The Classification label is used to record both the broad classification of the object. Classifications are created and assigned by Harvard Art Museums curators.
| Name | ID | Object Count |
|---|---|---|
| (not assigned) | 0 | 353 |
| Accessories (non-art) | 2 | 2848 |
| Albums | 384 | 446 |
| Amulets | 180 | 135 |
| Architectural Elements | 133 | 1155 |
| Archival Material | 64 | 15235 |
| Armor | 242 | 63 |
| Artists' Materials | 1012 | 534 |
| Artists' Tools | 97 | 1534 |
| Audiovisual Works | 71 | 406 |
| Books | 47 | 632 |
| Boxes | 85 | 335 |
| Brick Stamps | 304 | 62 |
| Calligraphy | 75 | 615 |
| Cameos | 1086 | 46 |
| Casts | 1139 | 1 |
| Coins | 50 | 20265 |
| Containers | 1203 | 2 |
| Costume | 1197 | 3 |
| Documents | 1185 | 3 |
| Drawings | 21 | 33494 |
| Fragments | 94 | 5159 |
| Frames | 1188 | 11 |
| Furnishings | 114 | 57 |
| Furniture | 76 | 580 |
| Gems | 1078 | 248 |
| Graphic Design | 171 | 16 |
| Inscriptions | 344 | 65 |
| Jewelry | 19 | 950 |
| Lighting Devices | 45 | 664 |
| Manuscripts | 185 | 4731 |
| Material Specimens | 1075 | 344 |
| Measuring Devices | 364 | 77 |
| Medals and Medallions | 105 | 847 |
| Mirrors | 302 | 171 |
| Models | 1137 | 11 |
| Mosaics | 149 | 191 |
| Multiples | 43 | 1238 |
| Musical Instruments | 359 | 32 |
| Paintings | 26 | 6958 |
| Paintings with Calligraphy | 80 | 159 |
| Paintings with Text | 197 | 1 |
| Performance Artifacts | 224 | 66 |
| Photographs | 17 | 85453 |
| Plaques | 60 | 405 |
| Portfolios | 162 | 43 |
| Prints | 23 | 72127 |
| Recreational Artifacts | 251 | 181 |
| Riding Equipment | 330 | 70 |
| Ritual Implements | 146 | 968 |
| Rubbings | 173 | 469 |
| Sculpture | 30 | 6629 |
| Seals | 189 | 5899 |
| Stained Glass | 1088 | 64 |
| Straus Materials | 959 | 5127 |
| Tablets | 381 | 49 |
| Text | 204 | 1 |
| Textile Arts | 62 | 3446 |
| Timepieces | 139 | 633 |
| Tokens | 492 | 80 |
| Tools and Equipment | 32 | 1423 |
| Unidentified | 82 | 88 |
| Vessels | 57 | 6223 |
| Weapons and Ammunition | 155 | 363 |
