Pop Quiz: 1776

Harvard Museum of Natural History,
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Sun., Aug. 9, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.



Step back into the 18th century and put your detective skills to the test! Pop Quiz: 1776 takes you on a four-museum adventure to uncover surprising ways that life at Harvard was both similar to and — or different from — today. Would Harvard students in 1776 have known about the things we see and do today? Take a guess, then search for specific objects across our four museums — the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, and the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments — to check your answers.

Pro tip: join us any Sunday–Friday 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. to access all four museums!

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Gazette Classification: America 250, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Environmental Sciences, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: hmsc.harvard.edu…