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Welcome to HMSC Connects! where we go behind the scenes of four Harvard museums to explore the connections between us, our big, beautiful world, and even what lies beyond.

HMSC Connects! Podcast Harvard Museums of Science & Culture

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Welcome to HMSC Connects! where we go behind the scenes of four Harvard museums to explore the connections between us, our big, beautiful world, and even what lies beyond.

    50 Years at the Farlow: A Conversation with Don Pfister

    50 Years at the Farlow: A Conversation with Don Pfister

    Welcome to HMSC Connects! where we go behind the scenes of four Harvard museums to explore the connections between us, our big, beautiful world, and even what lies beyond. For this week's episode, host Jennifer Berglund is speaking with Don Pfister, a professor at Harvard and a curator of the Farlow Reference Library and Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany.
     
     

    • 35 min
    A Conversation with Amphibian Biologist and Photographer, S.D. Biju

    A Conversation with Amphibian Biologist and Photographer, S.D. Biju

    Welcome to HMSC Connects! where we go behind the scenes of four Harvard museums to explore the connections between us, our big, beautiful world, and even what lies beyond. For this week's episode, host Jennifer Berglund is speaking with S. D. Biju, a biologist and professor in the Environmental Studies Department at the University of Delhi, who is currently a Fellow at Harvard's Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study. He's a a biologist who studies amphibians like frogs, caecilians, and salamanders.

    • 39 min
    The Art of Intimidation: A Journey to Ancient Assyria with Adam Aja, Chief Curator at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East

    The Art of Intimidation: A Journey to Ancient Assyria with Adam Aja, Chief Curator at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East

    Welcome to HMSC Connects! where we go behind the scenes of four Harvard museums to explore the connections between us, our big, beautiful world, and even what lies beyond. For this week's episode, host Jennifer Berglund is speaking with Adam Aja, the Chief Curator at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East or HMANE. On March 15, 2024, HMANE will release a new augmented reality experience for its From Stone to Silicone exhibition. It will transport visitors from modern Cambridge to the ancient past to pay tribute to an Assyrian king at the Palace of Nineveh. It's called The Art of Intimidation: A Journey to Ancient Assyria. Adam and Jennifer discuss the app, its creation, and the adventure HMANE has planned for visitors.

    • 35 min
    Introducing Caroline Fernald, HMSC’s New Executive Director

    Introducing Caroline Fernald, HMSC’s New Executive Director

    Welcome to HMSC Connects! where we go behind the scenes of four Harvard museums to explore the connections between us, our big, beautiful world, and even what lies beyond. For this week’s episode host Jennifer Berglund is speaking with Caroline Fernald, HMSC's new Executive Director. 

    • 53 min
    A Conversation with Elizabeth Solinga, HMSC’s New Administrative Director

    A Conversation with Elizabeth Solinga, HMSC’s New Administrative Director

    Welcome to HMSC Connects! where we go behind the scenes of four Harvard museums to explore the connections between us, our big, beautiful world, and even what lies beyond. For this week’s episode host Jennifer Berglund is speaking with Elizabeth Solinga, the new Administrative Director of the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture.

    • 26 min
    Caring for the Invertebrate Zoology Collections with Adam Baldinger, Collections Manager of the Invertebrate Zoology Collections at the Museum of Comparative Zoology

    Caring for the Invertebrate Zoology Collections with Adam Baldinger, Collections Manager of the Invertebrate Zoology Collections at the Museum of Comparative Zoology

    Welcome to HMSC Connects! where we go behind the scenes of four Harvard museums to explore the connections between us, our big, beautiful world, and even what lies beyond. For this week’s episode host Jennifer Berglund is speaking with Adam Baldinger, the Curatorial Associate and Collections Manager of Invertebrate Zoology here at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University.

    • 34 min

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