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Home / Reference / Education / Colleges and Universities / North America / United States / Massachusetts / Harvard University / Museums
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- Arnold Arboretum - Research and educational instituion including 265 acres of hardy trees, shrubs, and vines, plus associated herbarium and library collections.
www.arboretum.harvard.edu
- Arthur M. Sackler Museum - Houses collections of Ancient, Asian, Islamic, and Later Indian art. Site includes exhibition descriptions and gallery maps.
www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/sackler
- Botanical Museum at Harvard - Part of the Harvard University Museum of Natural History. Collects and exhibits botanical specimens, products and artifacts. Contains an extensive paleobotanical collection, particularly Precambrian material. Famous for its collection of glass flowers.
www.peabody.harvard.edu/museum_botanical.html
- Busch-Reisinger Museum - The only museum in America dedicated to the arts of Central and Northern Europe, with a special emphasis on the German-speaking countries. Site includes descriptions of exhibitions.
www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/busch/index.html
- Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments -
www.peabody.harvard.edu/museum_scientific.html
- Fisher Museum at the Harvard Forest -
www.peabody.harvard.edu/museum_fisher.html
- Fogg Art Museum - Harvard's oldest art museum, covering the history of Western art from the Middle Ages to the present. Site includes exhibition descriptions and gallery maps.
www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/fogg
- Harvard Museum of Natural History - The public museum of three institutions at Harvard University: the Botanical Museum, the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and the Mineralogical and Geological Museum.
www.hmnh.harvard.edu
- Harvard University Art Museums - The Fogg Art Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum.
www.artmuseums.harvard.edu
- Mineralogical and Geological Museum - Harvard museum which features a broad spectrum of mineralogical and geological specimens, including the Smith Meteorite Collection.
www.peabody.harvard.edu/museum_mineral.html
- Museum of Comparative Zoology - Part of the Harvard University Museum of Natural History complex which collects and exhibits the "variety and comparative relationships of animal life."
www.mcz.harvard.edu
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology - Founded in 1866 by George Peabody, it is one of the oldest museums in the world devoted to anthropology. History, departments, collections, galleries, events, staff.
www.peabody.harvard.edu
- Semitic Museum - Houses collections of archaeological materials from the Ancient Near East.
www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic
- Straus Center for Conservation - Provides analysis and treatments for the collections of the Harvard University Art Museums.
www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/straus
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