An Exhibition at the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard Today, measurement is everywhere. We understand everything around us in inches, degrees, gallons, decibels, and more. But measurements are human inventions. It is through measures that we learn to see difference, to compare the world. In the Americas, colonial powers introduced new measurements to describe…

Step into a world where sunlight fades and mystery reigns. Twilight Zone: Hidden Wonders of Nature, the immersive exhibition at ARTECHOUSE, plunges visitors into the ocean’s mesopelagic zone—a shadowy layer between 200 and 1,000 meters deep, where life pulses to rhythms we’re only just beginning to understand. This multisensory experience fuses cutting-edge science with digital…

An exhibition at the Harvard Museum of Natural History Embark on a daring voyage into the depths of human imagination at the Harvard Museum of Natural History’s new special exhibition, Sea Monsters: Wonders of Nature and Imagination. Featuring ancient mariners’ maps, literature, works of art, and natural history specimens, this exhibit explores the allure of serpents,…

An Exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural History Step back in time to the late-nineteenth century and marvel at the exquisite craftsmanship of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, renowned creators of the mesmerizing Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants. Delve into their captivating educational models that meticulously illustrate the life cycles of non-flowering,…

An Exhibition at Harvard’s Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments This timely exhibit considers surveillance beyond the realm of cameras and their watchers, exposing the profound influence of data. Learn about the historical instruments that have been used to transform individuals and landscapes into data. Uncover how powerful entities, from colonial empires to U.S. intelligence agencies,…

A Woman Archaeologist in a Field Led by Men Against considerable odds, Theresa B. Goell (1901–1985) carved out a role for herself as the director of a major international archaeological field excavation at Nemrud Dagi, a site in modern southeast Turkey. Today, the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East houses the archaeological archives of…

A Deep Dive into Shark Biology and Behavior An Exhibition at the Harvard Museum of Natural History Nearly half a billion years ago, the first ancestors of a most remarkable group of fishes sprung forth from the evolutionary tree of life, exploding into a spectacular array of cartilaginous predators. Today, sharks are ubiquitous in and…

An Exhibition at the Harvard Museum of Natural History “n Search of Thoreau’s Flowers: An Exploration of Change and Loss is an immersive multidisciplinary experience that marries art and science through a modern artistic interpretation of Henry David Thoreau’s preserved plants. “ My Role: Exhibit Developer

An Exhibition for the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture This is the story of a color—one that began as an evolutionary tale, and evolved to shape the course of human history. My Role: Exhibit Developer/Writer/Media Producer

An Exhibition at the Harvard Museum of Natural History Over their fifty years creating the Glass Flowers, Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, father and son, continually experimented with materials and methods that pushed the boundaries of glassworking. Years later, their complex and varied practices presented unique challenges for the conservators preserving and protecting the models, which…

An exhibition for the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University Muchos Méxicos explored Mexico’s rich history as a site of human innovation, creativity and cultural diversity. Featuring Mexican objects from the collections of the Peabody Museum, this bilingual exhibit told the story of Mexico as a multicultural and geographic crossroads—one where the exchange of resources,…

An Exhibition for the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East Much like today, ancient “consumers” were connected to distant markets. Both basic and precious goods from faraway lands “shipped” to royal palaces, elite estates—sometimes even rural households—and technological advances in craftsmanship and commerce transcended boundaries of language, religion, or culture to spread rapidly. Mediterranean Marketplaces:…

An online exhibition for the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture What comes to mind when you hear the word “virus”? Perhaps the common cold, a cold sore, or maybe even a global pandemic, such as the one we are living in now, caused by a coronavirus that may have originated in bats.  In fact, viruses are ever-present…

An online exhibition for the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture When women first started working at the Museum of Comparative Zoology in the late nineteenth century, they were hired as assistants, secretaries, and librarians—and only rarely as curators. Often assigned repetitive and mundane tasks, they nonetheless made significant contributions to the museum’s early history.…

An online exhibit for the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture Sharks are some of the oldest and, from an evolutionary perspective, some of the most successful marine vertebrates ever to have lived. They have been around in their current form for over 400 million years, since the geologic period known as the Devonian, and…

An exhibition for the Harvard Museum of Natural History On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped down from the Apollo 11 lunar lander and impressed the Moon’s dusty surface with the first human bootprint. This singular moment—when humanity set foot on a world outside Planet Earth—inspired a vibrant new age of scientific and technological research…

An exhibition for the Harvard Museum of Natural History Thriving within and around us is a minute world of astonishingly diverse lifeforms, so small they cannot be seen by the human eye. Microbial Life: A Universe at the Edge of Sight takes visitors on a multimedia journey into this fascinating, invisible realm where bacteria and other microbes…

A permanent exhibition for the Harvard Museum of Natural History The centerpiece of the Marine Life exhibition—a floor-to-ceiling recreation of life in New England’s coastal waters—immerses visitors in the remarkable diversity and dynamic interplay among animals in marine communities just off local shores. As models of glowing jellies, a giant sea turtle, and other sea animals appear…