Tag: Tangible Things

  • Nation & World

    Century-old tortilla chip in a Harvard collection

    Harvard has been collecting things for a long time, probably beginning with the donation of a library by its namesake, John Harvard…

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Objects of instruction

    Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds and some of Harvard’s leading faculty convened at Harvard Hall on Friday (April 1) to participate in “Teaching with Collections,” a discussion of the University’s treasures and their use in the classroom.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Putting things in their place

    Two professors shake up Harvard’s museum collections with a new course and exhibit that aim to challenge the ways in which tangible things are classified in traditional categories.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Hide and seek

    A new Harvard exhibit aims to challenge how things are categorized by delving into the University’s vast museum and archival collections.

    3 minutes