinctive method of incorporating paired motifs in his work.

In this lecture, Stephen Bann, professor...

Jin Kyung Lim, organist at the First Lutheran Church in Palo Alto, California, will perform.

Recitals are performed on Harvard’s famous 1958 D. A. Flentrop organ. Audience members are invited to lunch quietly while listening.

Free admission

Presented by the Harvard Organ Society in collaboration with the Harvard Art Museums and Memorial Church.

Visita guiada: Vasijas del Mundo Antiguo en Forma de Animales: Festejando con Dioses, Héroes y Reyes

Acompáñenos en un recorrido amplio, en español, de nuestra exposición especial Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings, en vista desde el 7 de septiembre de 2018, hasta el 6 de enero de 2019. La visita será guiada por Frances Gallart Marqués, la becaria...

Join us to celebrate the opening of Raise a Glass—A Contemporary Response to Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World, an exhibition at the Harvard Ceramics Program that is inspired by our current special exhibition, Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings.

On view from October 13...

In this seminar, Henri Zerner, professor emeritus of the history of art and architecture at Harvard and former curator of prints at the Fogg Museum, and A. Cassandra Albinson, the Margaret S. Winthrop Curator of European Art in the museums’ Division of European and American Art, will discuss prints by Théodore Géricault. They’ll demonstrate how his work relates to popular imagery from the Restoration period by examining the artist’s prints alongside works by more commercial printmakers, such as Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet and Carle Vernet.

Offered in conjunction with the...

Marina Isgro, the Nam June Paik Research Fellow, will give this gallery talk.

Our galleries are full of stories—this series of drop-in talks gives visitors a chance to hear the best ones! The talks highlight new works on view, take a fresh look at old favorites, investigate artists’ materials and techniques, and reveal the latest discoveries by curators, conservators, fellows, visiting artists, technologists, and other contributors.

Free with museums admission. Gallery talks are limited to 15 people and tickets are required. Ten minutes before each talk, tickets...

The Harvard Art Museums will offer free admission to all visitors from 1 to 5pm every Wednesday from September 12, 2018 through January 2, 2019, in recognition of the generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in support of our current special exhibition, Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings (on view September 7, 2018–January 6, 2019).

We...