On this tour, Emily Feng ’25 will guide you in a search for images of birds in the museums’ galleries and will talk about the joy that comes from birdwatching. She will also reflect on how artists have represented birds across various cultures and eras. The works on the tour will include a selection of ancient Greek coins featuring birds, the painting Two Owls at Sunset (c. 1860), temporarily on loan to us from the Terra Foundation for American Art, and Lyonel Feininger’s Bird Cloud (1926).

Spotlight Tours offer a chance to explore the collections of the Harvard Art Museums through the eyes of a Harvard student. Free and open to the public, these tours start outside the museum shop on Saturdays and Sundays at 11am and 2pm. Drop in and join the conversation! And find out what the Student Guides are up to anytime on Instagram @harvardarthappens.