Arts and Culture

An exhibition curator will lead this talk exploring how and why artists choose specific materials to express their ideas.

GSD dean Sarah Whiting will explore architectural planning in the pre-digital era, when Edna Andrade composed her detailed works.

December Selection: Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout.

Explore ancient coins and learn how a team of museum staff and students is trying to harness the power of AI to recover stolen coins.

Join us for Second Saturdays Story Time, where local librarians read stories in the galleries!

Join us for an afternoon of creative community sketching in one of Harvard’s most inspiring spaces. Sign up for one or three sessions!

Come get creative at Collins!

Join us for half an hour of songs, stories and rhymes. For children of all ages and their caregivers. Registration is not required.

Bounces and rhymes for our youngest library patrons. Recommended for babies 0-18 months and their caregivers.

Put on your dancing shoes and head over for a morning of singing and dancing! We'll sing and move together, and share a story or two. For children of all ages and their grown-ups. 

Join us to craft homemade gifts this holiday season.

Bounces and rhymes for our youngest library patrons. Recommended for babies 0-18 months and their caregivers.

Join the Collins Branch Library in collaboration with the Cambridge Climate Leaders Initiative for a monthly discussion of a climate-related topic.

Join us for 20-25 minutes of music, movement and stories. For children of all ages and their caregivers. Registration is not required.

 

December Selection: The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger.

Celebrate the start of 2026 without staying awake until midnight! Play games and create crafts with friends, family and neighbors. For children of all ages and their caregivers.