Aluminium, clinically-clean, anti-clutter, minimalist: the MUT has attitude. As a store, its theme is found more in its new-age metallic take on vintage design than in any particular type of product—which is why you'll find assorted deck chairs next to kitchen appliances alongside magnifying glasses. Browse the neat rows of trinkets with a fabric-lined shopping basket and ponder whether you've time-warped into the past or the future. The MUT is a good stop if you're searching for a small, moderately funky gift that injects a touch of novelty into life's more mundane tools. This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard. The Permanent Collection of 19th and 20th Century Useful Items looks back historically at the evolution of tools over the decades: how inventors defined and refined a tool; how times, changing needs, and available materials were reflected in these changes.

The only building in North America designed by master architect Le Corbusier, the Carpenter Center houses Harvard's Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) department. Completed in 1963, this classic example of modern architecture, with its cement and angled glass edifice, features huge windows, skylights, suspended ramps, high-ceilinged walkways, non-rectilinear rooms, and primary colors. The Carpenter Center houses exhibition spaces, studios, and the venerable Harvard Film Archive and Film Study Library. Frequently changing exhibitions by professional artists, including the very prestigious faculty and visiting professors of the VES department, fill the lobby gallery space during the academic year. The Sert Gallery (the contemporary art wing of the Fogg Museum) is located on the third floor at the top of the ramp. Student shows proliferate in the building throughout the year; all shows are open to the public and never charge an admission fee. This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard.

The Busch-Reisinger occupies the ultra-modern and climate-controlled Werner Otto Hall on the second floor of the Fogg Art Museum. Specializing in the art of Germanic cultures, the museum is renowned for its collection of German expressionism, 1920s abstraction, and the work of Joseph Beuys. Pieces from the archives of Walter Gropius, one of the Bauhaus founders and a former Harvard professor, as well as those of his colleague, Lyonel Feininger, can be viewed upon request at the third floor study room (open Tu-F 2-4:45pm). There is also a weekly demonstration (W 1:45pm) of Moholy-Nagy's rare moving sculptures (the Light-Space Modulator), and occasional special exhibits on contemporary Northern European artists. Admission $6.50, students and seniors $5; free for those under 18 or with Harvard ID (which admits a guest as well), or for those arriving every day after 4:30pm and before noon on Sa. Ticket includes the Fogg and Sackler Museums. Tours M-F 1pm (Sept.-June) or by appointment. This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard.
The Fogg Art Museum and the Busch-Reisinger Museum will be closed, beginning July 1, 2008, for extensive renovations. Over the course of spring and summer 2008, the Arthur M. Sackler Museum will be reinstalled with representative works from the collections of all three Harvard Art Museums, with an expected opening of the completed reinstallation in September 2008. Please confirm exhibitions and museum hours by calling or visiting the Art Museums website.

Opened in 1895, Harvard's oldest art museum is home to one of America's preeminent collections of Impressionist and post-Impressionist works, 54 watercolors by William Blake, an extensive collection of Picassos, and the finest collection of Ingres outside of France. True to its focus on European painting and sculpture, the Fogg arrays its works around a central courtyard based upon a 16th century Italian palazzo. On the second floor, the Agnes Mongan Center for the Study of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs welcomes students to view its extensive collection (617-495-2325. Open Tu-F 2-4:45pm, Sa 10am-12:45pm during the school year, or by appointment). Various lectures, tours, and special exhibits are given through the year; calendars are available at the front desk. The museum also houses the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, the first center in the US for the scientific study of art. Admission $6.50, students and seniors $5; free for those under 18 or with Harvard ID (which also admits a guest), as well as for anyone arriving before noon Sa or after 4:30pm every day. Fee includes admission to the Busch-Reisinger, Fogg, and Sackler Museums. Tours M-F 11am (summer W only). This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard.
The Fogg Art Museum and the Busch-Reisinger Museum will be closed, beginning July 1, 2008, for extensive renovations. Over the course of spring and summer 2008, the Arthur M. Sackler Museum will be reinstalled with representative works from the collections of all three Harvard Art Museums, with an expected opening of the completed reinstallation in September 2008. Please confirm exhibitions and museum hours by calling or visiting the Art Museums website.

