Family Program

Free , fun, family activities allow visitors to explore arts from the ancient Near East. Activities change daily: make Egyptian accessories, inscribe clay tablets, or decode hieroglyphics. Drop in for five minutes--or 30--to see what is new every day...

Every Sunday this summer, drop in for free, fun “make and take” family activities. Create Egyptian accessories, play ancient board games, and inscribe clay tablets as you explore arts from the lands of the Ancient Near East. Through August 27. Recommended...

Test your skills on the Fantastic Beasts Scavenger Hunt at three adjacent HMSC museums AND meet Quidditch players from the Harvard Horntails team. Score a goal with the quaffle at the lawn near the Harvard Semitic Museum at 6 Divinity Avenue. Weather...

Explore the Harvard Semitic Museum with a free half hour gallery tour of From the Nile to the Euphrates: Creating the Harvard Semitic Museum. This exhibition celebrates the vision of Professor David Gordon Lyon (1852–1935), the museum’s founder and first...

Explore the Harvard Semitic Museum with a free half hour gallery tour of The Houses of Ancient Israel: Domestic, Royal, Divine. Learn about an ancient Near Eastern agricultural society as you view a full scale replica of an Iron Age Israelite home. This...

Explore the Harvard Semitic Museum with a free half hour gallery tour of The Houses of Ancient Israel: Domestic, Royal, Divine. Learn about an ancient Near Eastern agricultural society as you view a full scale replica of an Iron Age Israelite home. This...

Explore the Harvard Semitic Museum with a free half hour gallery tour of Monuments from Mesopotamia. This exhibition consists of a nuanced collection of Mesopotamian casts, including the Laws of Hammurabi, the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, and the...

Explore the Harvard Semitic Museum with a free half hour gallery tour of From the Nile to the Euphrates: Creating the Harvard Semitic Museum. This exhibition celebrates the vision of Professor David Gordon Lyon (1852–1935), the museum’s founder and first...

Explore the Harvard Semitic Museum with a free half hour gallery tour of The Houses of Ancient Israel: Domestic, Royal, Divine . Learn about an ancient Near Eastern agricultural society as you view a full scale replica of an Iron Age Israelite home. This...

Special Summer Event Kick off summer at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture's annual Summer Solstice celebration. Enjoy a fun evening with circus performers, music, dance, food trucks, street chalking, and hands-on activities for all ages, with free...