Front of the museum.

Museum Open

The Harvard Museum of Natural History is open while construction occurs on the walkways outside the building. Plan your visit today!

 

 

Life size model of the spike-moss, Selaginella rupestris. Model 422, Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, 1893.

The Blaschkas at the Microscope: Lessons in Botany

New in the Glass Flowers Gallery! Delve into captivating educational models that meticulously illustrate the life cycles of non-flowering, spore-forming plants and fungi. After nearly a quarter century, these remarkable teaching models make their return.

 

tourmaline mineral

Mineral Gallery

Step inside the Harvard Museum of Natural History’s newly renovated Earth & Planetary Sciences gallery. This expansive space displays thousands of rare minerals and sparkling gemstones, including a stunning new display of Maine’s most famous mineral, Tourmaline.