Harvard University

Harvard University is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1636. Its arts life includes the Harvard Art Museums (the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger and Arthur M. Sackler museums), the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, the Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies and the Graduate School of Design. Through its Office for the Arts the university also runs the Harvard Ceramics Program, a studio open to students and the community, along with exhibitions, residencies and public programs.