Event Dime

Collecting Wonders: Tomorrow’s Discoveries

When:

July 29, 2026 · 9:00 AM

Where:

Harvard Museum of Natural History, Oxford Street 26, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, United States

Source:

MA250

When you imagine a museum, you might picture cases of artifacts. But the objects on display at the Harvard Museum of Natural History are a tiny percentage of the total collections. Behind the scenes, experts care for 26 million specimens. These objects form the basis for studying life on Earth. They are records of the planet from different times and places. Objects span billions of years and come from every continent, ocean, and beyond. They are stone and bone, plant and animal, feather and foss