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12:00pm – 1:00pm

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Harvard Treasures Tour

Tethys Mosaic, Morgan Hall

Morgan Hall, Harvard Business School, Soldiers Field, Boston, MA 02163

Susanne Ebbinghaus, George M. A. Hanfmann Curator of Ancient Art, Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum

Enter Morgan Hall and find yourself in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. Installed in the atrium of this Harvard Business School building is a large and colorful Byzantine mosaic of the Greek sea goddess Tethys surrounded by different species of fish. The 4th-century mosaic, in stone and glass, once graced an octagonal pool in a bath building in Antioch, Roman Syria. Following its excavation in 1938, it was given to Harvard’s Fogg Museum. Installation in the museum proved difficult, and the mosaic traveled on to a barn in Lincoln, MA, and an outdoor courtyard at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, DC, before finding a new home in Morgan Hall.

Participation is free, but registration is required.

Harvard Treasures is a series offered to Harvard Art Museum members only that explores the university’s architectural riches and art holdings beyond the museum.

To learn more about membership and to register for the tour, please call 617-495-4544 or email artmuseum_membership@harvard.edu.