Programs & Events

Winter/Spring 2026 Member Concert Ticket Presale

Michelle Cann, piano

GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist Michelle Cann makes her Gardner Museum debut with a dazzling program of music from pianist-composers.

Saturday Open Studios

Join us in the Bertucci Education Studio as we gather memories of our neighborhoods through texture rubbings in an activity designed by Polly Thayer Starr Visiting Artist crystal bi. Open Studios are free with Museum admission and participation is on a first-come, first-served basis.  

Holiday Music in the Courtyard 2025

Come join us at the Gardner for an enchanting, musical evening! Explore the galleries, sample some festive libations at Café G, and dive into the treasure trove that is Gift at the Gardner.
 

Free First Thursday - December

As the darkest time of year approaches, we invite you to join us on this Free First Thursday to bask in the light of creativity and community through artmaking, music, and inspirational film screenings. 
 

Member Exhibitions Insight Tour

Tour the special exhibitions—Allan Rohan Crite: Urban Glory, Visions of Black Madonnas, and Robert T. Freeman: Allan Crite—American Griot, 2025—in person with a Museum Teacher and a small group of members. 

Saturday Open Studios

Join us in the Bertucci Education Studio as we gather memories of our neighborhoods through texture rubbings in an activity designed by Polly Thayer Starr Visiting Artist crystal bi. Open Studios are free with Museum admission and participation is on a first-come, first-served basis.  

Boston Family Days - December 7, 2025

Boston school-aged students and two guests can gain free admission to participating institutions on the first two Sundays of each month by showing their Program Pass.  

Botanical Talk & Tour - December 8

Join a member of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum horticulture staff for a presentation about the role of plants at the Museum, past and present, followed by an hour-long guided experience through the galleries.

Patron Pre-Program Gathering

Friends of Fenway Court Patrons at the Curators’ Circle level and above are invited to an intimate gathering in Café G before the public program, The History of the Black Madonna: Spirituals Made Visual.