The Harvard Art Museum

The Harvard Art Museums, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, bring together three distinct collections under one roof: the Fogg Museum, which focuses on Western art from the Middle Ages to the present; the Busch-Reisinger Museum, dedicated to art from German-speaking countries and other parts of Central and Northern Europe; and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum. Together, these three museums hold hundreds of thousands of objects spanning centuries, making the institution one of the largest and most significant university art museums in the world. In 2014, the museums reopened in a dramatically renovated and expanded facility designed by the renowned architect Renzo Piano, which unified the three previously separate collections into a single building while preserving the historic 1927 Fogg Museum façade. The renovation added a glass-topped atrium and a distinctive glass roof that floods the galleries with natural light. The museums are known for their commitment to conservation and technical research through the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies.