General admission for children 17 years and under is always free

Escape the Ordinary at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
In 1903, Isabella Stewart Gardner opened her museum “for the education and enjoyment of the public forever.”
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2025 Exhibitions

Fall Exhibitions: October 23–January 19, 2026

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Tactile model of the Sarah Bernhardt print made out of various types of fabric appliques and embroidery stitches to create different textures and relief. The colors of the fabric match the colors of the woodcut print
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Other Ways of Seeing: A Conservator’s Perspective on Tactile Accessibility

Learn how the Gardner is expanding opportunities for visitors to create deeper, inclusive, and engaging opportunities to experience art. 

Aged yellow and blue tiles.
Art Making

Saturday Open Studios

October 4, 2025

Stop by the Bertucci Education Studio and join us to design a ceramic tile inspired by works in Isabella’s collection.

A woman with four children sitting on a bench by the Courtyard
Public Program

Indigenous Peoples' Day: Interwoven

October 13, 2025

Join us as we acknowledge and honor Indigenous wisdom and traditions that strengthen communities. 

A young woman standing outside holding a violin under her chin and a man sitting by a piano
Music

Miranda Cuckson & Blair McMillen

October 19, 2025

A musician's musician, the great Miranda Cuckson comes to the Gardner Museum with a program that comprises nearly two hundred years of violin music, from Beethoven to the Jamaican-British Alberga.

 

Group of visitors looking at a painting by Titian while a docent speaks
Permanent Collection

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