A selection of sixth-century Coptic architectural fragments that previously adorned the main staircase of Harvard’s Arthur M. Sackler Building are back on view—but this time as 3D-printed reproductions.

In January, Harvard Extension School students got an in-depth look at managing and maintaining the collections of the Harvard Art Museums.

Fernando Bryce’s The Book of Needs re-creates selected pages from a postwar publication whose themes remain hauntingly relevant today.

Plastic degrades more quickly than many other materials. So how can we ensure that works made from plastic remain in prime condition?

On sale in our shop: Photographer Robert Frank’s classic The Americans remains as compelling and provocative as ever—and makes a great holiday gift for the photography or contemporary art enthusiast in your life. The photograph on the book’s cover, Trolley – New Orleans (1955–56), is part of the mus...

Paul Correia and Dennis Lesse, the Harvard Art Museums’ maintenance technicians, were recently recognized as Harvard Heroes for their dedication and loyalty to the museums during Boston’s historic winter of 2015.

Theresa Huntsman, an archaeologist and the publications data manager for the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, recently led an examination of Cinerary Urn with Relief Battle Scene, a shoebox-size terracotta vessel from Chiusi, Italy, that likely dates from the second century BCE. The urn contain...

This week we are celebrating color. Inspired by the last remaining days of the long-running The Language of Color exhibition at the Harvard Museum of Natural History as well as ArtWeek Boston, we’re offering a series of stories in Index that revolve around color. We’ll touch on the history of collec...

Now that the warmer months have finally arrived, it’s the perfect time to pack a picnic and visit the Harvard Art Museums’ Adolphus Busch Hall terrace and garden. This unique space is tucked away behind a gate on Cabot Way, around the corner from Adolphus Busch Hall’s main entrance at 29 Kirkland Str...

Thursday, August 15, 2013, 8am-6:30pm Explore modern art at two of Maine’s most beloved museums. First we’ll visit the newly opened 26,000- square-foot Alfond-Lunder Family Pavilion at the Colby College Museum of Art. Then we’ll head to the Portland Museum of Art, where we’ll grab lunch at the lo&#...