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Exhibits

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

Featured Exhibits

Thanks for Typing

Women’s Type Labor in Literature and the Arts
Through Friday, May 1, 2026

“To Sing Fine Music”

125 Years of the Radcliffe Choral Society
May 27, 2025 through Mar 23, 2026

Harvard and the American Revolution

Through Friday, Dec 18, 2026
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
Location: 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
Location: Houghton Library
Hyrule map with water running through center

From Academie-land to Zelda

Through Thursday, Apr 30, 2026
Location: 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
Location: Houghton Library
An image of the display at Harvard-Yenching Library.

K-Pop Fandom

Through Saturday, May 16, 2026
Location: Harvard-Yenching 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
Photo of a book that includes an illustration of black rabbits and a beaded band

Woven Worlds

Through Sunday, May 31, 2026
Location: Fine Arts Library
Photograph of the American Declaration of Independence

War of Words

Opens Monday, May 18, 2026
Location: Houghton 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
Relief view of Sullivan's Island from Boston Harbor with tall ships

Charting Independence

Opens Friday, May 15, 2026
Location: Harvard Map Collection
Drawing of Cambridge Common, 1808

Harvard and the American Revolution

Through Friday, Dec 18, 2026
Location: Harvard University Archives
Muriel Siebert on New York Stock Exchange floor surrounded by men

Muriel Siebert

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

Amy Lowell

Through Wednesday, Dec 23, 2026
Location: Houghton Library
A sepia off-center photograph of Lowell’s library at Sevenels with her desk on the right and two chandeliers hanging in frame.

Amy Lowell, Collector

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

Virtual: Picturing the Sultan

Through Thursday, Dec 31, 2026
Location: 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
Location: Harvard-Yenching Library
A tall man wearing a suit stands in a room filled with smiling children.

Music on a Mission

Opens Monday, Apr 6, 2026
Location: 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
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
Decorative poster for exhibition, "Harvard Lives."

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