University Museum

University Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a historic Harvard building that developed over decades into a shared center for several major museum collections. The six-story U-shaped brick structure, designed in an Italian Renaissance style, began in 1859 as the home of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. An enlargement in 1876 added space for the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, and further expansions continued through 1913. Over time it became a principal hub for natural history, archaeology, ethnology, and related scientific study, housing multiple museums and departments rather than a single institution. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Cambridge, Massachusetts · United States