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Category: History

  • Welcoming the Public: The Arboretum’s Entrances

    Community, History, Landscape, Silva
    Welcoming the Public: The Arboretum’s Entrances
  • Of Silk and Invasion

    Ecology, History, Horticulture, Living Collections, Silva
  • Happy Birthday Frederick Law Olmsted!

    Legacies, Botanical Gardens, Events, History, Landscape
    Happy Birthday Frederick Law Olmsted!
  • Women of the Arnold Arboretum, Part 2

    History, Uncategorized
    Women of the Arnold Arboretum, Part 2
  • Women of the Arnold Arboretum, Part 1

    Library and Archives, History
    Women of the Arnold Arboretum, Part 1
  • The Arnold Arboretum from the Air

    History, Uncategorized
    The Arnold Arboretum from the Air
  • Living Collections

    Living Collections, Botanical Gardens, Climate Change, Community, Conservation, Harvard Magazine, History, Horticulture, Landscape, News, Plant Exploration, Research
    Living Collections
  • Arnold Arboretum Turns 150

    History, Botanical Gardens, Harvard Magazine, Landscape, Living Collections
    Arnold Arboretum Turns 150
  • On the Nature of Trees

    Arnoldia, Community, History, Horticulture, Landscape, Living Collections, News
    On the Nature of Trees
  • Early Indigenous Land Use

    History, Uncategorized
    Early Indigenous Land Use
  • Celebrate 150 Years with Us

    Silva, Botanical Gardens, Community, Events, History, News
    Celebrate 150 Years with Us
  • Bringing the Arnold Home

    History, Horticulture, Living Collections, Plant Production
    Bringing the Arnold Home
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We are committed to the Olmstedian principle that everyone is entitled to open space, so our gates are open to everyone, every day, free of charge.

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The Arnold Arboretum has been funded by the generosity of the supporting public since our founding in 1872. Give today and continue that legacy.

For over 7,000 years, the land on which the Arnold Arboretum now sits has been inhabited and used by diverse societies and cultures of Indigenous Peoples, including most recently, the Massachusett Tribe. Read about the deep history of the Arboretum landscape.

The Arnold Arboretum acknowledges that benefactor Benjamin Bussey, who bequeathed the land on which the institution now is sited, bought the property with funds amassed from trade in goods produced by enslaved persons. Read about the Arboretum and its entanglement with slavery.

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