Harvard Museums unveil resplendent renovations

Housing one of the most captivating collections in Boston, the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture offer a distinctive repository of wonder, imagination, and exploration. Together with the college's art museum, the six-museum consortium encompasses the largest university collection in the world. Recently, Executive Director Jane Pickering embarked on a number of renovations to showcase some of the 28 million objects and specimens.

Harvard has been acquiring items for research and teaching since 1672. As resources poured into the Faculty of Arts and Sciences over the centuries, eclectic objects of all shapes and sizes accumulated in the museums. For this reason, Pickering suggests academic institutions offer an experience that other museums simply cannot match.