Harvard Student Wintersession Event - Behind the Scenes at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture

Join us for a rare opportunity to tour the incredible collections that are held behind-the-scenes at the world-renowned FAS research museums!

·                Harvard Semitic Museum: Collections from the Near East including Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Cyprus, and Tunisia. 

·                Harvard University Herbarium: Home to more than 5 million plant specimens including surprises like a lichen added into a mummy wrapping and plants collected by Henry David Thoreau.

·                Mineralogical & Geological Museum at Harvard: Marvel at the Hamlin gem collection, gold nuggets, and the Massachusetts state mineral, just some of the 400,000 objects in the collection.

·                Museum of Comparative Zoology: While there are over 21 million animal specimens housed in the MCZ, this tour will focus on the bird and fossil collection.

·                Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology: Celebrate the 150th birthday of the museum and peek at some of the 99.99% of the collection not on display.
 

After meeting at Harvard Museum of Natural History at 1:30pm, students will leave with their tour guide to explore the collection spaces.  Space is limited, and registration is required via https://goo.gl/forms/KIUPrbOUZ0XR4Ir93 .

Questions can be directed to Wendy Derjue-Holzer at wderjue@hmsc.harvard.edu

Please note: You may sign up for only one of the five museum tours offered.