This postmodern paradigm is home to Harvard's ancient, classical, pre-Colombian, Islamic, Indian, and Asian art collections. The museum is small, but that just gives you more time to wander, contemplating statues of the Buddha or composing odes on Grecian urns. Some of the world's finest Chinese jades and bronzes reside on the fourth floor, and be sure to check out the beautiful illustrations from Muslim manuscripts on the second. Special exhibits and free lectures provide an opportunity to get acquainted with lesser known works; check the website or call for a calendar of events. Admission $6.50, students and seniors $5. Free for children under 18, Harvard-ID holders, Cambridge library cardholders, or before noon on Sa. Fee also includes admittance to Busch-Reisinger and Fogg museums. Wheelchair-accessible. This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard. The Fogg Art Museum and the Busch-Reisinger Museum will be closed, beginning July 1, 2008, for extensive renovations. Over the course of spring and summer 2008, the Arthur M. Sackler Museum will be reinstalled with representative works from the collections of all three Harvard Art Museums, with an expected opening of the completed reinstallation in September 2008. Please confirm exhibitions and museum hours by calling or visiting the Art Museums website.

The most historic of the many Brattle St. houses-turned-historic-sites, the Longfellow House is a beautiful architectural gem located in one of Cambridge's most pleasant areas. Here, George Washington established his headquarters during the siege of Boston and celebrated his 17th wedding anniversary with Martha in 1776. In the 19th century, it was the home of poet and Harvard professor Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 18th- and 19th-century furniture, paintings, and china adorn the rooms. This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard. The Longfellow National Historic Site bookstore features works, books, and CDs by Henry W. Longfellow, as well as a variety of other books by 19th century poets. In addition, the bookstore has available gardening books related to Longfellow garden, poetry translations, Afro-American poetry, and 18th and 19th century games for children.

Explore 12,000 specimens drawn from Harvard’s vast research collections at the University's most visited museum -- dinosaurs, meteorites, gemstones, and animals from around the globe. Look closer at hundreds of animals including giraffe, elephant, rhino, tigers, lions, armadillo, platypus, giant whale skeletons, & more. Get close to the world’s only mounted Kronosaurus, a 135 million year-old, 42 foot-long marine reptile; one of the first Triceratops ever discovered; and amazing gemstones and minerals including a 1,642 lb. amethyst geode. Don’t miss the world famous exhibit of 3,000 ‘Glass Flowers’, amazingly realistic models of plants, fruits and flowers created by father-son glass artists Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka from 1886-1936. Find models of bananas, figs, cacao, pineapple, and cashew nuts to learn what they look like as they grow. You won’t believe they’re not real. On weekends and Wednesday afternoons, trained volunteers are in the galleries with hands-on activities and investigation carts. Check out the weekday afternoon Young Scientists and Animal Artists clubs, weekend Nature Storytime for preschool visitors, Sunday afternoon programs for ‘tweens, and the popular annual Mineral Madness or Fossil Fest family festivals. Changing exhibitions include Sea Creatures in Glass, models of jellies, octopus, anemones, by the same glass artists who created the Glass Flowers, and Climate Change: Our Global Experiment, on the latest research on our changing planet, including an interactive video, and comparative past and present photographs of glaciers, demonstrating dramatic melting.
The museum is on the Harvard University campus, just a short, 7-10 minute walk through historic Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square MBTA Red Line ‘T’ station. Handicapped accessible. Ticket includes admission to the adjacent Peabody Museum -- archaeology and cultures of six continents
Admission: $9.00; seniors and students $7.00; $6.00 ages 3-18; under 3 free. Free for Massachusetts residents only: Wednesdays. 3:00-5:00 pm (September thru May) and Sunday mornings year round, 9 a.m.-noon. Harvard Museum of Natural History 26 Oxford Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Phone: (617) 495-3045 Email: hmnh@oeb.harvard.edu Web: www.hmnh.harvard.edu Hours: Open daily, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

One admission ticket covers this connected maze of museums, including the Botanical Museum, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Mineralogical and Geological Museums, and the Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, with collections in archaeology, geology, ethnology, zoology, and botany, as well as special exhibits. The museum's most famous display is its spectacular glass flower exhibit, with reproductions so delicate and life-like you just might be tempted to sniff them—which was the point when they were created for Harvard botany classes in the 19th century. Moving through the labyrinthine corridors and staircases, you'll see the impressive gem collection (including a 1600 lb amethyst geode) and cases of equally shimmering jewelled beetles. There is some standard fare, such as dioramas documenting the history of life and some curious stuffed and fossilized creatures, but there's also George Washington's pheasants (!), a narwhal skeleton, and the popular 42 ft. Harvard chronosaurus. Additional eye-poppers at the Peabody (with an additional entrance at 11 Divinity Ave.) include a giant Pacific dugout canoe, suspended from the ceiling, and fascinating collections of stelae, altars, and other stone constructions from the Mayan and Aztec civilizations. Admission $7.50, students and seniors $6, and children (3-18) $5. Free with Harvard ID or Su 9am-noon and Wed 3-5pm (Sept.-May). This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard.