On Location: Drawing the Outdoors at Special Exhibitions Gallery, Cambridge, MA

Saturday, November 7, 2026 – Sunday, January 17, 2027 · 12:30 PM

Special Exhibitions Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

Free

Wander through roughly 140 sketches, watercolors, and pastels by heavyweights like Turner, Manet, Cézanne, and van Gogh, all grouped into ten themes that trace how 19th-century artists saw the natural world. It’s a chill, thought-provoking look at how those views shaped early environmental ideas—and a chance to see what still echoes in how we relate to the outdoors today.

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