# Harvard Student Wintersession Event - Behind the Scenes at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture #### calendar\_today Date and Time **January 19, 2017** 01:30PM - 03:00PM EST #### pin\_drop Location **Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street** Join us for a rare opportunity to tour the incredible collections that are held behind-the-scenes at the world-renowned FAS research museums! · [Harvard Semitic Museum](http://semiticmuseum.fas.harvard.edu/collections): Collections from the Near East including Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Cyprus, and Tunisia. · [Harvard University Herbarium](http://huh.harvard.edu/pages/herbaria): Home to more than 5 million plant specimens including surprises like a lichen added into a mummy wrapping and plants collected by Henry David Thoreau. · [Mineralogical & Geological Museum at Harvard](http://mgmh.fas.harvard.edu/collections): Marvel at the Hamlin gem collection, gold nuggets, and the Massachusetts state mineral, just some of the 400,000 objects in the collection. · [Museum of Comparative Zoology](http://mcz.harvard.edu/collections/dept_collections.html): While there are over 21 million animal specimens housed in the MCZ, this tour will focus on the bird and fossil collection. · [Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology](https://www.peabody.harvard.edu/collections): Celebrate the 150th birthday of the museum and peek at some of the 99.99% of the collection not on display. After meeting at Harvard Museum of Natural History at 1:30pm, students will leave with their tour guide to explore the collection spaces. Space is limited, and registration is required via . Questions can be directed to Wendy Derjue-Holzer at Please note: You may sign up for only one of the five museum tours offered. Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://scienceeducation.fas.harvard.edu/node/963836/event-feed.ics) Copy link link