Exhibits

Exhibits tell the unique stories of our diverse collections. Visit one today.
an old sketch of a merry go round contraption

The South Sea Bubble, 1720: Narratives of the First International Crash

Through Sunday, Oct 15, 2023
Location: Baker Library and Special Collections
Brown map showing Kingdom of Hyrule from the Legend of Zelda, Breath of the Wild video game.

From Academieland to Zelda

Through Friday, Nov 3, 2023
Location: Harvard Map Collection
A chart illustrates the relationship between astronomical phenomena and issues in the human body.

Witchcraft in Law and in Practice

Through Wednesday, Dec 13, 2023
Location: Houghton Library
Horsemen ride in a circle in front of a large building surrounded by a stone wall.

Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Holdings at Yenching and Houghton Libraries

Through Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023
Location: Houghton Library
Portraits of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Abraham Lincoln with the text of King's "I Have a Dream" speech overlaid.

Five Score Years from Lincoln to King: The Struggle for Black Freedom in America

Through Thursday, Dec 21, 2023
Location: Houghton Library
An accordion-style book written in a secret variation of the Batak language.

At the Limits of the Book

Through Friday, Jan 5, 2024
Location: Houghton Library
Mosaic of covers of plays

Virtual: Reading Plays to Write Plays

Through Friday, Mar 1, 2024
Location: Lamont Library
Four women authors

Virtual: Ubuntu—A Look at the Women Who Raised Me

Through Friday, Mar 1, 2024
Location: Lamont Library
classical relief

Virtual: A Foreign Nostalgia

Through Friday, Mar 1, 2024
Location: Lamont Library
Covers of Peri Rossi's books

Virtual: Searching for Peri Rossi in the World

Through Saturday, Mar 9, 2024
Location: Lamont Library
Books arranged on a table

Virtual: Winter Twig Keys

Through Saturday, Mar 9, 2024
Location: Houghton Library
title page of an illustrated Moby Dick

Virtual: The Nearest Way Home—Literature and the Travel-book

Through Sunday, Apr 21, 2024
Location: Houghton Library
Charter with illuminated letter "W" in the word 'Whereas", dated May 31, 1650, framed. Engrossed on sheepskin. Signed by Thomas Dudley.

A Moment of Possibility

Through Friday, May 31, 2024
Location: Harvard University Archives
Widener Library lobby image from above

Inside Widener Library

Through Saturday, Feb 15, 2025
Location: Widener Library
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