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Egypt Eternal: 4,000 Years of Fascination
A New Special Exhibition at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
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Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
The museum explores the rich history of the Near Eastern cultures. Exhibitions include a full-scale replica of an ancient Iron Age home, life-sized casts of famous Mesopotamian monuments, authentic mummy coffins, interactive displays, and tablets containing the earliest forms of writing.
6 Divinity Ave
Cambridge, MA
Open: Sunday–Friday
Hours: 11:00 am–4:00 pm
Closed: Saturdays
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Visit the the popular Glass Flowers gallery. Find your birthstone gem in the newly renovated mineral gallery, and view dinosaur fossils in the paleontology gallery. Admission to the Peabody Museum at Harvard is included.
26 Oxford St,
Cambridge, MA
Open: Monday–Sunday
Hours: 9:00 am–5:00 pm
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
Explore Maya culture in the Latin American galleries. Discover the early days of American anthropology as shown in the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Experience Native American history and cultures through special exhibitions on Penobscot Canoes, Lakota Images of the Contested West, and the Indian College at colonial Harvard. Admission to the popular Harvard Museum of Natural History is included.
11 Divinity Ave,
Cambridge, MA
Open: Monday–Sunday
Hours: 9:00 am–5:00 pm
Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
The collection contains over 20,000 objects dating from about 1400 to the present. A broad range of scientific disciplines are represented, including astronomy, navigation, horology, surveying, geology, calculating, physics, biology, medicine, psychology, electricity, and communication.
1 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA
Open: Sunday–Friday
Hours: 11:00 am–4:00 pm
Closed: Saturdays
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Azadeh Akhlaghi Exhibition “From Iran: A Visual Testimony” to Open at Harvard’s Peabody Museum May 15
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Harvard Museums of Science & Culture honored by the New England Museum Association
Click here to read the article on the Harvard Gazette’s site. The New England Museum Association recently honored the Harvard Museums…
New Exhibit in the Harvard Museum of Natural History Brings An Extensive Microscopic Slide Collection Into Focus
Making the Invisible Visible: Digitizing Invertebrates on Microscope Slides Opens December 12 Cambridge, Mass., December 11, 2025—Imagine studying a pseudoscorpion, a…
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