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Boston Family Days - December 14, 2025

Free with Boston Family Day Pass

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.  

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Art Making, Public Programs, Free December 20, 2025

Saturday Open Studios

Free with Museum Admission

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.  

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Art Making, Public Programs, Free December 27, 2025

Saturday Open Studios

Free with Museum Admission

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.  

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Art Making, Public Programs, Free January 3, 2026

Saturday Open Studios

Free with Museum Admission

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.  

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Members Only
Member Events Fall 2025 Exhibitions

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. 

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Art Making, Public Programs, Free January 10, 2026

Saturday Open Studios

Free with Museum Admission

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.  

Looking over a person's shoulder while they work on an art project
Art Making, Public Programs, Free January 17, 2026

Saturday Open Studios

Free with Museum Admission

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.  

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Free, Public Programs

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service 2026

On the last day of our exhibition Allan Rohan Crite: Urban Glory, join us with free admission and honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders through radical rest, meaningful community-building, and celebration of Allan Rohan Crite’s loving depictions of Boston’s Black and multicultural neighborhoods. 

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Members Only
Member Events

A Virtual Museum Moment: In the Studio with Artist James Prosek

Join us for an exclusive virtual studio experience with Artist-in-Residence James Prosek. This intimate session invites viewers to witness Prosek’s work in real time, offering a rare window into the artist’s creative process.

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Music & Concerts Weekend Concert Series

Twelfth Night Ensemble

The Winter concert season at the Gardner opens with a bang with the Twelfth Night Ensemble.