Exhibitions

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

Featured Exhibits

  • Drawing of Cambridge Common, 1808

    Harvard and the American Revolution

    Through
    Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library , Harvard University Archives
  • A tall man wearing a suit stands in a room filled with smiling children.

    Music on a Mission

    The Jazz and Spiritual Legacy of Randy Weston
    Through
    Richard F. French Gallery , Loeb Music Library
  • Detail from a brochure featuring a woman using the Olympia SM3 typewriter at her desk.

    Thanks for Typing

    Women’s Type Labor in Literature and the Arts
    Through
    Edison and Newman Room, Floor 1 , Houghton Library
Hyrule map with water running through center

From Academie-land to Zelda

Through Thursday, Apr 30, 2026
Harvard Map Collection
Poster image with the title and an illustration of nature and books on the ground

Calling for Action: Books for Earth Month!

Through Thursday, Apr 30, 2026
Fine Arts Library
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
A case displaying k-pop fandom materials at Harvard-Yenching Library

K-Pop Fandom

Through Saturday, May 16, 2026
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
Lamont 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
Head and shoulder view of Charles Ogletree standing in front of built-in bookshelves.

Educator, Advocate, Scholar, Leader

Through Friday, Jul 31, 2026
Harvard Law School Library
Top half of broadside of the Declaration of Independence printed by John Dunlap.

War of Words

Opens Monday, May 18, 2026
Houghton Library
A colored, engraved (mezzotint) plate of two fish positioned like Pisces.

Making Waves

Opens Monday, May 4, 2026
Houghton Library
Detail of the preamble on the Constitution broadside.

A More Perfect Union

Opens Monday, May 4, 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
Drawing of Cambridge Common, 1808

Harvard and the American Revolution

Through Friday, Dec 18, 2026
Harvard University Archives
Infographic

Intellectual Vitality

Through Friday, Dec 18, 2026
Lamont Library
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
Title page for Recipes, an International Collection. Paper is white and there is a black and red illustration of two decoratively drawn fish forming a large circle in the middle of the page. The text compiled by The United Nations Women's Association, Bangladesh 1980 is along the bottom edge.

Cooking Up Change

Through Friday, Jan 8, 2027
Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
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