Exhibitions
Birds Do It, Bees Do It, Even Roaming Caribou Do It: Migration in the Animal Kingdom
Through January 22, 2009
Cabot Science Library Exhibition Case
Main Floor
Reed Lowrie, 617-496-5534 or lowrie@fas.harvard.edu
As children we learn that birds fly south for the winter, but few of us realize the scope and variety of migratory behaviors in animals. This exhibit will look at the migration of mammals, birds, and insects, with an emphasis on how human behavior and activity impacts the movement of animals through the environment.
From the Amazon to the Volga: The Cartographic Representation of Rivers
Through January 30, 2009
Map Gallery Hall
Pusey Library
Joseph Garver, 617-495-2417 or garver@fas.harvard.edu
For centuries cartographers have wrestled with the difficulties of depicting rivers, and in the process they have devised many ingenious ways of answering the challenge—from streambed profiles to bird's-eye views, ranging in format from portfolio atlases to strip maps, accordion books, and scrolls. This exhibit examines how mapmakers from the 15th century to the early 20th century sought to measure, track, and frame some of the major rivers of the world, including the Tigris and Euphrates, Amazon, Don, Danube, Nile, Congo, Rhine, Volga, and Mississippi.
Immersed in a "Different Atmosphere": Reflections on Yaddo
Through January 28, 2009
Amy Lowell Room
Houghton Library
Heather Cole, 617-495-2449 or hgcole@fas.harvard.edu
Created in 1900 by Spencer and Katrina Trask of Saratoga Springs, New York, Yaddo has provided a serene and sequestered retreat to more than 5,000 writers and artists. This exhibition focuses on the experiences of these creative visitors to Yaddo, including Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, Thomas Wolfe, James Laughlin, and others.
Return to the top.
"An Invaluable Partner...": From Fogg Museum Library to Fine Arts Library
Through January 15, 2009
Main Floor Exhibition Case
Fine Arts Library
Bob Sennett, 627-496-1502 or rsennett@fas.harvard.edu
In preparation for the Fine Arts Library's relocation in 2009 during the renovation of the Fogg Art Museum, the library presents a visual history of the collection from its beginnings in the 1927 Fogg building through integration with Widener collections in 1962 and expansion into Werner Otto Hall in 1991.
The Mercator Globes
Ongoing
Harvard Map Collection
Pusey Library
617-495-2417
Includes Gerard Mercator's terrestrial (1541) and celestial (1551) globes, which reflected new discoveries in world geography and cosmography as well as new techniques in charting, printing, and globe making. Only 22 matched pairs survive, Harvard's being the only matched pair of Mercator globes in America.
Nadia Boulanger and Her American Composition Students
Through July 1, 2009
Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library
Fanny Mason Peabody Music Building
Sarah Adams, 617-496-3359 or sjadams@fas.harvard.edu
This exhibit focuses on Nadia Boulanger, one of the foremost composition teachers of the 20th century, especially her American ties and her influence on generations of American composers. The exhibit is scheduled to coincide with "Crosscurrents: American and European Music in Interaction, 1900-2000," an international conference to be held at Harvard October 30 through November 1.
Return to the top.
Remembering Awatovi: The Story of an Archaeological Expedition in Northern Arizona, 1935–1939
Through March 30, 2009
Tozzer Library Gallery
Janet Steins, 617-495-2292 or steins@fas.harvard.edu
Awatovi was one of the first villages of the Hopi mesas in northeastern Arizona. In the early 1500s, it was somewhat isolated from European infringement but by the 1600s Spanish missionaries had brought new religion, regulations, and tactics of coercion and control. The Hopi response was mixed—even as they blended new ways with old, they maintained the old traditions in secrecy and at great personal risk. Finally in the fall of 1700, some Hopi chose to burn Awatovi, symbolically killing the village so that its people might move forward in a new place. Although the Hopi initially intended the abandoned village to remain undisturbed, they later approved early 20th century scholars' request to dig at the site. "Remembering Awatovi" goes behind the scenes of the last archaeological expedition of its kind at an ancient site sacred to the Hopi people. Part history of archaeology and part social history, the exhibit reveals what the archaeologists found in the village of Awatovi with its beautiful kiva murals church, and how the archaeologists lived in "New Awatovi," the camp they built for themselves beside the dig. The written and photographic records of "New Awatovi" add a new dimension to the discoveries of the dig itself.
Sublime Spectacle: Exploration and Geology in the Grand Canyon
Through October 10, 2009
Cabot Science Library Exhibition Case
Main Floor
Reed Lowrie, 617-496-5534 or lowrie@fas.harvard.edu
While it can be appreciated solely for its natural beauty, the Grand Canyon is also one of the best places on earth to see a record of the earth's geological past. This exhibit shows what the canyon consists of and how it was formed, and also discusses the exploration of the canyon by scientists in the 19th century. Clarence Dutton's 1882 Atlas to Accompany the Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District, one of the most beautiful works on the canyon, will be on display.
Through the Camera Lens: Theodore Roosevelt and the Art of Photography
Through December 31, 2008
Theodore Roosevelt Gallery
Pusey Library
Wallace Dailey, 617-384-7938 or wfdailey@fas.harvard.edu
The exhibit (from the Harvard College Library's Theodore Roosevelt Collection) is not intended as a pictorial survey of Roosevelt's career, but examines Roosevelt's interest in and use of photography, and displays images grouped around certain recurring themes, including family portraits and the out-of-doors. As the collection proceeds with converting its photographic holdings to electronic form, there are a few digital surprises as well. From January through May 2009, portions of the exhibition will remain on display in the Theodore Roosevelt Gallery.
Return to the top.
To Promote, To Learn, To Teach, To Please: Scientific Images in Early Modern Books
Through December 20, 2009
Edison and Newman Room
Houghton Library
Caroline Duroselle-Melish, 617-495-2444 or cmelish@fas.harvard.edu
Images in early modern European books of science (1500–1750) were shaped not only by the needs of scientific communication, they were also deeply influenced by economic, social, and cultural considerations. Through representative examples, this exhibition examines physical evidence both in the images themselves and in the books they illustrated. Men of science, as well as the craftsmen who made and printed the images, used the techniques available to them to produce illustrations that sought to satisfy two important sets of demands: the needs of scientific communication, and the desires of a potential audience of readers and purchasers. The exhibition will include significant examples drawn from the collections of Houghton Library and Harvard's Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments.
The Warren Anatomical Museum Reopening Exhibition
Ongoing
Warren Anatomical Museum Exhibition Gallery, Fifth Floor
Countway Library of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
10 Shattuck Street
Boston, MA 02115
617-432-2173
2007–2008 Winners of the Visiting Committee Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting and the Philip Hofer Prize for Art and Book Collecting
Through May 30, 2009
Lamont Library Exhibition Cases
Second and Third Floors
Lynn Sayers, 617-495-2455 or sayers@fas.harvard.edu
The Francophone Collection; Finding P.G. Wodehouse: Catalytic Legacies of My Grandfather's India; Representative Works in Science and the History of Science; The Art of War in Revolutionary America; and Figbash and Wild Things: The Illustrations of Edward St. John Gorey and Maurice Sendak. Samplings of the collections of these prizewinning entries, along with personal commentary, are on exhibit.
Return to the top.
|
