Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology

How do we confront the history and legacy of Louis Agassiz’s extensive archive of images of African and Indigenous Brazilians made in Manaus, Brazil in 1865 and housed at Harvard’s Peabody Museum?

In this program, Gates Jr. will be joined by Dr. Gregg Hecimovich to discuss the process of unearthing the histories of formerly enslaved people.

Maya female ceramic figurines from the island of Jaina produced in the Late Classic Period (600–900 CE) are admired for their lifelike, poignant, and sometimes amusing characteristics.

Regeneration is a remarkable phenomenon in which an animal can regrow parts of its body that are lost or damaged by injury.

Ann Cyphers will discuss recent investigations at San Lorenzo that shed new light on the dawn of Olmec civilization almost 4,000 years ago.

Celebrate International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day by taking a virtual swoop through the Peabody Museum.

Celebrate the glamour, labor, humor, and discoveries of archaeology at Harvard.

Focusing on Mexico’s pre-Hispanic past, Juan Villoro will explore the intimate and evocative relationships among literature, archaeology, and culture.

Diving with a Purpose is an organization dedicated to the documentation and protection of African slave-trade shipwrecks and the maritime history and culture of African Americans.

Join us online for an afternoon of community and joyful remembrance. Co-sponsored by the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture and the Consulate General of Mexico.

Hammond will discuss her approach to identifying key evolutionary adaptations of this common ancestor using 3D technology, fossil analyses, and field research at six-million-year-old sites in Kenya.

“What is a Polynesian?” This is a question with a long and troubling history embedded in settler colonialism.

Barbara Haber and Lydia Shire will discuss the connections among culinary history, women’s history, and social history, highlighting how food and cooking have been—and continue to be used—to mark gend

How can American museums—especially those that have strong relationships with Indigenous communities—respond to current national conditions of social unrest and political turmoil?

Meet the Peabody's Trish Capone and current Harvard student Nam Hyun Kim as they talk about the objects found during this long-standing dig on campus.

As museums acknowledge their legacy as colonial institutions, many are reimagining their mission as agents of decolonization and social justice.

Hear Ingrid Ahlgren share her recent work on one of the largest and most historically significant collections in the U.S. from the Pacific Islands, Australia, and Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Explore food-related objects and their stories from the Peabody Museum’s Resetting the Table exhibition with Diana Loren and Ryan Wieboldt.

In this free virtual talk, Harvard lecturer Carole Hooven discusses her recent book about testosterone, an influential yet complicated hormone, and its relationship to genes and cultural norms.

In this free virtual preview of the Peabody Museum's Muchos Méxicos exhibition, contributing scholars provide an up-close look at the objects and narratives presented in the exhibition.