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Exhibitions tell the unique stories of our diverse collections. Visit one today.
A slightly cropped scan of an opening with a frontispiece engraving by Vertue after a 1712 portrait on the verso and the title page on the recto.

Cataloging the Sky

Through Friday, Apr 24, 2026
Houghton Library
A scan of a colorful tipped-in watercolor of a street scene of San Francisco’s Chinatown in darker colors with crowded compositions.

New Acquisitions

Through Friday, Apr 24, 2026
Houghton Library
Hyrule map with water running through center

From Academie-land to Zelda

Through Thursday, Apr 30, 2026
Harvard Map Collection
Detail from a brochure featuring a woman using the Olympia SM3 typewriter at her desk.

Thanks for Typing

Through Friday, May 1, 2026
Houghton Library
image of horses

Year of the Horse

Through Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Harvard-Yenching Library
A case displaying k-pop fandom materials at Harvard-Yenching Library

K-Pop Fandom

Through Saturday, May 16, 2026
Harvard-Yenching Library
Gustavo Gutiérrez at HDS Dudleian lecture, 1984

In Memory of Gustavo Gutiérrez - 50 Years of Liberation Theology

Through Sunday, May 31, 2026
Harvard Divinity School Library
Photo of a book that includes an illustration of black rabbits and a beaded band

Woven Worlds

Through Sunday, May 31, 2026
Fine Arts Library
Top half of broadside of the Declaration of Independence printed by John Dunlap.

War of Words

Opens Monday, May 18, 2026
Houghton Library
man looking at film print exhibit

Inside the HFA

Through Monday, Aug 31, 2026
Harvard Film Archive
a view of the HFA film timeline poster next to the glass door of the offices

Connecting the Dots

Through Monday, Aug 31, 2026
Harvard Film Archive
Relief view of Sullivan's Island from Boston Harbor with tall ships

Charting Independence

Opens Friday, May 15, 2026
Harvard Map Collection
Muriel Siebert on New York Stock Exchange floor surrounded by men

Muriel Siebert

Through Tuesday, Dec 22, 2026
Baker Library and Special Collections
woman with her hair in a bun and dress with brocade panel

Amy Lowell

Through Wednesday, Dec 23, 2026
Houghton Library
detail of an illustration of two men with Arabic text

Virtual: Picturing the Sultan

Through Thursday, Dec 31, 2026
Fine Arts Library
Sino-Islamic poster of vases and censors embellished with Basmalah and Kalimat al-tawhid

Virtual: Footsteps of the Past

Through Thursday, Dec 31, 2026
Harvard-Yenching Library
Drawing of Cambridge Common, 1808

Harvard and the American Revolution

Through Thursday, Dec 31, 2026
Harvard University Archives
A tall man wearing a suit stands in a room filled with smiling children.

Music on a Mission

Through Monday, Mar 15, 2027
Loeb Music Library
A montage of 6 images of Indian women, including a group of women in saris sit outside sifting grain, and others posing by themselves or in pairs.

Virtual: Singing the Story of Dhrangadhra

Through Wednesday, Jun 30, 2027
Loeb Music Library
78rpm disc with an illustrated label showing factory workers.

Virtual: Treasures of the Loeb Music Library

Through Wednesday, Jun 30, 2027
Online
Decorative poster for exhibition, "Harvard Lives."

Harvard Lives

Through Sunday, Dec 31, 2028
Harvard University Archives
A headshot of a woman wearing a blazer, with her hair pulled up. She is smiling widely.

Virtual: Sweet Sounds from Rulan Chao Pian. 芳音如蘭

Through Saturday, Jun 30, 2029
Online