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Jane Pickering

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Book Cover.

Face to face with America’s original sin

Book confronts historical, ethical questions posed by Zealy daguerreotypes of enslaved people

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DateOctober 20, 2020October 23, 2020

The Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University.

Though museums are closed, the work continues

Staffs using the time to update and build out databases for use by researchers now and in the future

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DateJune 3, 2020June 4, 2020

Jane Pickering

Peabody’s incoming director shares strategies for new era in museum work

Online learning, indigenous collections are at the forefront for Jane Pickering

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DateMay 21, 2019May 23, 2019

Jane Pickering

Pickering named director of Peabody Museum

Harvard administrator will begin five-year term on July 1

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DateMay 21, 2019May 20, 2019

Lily Simonson in her studio.

The deepest colors you’ll ever see

Ocean adventures alongside Harvard scientist inspired artist’s dive into the bizarre

Arts|

DateAugust 2, 2018August 2, 2018

A hand-carved effigy pipe of a flying man dressed in a sailor’s uniform, with an ornate pineapple design on his pants is one of the rarely seen treasures on exhibit. Gift of Frederick H. Rindge, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The world in an exhibit

As Peabody Museum turns 150, new exhibition highlights pioneering efforts and legacy of cultural history

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DateMay 5, 2017May 16, 2019

A glass window frames The Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (HMSC) exhibit, "Scale: A Matter of Perspective," examines the concept of scale and its power to transform perceptions of the world and our place in it, inviting visitors to make connections to the world in surprising new ways.

'Scale' tells the story of how, and what, we measure

Museum exhibit explores how perspective changes understanding

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DateApril 18, 2017January 26, 2018

A fading image of a tiger is part of the Harvard Museum of Natural History's exhibit on extinction, "Next of Kin: Seeing Extinction through the Artist’s Lens." Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer

Drawing the eye to extinction

Artist’s perspective gives HMNH exhibit ‘gut level’ power

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DateJanuary 31, 2017March 5, 2019

Ashley Fox (left) and Casey Lonabocker check out one of the four kiosks in the exhibit "What's in a Name?" at the Harvard Museum of Natural History. The exhibit's purpose is to clear up visitors’ confusion of scientific names through images, information, stories, and games.

What’s in a (scientific) name

At Museum of Natural History, kiosks explain how animals, plants, and organisms are grouped and described

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DateJanuary 27, 2017October 5, 2017

dOCUMENTA (13) artistic director Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev discussed her role in the popular exhibit at Harvard on Wednesday as the inaugural lecturer of a new program by the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture and the Harvard Art Museums.

Artful balance

Lecture kicks off new program on curatorial practice

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DateMay 2, 2014March 13, 2019

Since 1988, Richard Lenski has watched E. coli bacteria multiply through 59,000 generations, a span that has allowed him to observe evolution in real time. He also found that one of the 12 bacterial lines he has maintained has developed into what he believes is a new species.

Evolution in real time

59,000 generations of bacteria, plus freezer, yield startling results

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DateFebruary 13, 2014March 19, 2019

Scot Miller spent 120 days retracing Thoreau's footsteps for his new book, “Thoreau, The Maine Woods: A Photographic Journey through an American Wilderness” (photo 2). An exhibition of Miller's photographs are now on view at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (photo 3).

At one with Thoreau

Photographs inspired by ‘Maine Woods’ on display at Harvard Museum of Natural History

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DateJanuary 23, 2014November 10, 2016

Nearly four years after it was scheduled to close, the wildly popular exhibit "The Language of Color" will finally end in October (photo 1). Athena Hu, 12, (photo 2) and tourist Isis May Wenseing (photo 3) both scheduled a visit to the exhibition before its end date.

A walk in Thoreau’s woods

Opening in November, museum exhibition will replace popular one on color

Campus|

DateAugust 16, 2013May 6, 2019

“Where I think we’re ahead of the curve is that we have brought together several diverse museums on one campus. They represent disciplines that historically have been separate, so tying them together wouldn’t have happened 50 years ago,” said Harvard Museums of Science and Culture Executive Director Jane Pickering.

Collaborative museums

Consortium of six in science and culture celebrates stellar first year

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DateJuly 2, 2013July 11, 2019

Marlene Zuk: “There is no ‘progress’ in evolution. No living thing is trying to get anywhere. And humans are not at the pinnacle of the evolutionary ladder.”

Not as evolved as we think

Adaptation neither stops nor makes value judgments, author says

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DateApril 11, 2013July 25, 2019

It’s been 75 million years since birds lost their teeth, to this day mutant chickens will grow teeth — teeth that bear a close resemblance to their ancient and remarkably close relative, the alligator, Arkhat Abzhanov, associate professor of organismic and evolutionary biology, told his Harvard Museum of Natural History audience.

Before takeoff

Lecture on dinosaur-bird connection is first in five-part ‘Evolution Matters’ series

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DateFebruary 5, 2013

Jane Pickering has been named executive director of the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture, a new consortium that will draw on faculty and staff expertise and the collections of six partner museums.

A director for Museums of Science and Culture

Jane Pickering to lead new six-partner consortium

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DateDecember 4, 2012May 16, 2019