# Event Details - **Event Name**: Exhibition Opening Program for The Way We Never Were: Barbara Norfleet and Photography at Harvard - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 30 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed, 30 Sep, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Fee: This is a free event. Parking: Limited free parking available at Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street. Where to go: Enter on Broadway side of the building and head to Menschel Hall. Accessibility accommodations: If you would like to request accommodations for your visit, please contact Visitor Services at am_register@harvard.edu or 617-495-9400. For more details about accommodations at the museums, please see the Accessibility page. To celebrate our new exhibition The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection, join us for a roundtable conversation reflecting on Barbara Norfleet’s expansive influence on photography at Harvard as a teacher, curator, and artist. Kiku Adatto, Peter Galassi, Lauren Greenfield, and Susan Meiselas will share personal memories and talk about how Norfleet helped shape the study and practice of photography across generations. Following the lecture, guests are invited to visit the exhibition on Level 3. Speakers: Kiku Adatto, Scholar-in-Residence at the Mahindra Humanities Center and Lecturer on Social Studies, Harvard University Peter Galassi, Writer, curator, and art historian Lauren Greenfield, Artist, documentary photographer, and documentary filmmaker Susan Meiselas, Artist Audrey Sands, Richard L. Menschel Associate Curator of Photography, Harvard Art Museums This program will be livestreamed. To tune in, check back on the website. The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection brings renewed attention to a vast archive of photographs assembled in the 1970s by sociologist and curator Barbara P. Norfleet. The exhibition is on view from August 29, 2026 to May 9, 2027. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cambridge/exhibition-opening-program-for-the-way-we-never-were-barbara-norfleet-and-photography-at-harvard/200030634573307 - **Event Categories**: Art, Exhibitions, Photography, literary-art, Nonprofit - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Cambridge - **state**: MA - **country**: United States - **location**: Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138 - **lat**: 42.37418 - **long**: -71.11444 - **full address**: Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Exhibition Opening Program for The Way We Never Were: Barbara Norfleet and Photography at Harvard - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/12a2d589d0a988665b21cef4721ea77a01537b44507b49f56a4277754cb38e45-rimg-w536-h869-dcd8e8e8-gmir?v=1788123127 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Exhibition Opening Program for The Way We Never Were: Barbara Norfleet and Photography at Harvard being held? - **A:** Exhibition Opening Program for The Way We Never Were: Barbara Norfleet and Photography at Harvard takes place on Wed, 30 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Wed, 30 Sep, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Exhibition Opening Program for The Way We Never Were: Barbara Norfleet and Photography at Harvard? - **A:** Exhibition Opening Program for The Way We Never Were: Barbara Norfleet and Photography at Harvard is organized by Harvard Art Museums. - **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at Harvard Art Museums's events? - **A:** Attendees have given Harvard Art Museums a rating of 5/5 based on reviews from early attendees on AllEvents. 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