#  Harvard Arts 

 



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## Home

 

 

### Welcome

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The arts abound at Harvard. Blending theory, practice, and passion across a diverse curricular and extracurricular landscape, Harvard is home to a vibrant and dedicated community which celebrates, interrogates, and practices art.

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## Museums

 

 

### Museums

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Harvard's museums house astonishing collections with millions of objects that illuminate a wide range of disciplines.

[Arnold Arboretum](http://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/)  
[Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments](https://chsi.harvard.edu/)  
[Museum of Comparative Zoology](http://www.mcz.harvard.edu/)  
[Fisher Museum at the Harvard Forest](http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/fisher-museum)  
[Harvard Art Museums](http://www.harvardartmuseum.org/)  
[Harvard Museum of Natural History](http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/)  
[Harvard University Herbaria](http://www.huh.harvard.edu/)  
[Mineralogical and Geological Museum](https://mgmh.fas.harvard.edu/)  
[Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology](http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/)  
[Semitic Museum](https://semiticmuseum.fas.harvard.edu/)  
[Artemas Ward House Museum](http://www.wardhouse.harvard.edu/)  
[Warren Anatomical Museum](https://www.countway.harvard.edu/chom/warren-anatomical-museum)

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## Architecture

 

 

### Architecture

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Home to such architectural marvels as Le Corbusier's [Carpenter Center](https://carpenter.center/) and a [Graduate School of Design](http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/) that has produced many influential architects of the last century, Harvard has had a long conversation with the built environment. The conversation continues with courses in the [Department of History of Art and Architecture](http://haa.fas.harvard.edu/) and increasing connections between students in the GSD, the College, and across the University.

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## Creative Writing

 

 

### Creative Writing

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Courses in the English Department's [Creative Writing Program ](https://english.fas.harvard.edu/undergraduate/creative-writing/)that allow students to reach high levels of technical artistry, acclaimed student publications that overflow with the next generation's writers, the [Woodberry Poetry Room](http://hcl.harvard.edu/poetryroom/)'s unparalleled collection of 20th and 21st century poetry, and the deep electronic resources provided on [Poetry@Harvard](http://poetry.harvard.edu/), all elevate the written word across Harvard's campus.

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## Dance

 

 

### Dance

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Anyone who has seen one of Harvard's diverse dance groups know that powerful, graceful and transformative performances happen on campus stagesevery semester, both through the [Dance Program ](https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/dance)(Office for the Arts) and in the productions of our [student-run dance groups.](https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/student-led-dance-groups)

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## Film

 

 

### Film

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Home to the renowned [Harvard Film Archive](http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/), the[Film Study Center](http://www.filmstudycenter.org/), and the curricular offerings of the [Department of Visual and Environmental Studies](http://www.ves.fas.harvard.edu/), Harvard is committed to film in all its variations, from its earliest flickers to cutting-edge documentaries.

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## Music

 

 

### Music

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With legendary professors, incomparable visiting artists, and students who have changed the landscape of music, Harvard offers both an extraordinary curricular program in music and musicology through the [Department of Music](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~musicdpt/), and a varied extracurricular music scene, with countless [student groups](https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/student-groups) performing throughout the year.

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## Theater

 

 

### Theater

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Whether it is in the professional productions of the [American Repertory Theater](http://www.amrep.org/)'s mainstage, the innovative performances led by [student theater groups](https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/about-theater) in black box spaces, the exhaustive archive of the performing arts held in the [Harvard Theatre Collection](http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/collections/htc/index.cfm), or the exciting courses offered by the [Committee on Dramatics](http://static.fas.harvard.edu/registrar/ugrad_handbook/current/chapter4/drama.html), the life of the theater thrives at Harvard.

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## Visual Arts

 

 

### Visual Arts

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The visual arts are found in abundance on Harvard's campus. The practice of the graphical, sculptural, digital, video, and mixed media arts thrive in the studios of Harvard's [Department of Visual and Environmental Studies](http://www.ves.fas.harvard.edu/). A powerful tradition of art history, theory and criticism continues in the [Department of the History of Art and Architecture](http://haa.fas.harvard.edu/). [Student-led groups](https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/student-groups), visiting artists, gallery spaces, and a passionate community of artists all contribute to the dynamic culture of visual arts found on campus.

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##  More links to the arts: 

[**Arts @ 29 Garden**](http://artsgarden.harvard.edu/)  
[**Read the Report of the Task Force on the Arts**](http://provost.harvard.edu/files/provost/files/artstaskforce-report_12-10-08.pdf)  
[**Learn about the Arts in Education Program**](http://www.gse.harvard.edu/academics/masters/aie/)



 

 



 [ Visit the Office for the Arts at Harvard arrow\_circle\_right ](http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/)