Travel Program

Fellows trip to Brazil and Argentina with Tom Lentz, Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director, and Mary Schneider Enriquez, Harvard Art Museum Consultant on Latin American Art

The Harvard Art Museum organizes educational art-based travel opportunities for its Members and Fellows.*

Members

Recent Members day trips have explored the museums and architecture in Newport, RI, Worcester, MA, and the Pioneer Valley. All Members day trips leave from Cambridge, MA, and the price of the day includes transportation via coach, admission fees, lunch, and refreshments.

Fellows

Fellows enjoy curator-led trips both locally and further afield to explore private collections and to experience behind-the-scenes opportunities with leading museum collections.

May 6–8, 2010
Contemporary Art in Vienna with Thomas W. Lentz, Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director, Harvard Art Museum, and Jasper Sharp, independent curator and writer
An extraordinary three-day journey includes private visits with artists, gallerists, and collectors who make Vienna the complex and fascinating artistic center that is a nexus of innovation, experimentation, and exhilarating creative exchange.

For specific information and detailed itineraries, please contact Annie Rohan at 617-496-5317.

*Travel programs are subject to change.

Harvard University Alumni Trips

The following travel adventures, coordinated by the Harvard Alumni Association, are led by curators, docents, and scholars affiliated with the Harvard Art Museum and are open to the general public. For more information and to register visit the Harvard Alumni Association website.

March 12–21, 2010
Islamic Spain with Thomas W. Lentz, Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director, Harvard Art Museum
Join our director, a Harvard-trained Islamic art historian, on this rare opportunity to experience the art and architecture of Islamic Spain. This tour will bring the past glories of the cities of Madrid, Cordoba, Sevilla and Granada to life while also introducing the vibrant 21st-century country of Spain.

March 17–April 21, 2010
Voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to Gibraltar on Corinthian II
Explore 13 nations along Africa’s west coast — South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Republic of Congo, Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, and Morocco — before the ship arrives at the Rock of Gibraltar, ending the voyage in historic Seville.

September 16–27, 2010
Cruising the Rhone: Historic Provence and Burgundy’s Wine Country on M/S Rembrandt with Alice DeLana, docent, Harvard Art Museum
Revel in the pleasures of Provence — including tours of Aix, Avignon, Arles, Vienne, Lyon, Beaune, and Dijon — aboard the MS Rembrandt, ending with a night in Paris, where a special farewell evening showcases the City of Light.

November 5–21, 2010
North Africa’s Mediterranean Coast on Corinthian II with Mary McWilliams, Norma Jean Calderwood Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art, Harvard Art Museum
On this expansive journey encompassing North Africa’s entire Mediterranean Coast, voyage from Egypt to Morocco and discover a remarkable collection of sites whose history spans the centuries.