11:00 AM Arts Ages 13+ Free New Spotlight Tour: Un/Settled, with Leandra Bautista ’28 Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge Indoor A student-led gallery tour of three artworks that explore the idea of home as a place of comfort or discomfort. English At the venue (Harvard Art Museums, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Art Museums Share Spotlight Tour: Un/Settled, with Leandra Bautista ’28 WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM History All ages Free New Free Admission on Indigenous Peoples’ Day Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge Indoor Free museum admission on Indigenous Peoples' Day, with the museum open to all visitors. English At the venue (Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Share Free Admission on Indigenous Peoples’ Day WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM History Adults New The Tobacco Takers: Puritans, Pipes, and Bodily Care Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge Indoor A talk on the history of tobacco pipes and bodily care among Puritans in colonial New England. English At the venue (Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Share The Tobacco Takers: Puritans, Pipes, and Bodily Care WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
11:00 AM History Ages 13+ Free New Spotlight Tour: Coloring the Past, with Jide Anekwe ’28 Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge Indoor A student-led gallery tour exploring how the past has been coloured and represented in artworks. English At the venue (Harvard Art Museums, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Art Museums Share Spotlight Tour: Coloring the Past, with Jide Anekwe ’28 WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM History Ages 13–17 New Knapping the First Tools: Teen Saturdays Workshop Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge Indoor A Saturday workshop for teens in which they learn stone knapping techniques used to make the earliest tools. English At the venue (Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Share Knapping the First Tools: Teen Saturdays Workshop WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
11:00 AM Arts Ages 13+ Free New Spotlight Tour: Un/Settled, with Leandra Bautista ’28 Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge Indoor A student-led gallery tour of three artworks that explore the idea of home as a place of comfort or discomfort. English At the venue (Harvard Art Museums, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Art Museums Share Spotlight Tour: Un/Settled, with Leandra Bautista ’28 WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM History Ages 3–12 New Family Activities at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge Indoor Family activities inspired by ancient Near Eastern collections at the museum. English At the venue (Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Share Family Activities at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
2:00 PM History Ages 13+ New Materials Lab Workshop: How to Draw a Pot Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge Indoor A hands-on drawing workshop with an archaeological illustrator, marking International Archaeology Day. Registration is full. English At the venue (Harvard Art Museums, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Art Museums Share Materials Lab Workshop: How to Draw a Pot WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
12:30 PM Arts Adults New Gallery Talk: Charlotte Moorman, Nam June Paik, and Their Avant-Garde Circle Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge Indoor A gallery talk in which a family member recalls avant-garde multimedia performances by Nam June Paik and Charlotte Moorman. English At the venue (Harvard Art Museums, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Art Museums Share Gallery Talk: Charlotte Moorman, Nam June Paik, and Their Avant-Garde Circle WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM History Adults New The Many Lives of Theban Tomb 16 Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge Indoor A talk tracing the changing uses and meanings of an ancient Egyptian tomb over time. English At the venue (Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Share The Many Lives of Theban Tomb 16 WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
2:00 PM Arts Adults New Walking Tour: Reading the Urban Landscape Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge Indoor and outdoor A gallery talk on outdoor drawing followed by a walking tour reading the urban landscape. Registration is full. English At the venue (Harvard Art Museums, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Art Museums Share Walking Tour: Reading the Urban Landscape WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM History All ages New Day of the Dead Celebration Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge Indoor A celebration of Día de los Muertos with cultural activities for all ages. English and Spanish At the venue (Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Share Day of the Dead Celebration WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
12:00 PM Arts Adults New Multi-Site Exhibition Tour: Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage and Knowledge Is Myth: Chimeric Continuities Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge Indoor A curator-led tour across two exhibitions at two museum sites, covering the work of Alfonso Ossorio and a show on chimeric continuities. English At the venue (Harvard Art Museums, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Art Museums Share Multi-Site Exhibition Tour: Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage and Knowledge Is Myth: Chimeric Continuities WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
12:30 PM Arts Adults New Gallery Talk: Hauntology, Death Discs, and the Specter of Postwar America Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge Indoor A gallery talk pairing postwar photographs with teen tragedy songs and nostalgia from 1950s and 60s America. English At the venue (Harvard Art Museums, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Art Museums Share Gallery Talk: Hauntology, Death Discs, and the Specter of Postwar America WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
5:00 PM to 9:00 PM Arts Kids and adults New ArtsThursdays: Halloween at the Museum Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge Indoor A Thursday art activity with a Halloween theme held in the museum. English At the venue (Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Share ArtsThursdays: Halloween at the Museum WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
2:00 PM Arts Adults Free New Spotlight Tour: Model as Muse, with Giselle Acosta ’27 Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge Indoor A student-led gallery tour exploring the figure of the model as muse in art, with limited space. English At the venue (Harvard Art Museums, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Art Museums Share Spotlight Tour: Model as Muse, with Giselle Acosta ’27 WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
11:00 AM Arts Adults Free New Spotlight Tour: Coloring the Past, with Jide Anekwe ’28 Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge Indoor A student-led gallery tour on color and the past in artworks, with limited space. English At the venue (Harvard Art Museums, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Art Museums Share Spotlight Tour: Coloring the Past, with Jide Anekwe ’28 WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
12:30 PM Arts Adults New Gallery Talk: Picturing Taste, Style, and Space in 1950s American Suburbia Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge Indoor A gallery talk on photographs of taste, style and domestic space in 1950s American suburbia. English At the venue (Harvard Art Museums, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Art Museums Share Gallery Talk: Picturing Taste, Style, and Space in 1950s American Suburbia WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
6:00 PM to 7:15 PM Technology Adults New Race in the Machine: The Making of Algorithmic Bias Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge Indoor A talk on how bias enters machine learning and algorithmic systems. English At the venue (Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Share Race in the Machine: The Making of Algorithmic Bias WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM History Adults New Persia to Iran: History, Politics and Visual Culture of a Civilization in the Headlines Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge Indoor A talk on the history, politics and visual culture of Persia and Iran. English At the venue (Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Share Persia to Iran: History, Politics and Visual Culture of a Civilization in the Headlines WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
2:00 PM Arts Adults New First/Hand Fridays: Suit Up! Textiles in 20th-Century American Memory Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge Indoor A conversation with a museum staff member on American textiles as everyday objects, artworks and carriers of memory. English At the venue (Harvard Art Museums, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Art Museums Share First/Hand Fridays: Suit Up! Textiles in 20th-Century American Memory WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM Reading Ages 3–12 New ¡Ser Súper Is Super! The Power of Bilingualism! Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge Indoor A bilingual English and Spanish storytelling session about the strengths of being bilingual. English and Spanish At the venue (Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Share ¡Ser Súper Is Super! The Power of Bilingualism! WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM Arts Ages 13–17 New Making Paleolithic Cave Art: Teen Saturdays Workshop Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge Indoor A hands-on teen workshop where participants make their own imitation of Paleolithic cave art, exploring how early humans created images. English At the venue (Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Share Making Paleolithic Cave Art: Teen Saturdays Workshop WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM History Adults New The Festivals of Drunkenness in the Temple of Mut Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge Indoor A talk on ancient Egyptian festivals at the Temple of Mut and the role of drunkenness in religious celebration. English At the venue (Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Share The Festivals of Drunkenness in the Temple of Mut WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Science All ages New Fossil Day Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge Indoor A museum day centered on fossils, with activities for visitors of all ages to explore paleontology. English At the venue (Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, opens the original listing in a new tab) Listed by Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Share Fossil Day WhatsApp (opens in a new tab) Text message Copy message