The museum contains pieces from different periods of cultures and explanations are provided sufficiently.
October 2023
Good museum, with a variety of cultural material. The museum achieves a unique goal, of supplementing the history of the "study of anthropology" through time, and prompts the viewer to recalibrate how one "sees the collection".The ticketed entry allows access to the Peabody and Natural history museum.
September 2023
I really liked this museum. Especially since there were no kids running around like there were at the natural history museum. It was quiet, I could take the time to read about each of the exhibits. I thought everything was really interesting.
From towering totem poles and large Maya sculptures to artifacts of the ancient world, the Peabody Museum at Harvard exhibits six continents of world culture just a short walk from Harvard Square. The museum cares for cultural heritage, including objects and images, from diverse people from around the world and across time, including life-size casts of Maya monuments, as well as changing exhibitions such as Wiyohpiyata: Lakota Images of the Contested West featuring 19th-century warrior art, and Digging Veritas, which explores the archaeology of colonial Harvard. Admission to the connected Harvard Museum of Natural History is included.
