Update:

Winter Recess: Harvard Library and the University are closed from noon on Wednesday, December 24, 2025 through Thursday, January 1, 2026. Check library hours and view our services schedule.

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

“To Sing Fine Music”

125 Years of the Radcliffe Choral Society
Through Monday, Mar 30, 2026
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
Hyrule map with water running through center

From Academie-land to Zelda

Through Tuesday, Mar 31, 2026
Location: Harvard Map Collection
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

Opens Monday, Jan 12, 2026
Location: Houghton Library
A 20th-century brochure featuring a woman typing on a green typewriter at her desk with a factory visible through the window.

Thanks for Typing

Opens Monday, Jan 26, 2026
Location: Houghton Library
A row of books on a blue background

Celebrating the 2025 Winners of Harvard Library's Collecting Prizes

Through Sunday, May 31, 2026
Location: Lamont Library
Gustavo Gutiérrez at HDS Dudleian lecture, 1984

In Memory of Gustavo Gutiérrez - 50 Years of Liberation Theology

Through Sunday, May 31, 2026
Location: Harvard Divinity School 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
woman with her hair in a bun and dress with brocade panel

Amy Lowell

Opens Monday, Dec 22, 2025
Location: Houghton Library
Colorful illustrated map of Cambridge, Massachusetts, depicted trees and buildings from an aerial view.

From Cambridge to Concord

Opens Monday, Mar 16, 2026
Location: Harvard University Archives
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 Woman stands in front of an astronomy exhibition, looking up at a model of Saturn and other planets.

Harvard Lives

Through Sunday, Dec 31, 2028
Location: 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
Location: Online