Programs

Year in Review: 2022
Take a moment to look back with us as we celebrate 2022!

Harvard Art Museums from Home
Everything you need for a virtual visit to the museums—online events, audio and video offerings, activity books to download, and more.

Building Community through Art
Francesca Bewer, from the Harvard Art Museums, and Erin Muirhead McCarty, from Community Art Center, discuss their collaboration on a youth program last summer in Cambridge.
By Andres Mendoza

Getting Schooled by Kids: What We Learned in the Age of Remote Teaching
Three museum staff members who specialize in ancient art share the lessons they learned from teaching remotely.
By Jen Thum, Frances Gallart Marqués, Yan Yang

Open Doors
Take a moment to look back with us as we celebrate our reopening in 2021.

Reflecting on Art Museums and the Legacies of the Dutch Slave Trade
How can museums—themselves so often enmeshed with histories of slavery, colonization, and white supremacy—be mobilized for racial justice?
By Sarah Mallory, Kéla Jackson, Rachel Burke, Joanna Sheers Seidenstein

Coloring German Expressionism
The Harvard Art Museums have produced a coloring book about German expressionism for adults—kids can join in the fun as well!

@busch_hall Conversations: Lynette Roth and Joseph Leo Koerner
The Busch-Reisinger Museum’s new Instagram account @busch_hall hosts conversations with established and emerging scholars, contemporary artists, and museum peers on Instagram Live.

Introducing @busch_hall
The Harvard Art Museums are pleased to announce the launch of the Busch-Reisinger Museum’s new Instagram account: @busch_hall!
By Lynette Roth, Lauren Hanson

Painting Edo and the Arnold Arboretum
Painted plants come to life through an ongoing collaboration with the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University inspired by the exhibition Painting Edo: Japanese Art from the Feinberg Collection.