Faculty Access
Harvard Classes
The Peabody Museum welcomes the opportunity to work with faculty to explore and study collections in their courses. Museum collections are currently used in courses across nineteen different departments (download Adobe Reader) at Harvard University. Interactions with Peabody Museum collections take place at the Museum and can include the following options:
- Museum objects in the classroom. The Museum will deliver collections for in-classroom discussion in the Museum. If your course does not regularly meet at the Museum, we can make arrangements for your students to meet in our facilities with a specific group of objects.
- Storage visits. Small groups of students can participate in Museum storage visits to view specific collections housed at the Peabody Museum.
- Exhibit tours. Faculty may request tours of exhibits led by a member of the curatorial staff.
- Teaching displays. Short-term exhibits that feature Museum collections chosen around a theme or topic related to a course can be installed on the third-floor teaching gallery of the Museum. Teaching Displays work especially well for large classes or sections.
- Portfolios of Museum objects listed online. The Museum can create specialized web listings of Museum objects that can be directly linked to your course iSite. To see examples, click here.
Scheduling Class Visits, Research, & Tours
Two weeks' advance notice is required for scheduling class visits, research, and tours. Teaching displays require one-month advance notice.
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