Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, Greater Boston

The Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge is an art museum with galleries and a study center. Upcoming events include gallery talks, guided spotlight tours, a midday organ recital, a seminar, and story time for families.
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Upcoming events
- Gallery Talk: Taking the Stage—Ancient Greek Performers and Their Masks (Tue, Nov 10, 2026, 12:30 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeArt / gallery
- Midday Organ Recital: Aidan Yau (Thu, Nov 12, 2026, 12:15 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeClassical
- Art Study Center Seminar: A Pre-Raphaelite Preview (Fri, Nov 13, 2026, 11:00 AM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeWorkshop / class
- Second Saturdays Story Time (Sat, Nov 14, 2026, 11:00 AM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeFamily / kids
- Spotlight Tour: Model as Muse, with Giselle Acosta ’27 (Sat, Nov 14, 2026, 11:00 AM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeOther
- Spotlight Tour: Disavowed, with Julianne Wu ’28 (Sat, Nov 14, 2026, 2:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeOther
- Spotlight Tour: Coloring the Past, with Jide Anekwe ’28 (Sun, Nov 15, 2026, 11:00 AM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeOther
- Spotlight Tour: Child’s Play, with Ricardo Fernandes Garcia ’27 (Sun, Nov 15, 2026, 2:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeOther
- Art + Science: Inpainting Techniques (Tue, Nov 17, 2026, 12:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeLecture / talk
- Pop-Up Renaissance Concert (Tue, Nov 17, 2026, 2:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeLive music
- Multi-Site Exhibition Tour: _Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage_ and _Knowledge Is Myth: Chimeric Continuities_ (Wed, Nov 18, 2026, 12:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeArt / gallery
- Midday Organ Recital: Louise Mundinger (Thu, Nov 19, 2026, 12:15 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeClassical
- Gallery Talk: _On Location: Drawing the Outdoors_ (Thu, Nov 19, 2026, 12:30 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeArt / gallery
- Materials Lab Workshop: Casting Connections—Molds, Replicas, and Questions of Authorship (Fri, Nov 20, 2026, 1:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeWorkshop / class
- New on View: Community and Self-Representation in the David and Jane Shapiro Collection (Sun, Nov 22, 2026, 12:30 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeLecture / talk
- Gallery Talk: _On Location: Drawing the Outdoors_ (Tue, Nov 24, 2026, 12:30 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeArt / gallery
- Spotlight Tour: Disavowed, with Julianne Wu ’28 (Sat, Nov 28, 2026, 2:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeOther
- Supporter Appreciation Week (Sun, Nov 29, 2026, 10:00 AM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeCommunity
- Spotlight Tour: Un/Settled, with Leandra Bautista ’28 (Sun, Nov 29, 2026, 11:00 AM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeOther
- Spotlight Tour: Child’s Play, with Ricardo Fernandes Garcia ’27 (Sun, Nov 29, 2026, 2:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeOther
- Gallery Talk: Activation of Moholy-Nagy’s _Light Prop for an Electric Stage_ (Tue, Dec 1, 2026, 12:30 AM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeArt / gallery
- Four Paintings, Four Stories, Four Uncharted Points in the History of European Painting (Off-Site) (Tue, Dec 1, 2026, 6:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeArt / gallery
- Gallery Talk: _On Location: Drawing the Outdoors_ (Wed, Dec 2, 2026, 12:30 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeArt / gallery
- John Constable and the Outdoors: Writing about Drawing (Wed, Dec 2, 2026, 6:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeLecture / talk
- Harvard Art Museums at Night (Thu, Dec 3, 2026, 5:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeFood & drink
- Art Study Center Seminar: A Closer Look at the Forbes Pigment Collection (Fri, Dec 4, 2026, 11:00 AM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeWorkshop / class
- Exhibition Tour: _The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection_ (Fri, Dec 4, 2026, 12:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeArt / gallery
- First/Hand Fridays: Emergent Grounds—Drawing as Public Practice (Fri, Dec 4, 2026, 2:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeOther
- Coffee with Curators for Friends of the Museums (Sat, Dec 5, 2026, 9:00 AM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeLecture / talk
- Harvard Reading Period Study Session (Tue, Dec 8, 2026, 10:00 AM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeOther
- Multi-Site Exhibition Tour: _Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage_ and _Knowledge Is Myth: Chimeric Continuities_ (Wed, Dec 9, 2026, 12:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeArt / gallery
- The Material Culture of Islamic Calligraphy (Wed, Dec 9, 2026, 6:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeWorkshop / class
- Harvard Reading Period Study Session (Thu, Dec 10, 2026, 10:00 AM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeOther
- Gallery Talk: The Gelatin Silver Print (Thu, Dec 10, 2026, 12:30 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeArt / gallery
- Harvard Reading Period Study Session (Fri, Dec 11, 2026, 10:00 AM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeOther
- Life Sciences in the Galleries (Sat, Dec 12, 2026, 11:00 AM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeLecture / talk
- Second Saturdays Story Time (Sat, Dec 12, 2026, 11:00 AM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeFamily / kids
- Exhibition Tour: _On Location: Drawing the Outdoors_ (Sat, Dec 12, 2026, 12:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeArt / gallery
- Life Sciences in the Galleries (Sat, Dec 12, 2026, 2:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeLecture / talk
- Art + Science: Exhibition Preparation (Tue, Dec 15, 2026, 12:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeArt / gallery
- Gallery Talk: Activation of Moholy-Nagy’s _Light Prop for an Electric Stage_ (Thu, Jan 14, 2027, 12:30 AM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeArt / gallery
- Exhibition Tour: _On Location: Drawing the Outdoors_ (Sat, Jan 16, 2027, 12:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeArt / gallery
- Art + Science: Canvas (Tue, Jan 26, 2027, 12:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeLecture / talk
- Gallery Talk: The 20 × 24 Polaroid Process (Thu, Jan 28, 2027, 12:30 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeArt / gallery
- Harvard Art Museums at Night (Thu, Jan 28, 2027, 5:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeFood & drink
- Gallery Talk: Redlining and the Visual Culture of Suburbia (Tue, Feb 2, 2027, 12:30 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeArt / gallery
- Exhibition Tour: _The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection_ (Thu, Feb 4, 2027, 12:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeArt / gallery
- Harvard Art Museums at Night (Thu, Feb 25, 2027, 5:00 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeFood & drink
- Gallery Talk: _Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage_ (Wed, Mar 3, 2027, 12:30 PM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeArt / gallery
- Gallery Talk: Activation of Moholy-Nagy’s _Light Prop for an Electric Stage_ (Thu, Mar 11, 2027, 12:30 AM)Harvard Art MuseumsCambridgeArt / gallery