Peabody Museum Tours by Harvard Students
Tours by Harvard students connect visitors with the research, teaching, and Indigenous engagement surrounding the cultural heritage in the museum’s care. How do items come to the museum? Who accesses them and how do items return home?
Visitors may drop in at the scheduled times. No reservation is required. Tours meet in the lobby and last approximately 45 minutes.
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2:00 pm, October 6, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply.
Sundays at 11:00 am, October 6, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply. Free museum admission for Massachusetts residents every Sunday morning from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Proof of residency required. Free museum admission is not available to commercial groups.
*Blackout dates: December 4, 2023–January 4, 2024; and March 9–17, 2024.
Tours may be available by advance request in these languages: Hindi, Korean, Mandarin, and Marathi. Tours for ten or more visitors may be scheduled at these and other times. Please complete the reservation request form to see what is possible.
K–12 School Visits
Teachers, please see K–12 for information on programs and admission rates.
Group Visit Admission Rates
Pre-reserved group admission is available for groups of ten or more. Group admission prices are discounted $3 from regular individual admission prices.
Adults: $12.00
Seniors: $10.00
Non-Harvard college students: $7.00
Youth (3–18): $7.00
Self-Guided Visits
With signage, videos, and interactive displays throughout the galleries, visitors do not need a tour guide to enjoy the museum and the 10,000 years of cultural history on display.
Registration
Please register your group at least two weeks in advance. The museum is unable to offer the group visit discount to groups that do not pre-register. To schedule a group visit, complete the reservation request form.
If you have any questions or need further information about group visits, call or email reservations at (617) 495-3216 or PMAEreserve@hmsc.harvard.edu.
Reservations hours: Monday–Friday 9:00 am–3:30 pm
Tour directors considering adding the museum to their Boston itineraries are invited to email the museum's Director of Marketing at hmscpr@hmsc.harvard.edu.
Drop-off and Parking
There is easy drop-off at the museum (on Divinity Avenue, see map) for buses, with off-site parking available on campus. Please include parking needs on the reservation form.
Learn about the museum's accessibility.
Prepaid Museum Passes for Educational Institutions
College, high schools, and other institutions can purchase blocks of individual tickets at the discounted group rate. Faculty, students, and staff will have the opportunity to visit at any convenient time—with or without their peers—and still benefit from the group discount. Educators are invited to visit the museum to develop the assignments for their students’ visits. To purchase pre-paid passes, please contact Faith Sutter at faith_sutter@harvard.edu or at 617-495-3397. The minimum purchase is 10 passes.
Students under 18: $7.00
College students: $7.00
Faculty/staff adults: $12.00