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Member Events
Member Appreciation Night
Join us on this special evening as we say thank you to our members with some additional perks and special surprises!
Programs & Events
Learn about programs, tours, events, & more
Public Programs
The Larger Landscape Conversation: Museum Landscapes
Sara Zewde, Julia Czerniak, Laurie Olin, & Charles Waldheim
Join us as we discuss engagement between landscape designers and local community members as institutions reevaluate their position in the larger civic landscape.
Art Making, Public Programs
September 27, 2025
Saturday Open Studios
Free with Museum Admission
Stop by the Bertucci Education Studio and join us to design a ceramic tile inspired by works in Isabella’s collection.
Music & Concerts
Weekend Concert Series
Catalyst String Quartet
The Catalyst String Quartet returns to the Gardner with works by Joseph Bologne, Dora Pejačević, and Beethoven.
Free
Free, Art Making, Public Programs, Music & Concerts
Free First Thursday - October
Join us at the Gardner as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on this Free First Thursday filled with mariachi music, Columbian-inspired art-making, and the warmth of community and conversation.
Music & Concerts
Weekend Concert Series
Sphinx Virtuosi
with Sterling Elliott, cello
Sphinx Virtuosi return to the Gardner Museum with works from across the Americas including two Boston premieres and the return of the wonderful American cellist Sterling Elliott after his triumph last season.
Public Programs
Botanical Talk & Tour - October 8, 2025
Space is limited
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.
Free
Public Programs, Free, Art Making, Music & Concerts
Indigenous Peoples' Day: Interwoven
Free Admission is Generously Supported By Linda Cabot And Ed Anderson
Join us as we acknowledge and honor Indigenous wisdom and traditions that strengthen communities.
Art Making, Public Programs, Free
October 18, 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.
Music & Concerts
Weekend Concert Series
Miranda Cuckson & Blair McMillen
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.