Exhibits

Exhibits tell the unique stories of our diverse collections. Visit one today.

Featured Exhibits

Edward Gorey

The Gloomy Gallery
Through Monday, Jan 12, 2026

Illuminate

Contextualizing Asian American Women’s Stories through the Archives
Through Friday, Jan 23, 2026

Renaissance Treasures of the Harvard Map Collection

Through Friday, Dec 19, 2025
Black and white tintype photo of a couple (white man and woman) sitting side by side, with a space in between cut out leaving jagged outlines

Trying to Forget: The Removal of Figures from Early Photographic Images

Through Friday, Oct 31, 2025
Location: Fine Arts Library
A scene of a sleepy Mister Dog standing in front of an open fridge, wearing a robe while pouring milk into his bowl of cereal.

Creature Comforts

Through Thursday, Dec 11, 2025
Location: Houghton Library
Cover page of Louis de Broglie’s thesis presented to the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Paris, inscribed to Einstein.

The Quantum Revolution: A Century of New Physics

Through Thursday, Dec 11, 2025
Location: Houghton Library
Print depicting a comical coiffure towering impossibly high over a woman’s head that includes flowers, fruits, and feathers.

Fashion Police

Through Thursday, Dec 18, 2025
Location: Houghton Library
Camera Patent

From Concept to Product

Through Friday, Dec 19, 2025
Location: Baker Library and Special Collections
Colorful and detailed map of Cambridge, England with individual buildings, people and animals

Renaissance Treasures of the Harvard Map Collection

Through Friday, Dec 19, 2025
Location: Harvard Map Collection
A Woman stands in front of an astronomy exhibition, looking up at a model of Saturn and other planets.

Harvard Lives

Through Wednesday, Dec 31, 2025
Location: Harvard University Archives
detail of an illustration of two men with Arabic text

Virtual: Picturing the Sultan

Through Wednesday, Dec 31, 2025
Location: Fine Arts Library
Welcome the public

Transformations

Through Wednesday, Dec 31, 2025
Location: Widener Library
Black and white drawing of a figure wearing a long black cloak, standing near an arched doorway with a skull on the ground.

Edward Gorey

Through Monday, Jan 12, 2026
Location: Houghton Library
Map of Havana, Cuba and Boston, MA, USA behind text reading "The Cuban Teachers' Expedition of 1900" with a color gradient from yellow to orange to pink to blue.

The Cuban Teachers’ Expedition of 1900

Through Thursday, Jan 15, 2026
Location: Harvard University Archives
A black and white photograph of the members of a Chinese American girls basketball team, gathered togehter for a team photograph. The three girls in the front row are seated with the center girl holding a basketball. The other five girls are standing behind them. The girls are in their basketball unifroms, dark skirts and white blouses with a ribbon draped aroud their shoulders. Two teachers or coaches are in the back row center.

Illuminate

Through Friday, Jan 23, 2026
Location: Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
Widener Library lobby image from above

Inside Widener Library

Through Sunday, Feb 15, 2026
Location: Widener Library
A chorus of several dozen people in floor-length black dresses, standing in an arc around a conductor by a grand piano.

“To Sing Fine Music”

Through Monday, Mar 30, 2026
Location: Loeb Music Library
A row of books on a blue background

Celebrating the 2025 Winners of Harvard Library's Collecting Prizes

Opens Wednesday, Oct 22, 2025
Location: Lamont Library
man looking at film print exhibit

Inside the HFA

Through Monday, Aug 31, 2026
Location: 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
Location: Harvard Film Archive
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
Location: Loeb Music Library
78rpm disc with an illustrated label showing factory workers.

Virtual: Treasures of the Loeb Music Library

Through Wednesday, Jun 30, 2027
Location: Online
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
Location: Online