In the 1930s, Richard T. Fisher, the first director of the Harvard Forest, was able to commission, through the generosity of Ernest Stillman, a series of 23 dioramas depicting the history of central New England Forests, their management and ecology.
Additional exhibits relate to the forest history, ecology, and ongoing research.
T he Harvard Forest was named a National Science Foundation Long-Term Ecological Research site in 1988. Subsequently, it became the northeastern field site for the National Institute for Global Environmental Change.