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Visit Harvard

Tour our historic campus, explore our expansive collections, and learn about our cutting-edge scholarship.

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The Harvard University Center is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Harvard University Visitor Center

Harvard University established the Visitor Center in 1962 as the front door to the University, where students greet visitors from all over the world, answer questions about campus, and provide official tours of Harvard.

Have questions? Email visitor_center@harvard.edu

Tours

Historical places, hidden gems, iconic figures, famous traditions, and world-changing scholarship can be found on the official Harvard tours.

Historical Tour of Harvard

The free, student-led public walking tour through Harvard Yard provides a history of the University, general information, and a unique view on the student experience.

Visit Harvard mobile app

This free mobile app features a self-guided walking tour through Harvard Yard that highlights the history behind iconic buildings, traditions, alumni and more.

Explore on your own

Turn virtually any corner at Harvard and you’ll find something that leaves you feeling inspired. Explore the places, ideas, artifacts, and moments that make us who we are.

Harvard Libraries virtual exhibits

Virtual tour of the Harvard Museum of Natural History

Harvard and the legacy of slavery walking tour

Places we love

Charles River

“In May, the Charles hosts the run of thousands (millions?) of alewives swimming upstream to spawn, accompanied by black-crowned night herons, great blue herons, double-crested cormorants, ospreys, and other predators. I have seen large turtles, 2-foot-long carp, common mergansers, bufflehead ducks, muskrats, Norway rats, and Canada geese from these vantage spots.” Rob Gogan, Recycling and waste manager, Facilities Maintenance Operations