Tours
Explore the ideas, artifacts, people, and places that have shaped our history for nearly 400 years.
Harvard Visitor Center tours
All tours are 45 to 60 minutes long. Registration is required in advance for in-person student-led tours. Weekly tour registration will be available every Friday. You can download the Visit Harvard mobile app on and devices. During business hours you may purchase a Self-Guided Tour Map for $3 available in multiple languages.
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On campus
Official Historical Tour of Harvard
The free, student-led public walking tour through Harvard Yard provides a history of the University, general information, and a unique view on the students’ individual experience.Â
Visit Harvard mobile app
Explore Harvard with our free mobile app, featuring a collection of self-guided walking tours. Whichever tour you decide to embark on, you’ll be sure to learn something new.
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Historical Tour of Harvard
Learn the history behind well-known spots across Harvard’s campus! Each stop highlights iconic buildings, traditions, alumni, and much more.
Harvard Public Art & Culture Tour: Allston
Explore vibrant public art in Allston! You’ll encounter can’t-miss installations along Western Avenue and learn the stories behind them and their artists.
Harvard Public Art & Culture Tour: Cambridge
Discover a new side to our campus through an art-filled adventure! Explore outdoor art, famous architecture, renowned cultural institutions, and more.
Discover more Harvard tours
From nature walks to art galleries, these tour offerings include virtual options, in-person experiences, student and staff-led excursions, and more.
Tour spotlight
Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery
Participants engage with research, while exploring Harvard’s campus virtually or physically, making space for reflection, ritual, silence, slowing down, and honoring the past, present, and one another.
Prospective students 
Options: in-person, student-led
Options: virtual
Options: in-person, student-led
Options: in-person, virtual, student-led, mobile
Options: virtual
Arts and culture 
Options: mobile
Options: in-person, student-led
Options: in-person, self-guided, staff-led
Nature 
Options: virtual, in-person, staff-led, self-guided
Options: in-person, virtual, staff-led, self-guided
Museums and libraries 
Options: in-person, virtual, self-guided, staff-led
Options: in-person, staff-led
Options: virtual, self-guided
Options: virtual
Options: virtual, self-guided