School Vacation Week Activities: Whimsical Winter Garden
Wednesday, February 20, 11:00 AM
Free with Museum admission | Purchase Museum tickets online
or at 617 278 5156
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Bring your family to the Gardner Museum for special activities each day on Monday, February 18, and Wednesday through Friday, Feb. 20 through Feb. 22. (Note the Museum is closed on Tuesdays.) Activities run from 11 am to 4 pm unless otherwise noted.
Snowy Winter Flowers
Stop by the Education Studio to create your own snowy winter flower out of everyday drinking cups, or try weaving a yarn flowers on a small plastic loom. Children under 12 should be accompanied by an adult.
Nature's Puffy Garden Leaf
Make your way to the Greenhouse Classroom to create a puffy garden leaf out of glitter paper, cotton batting and yarn, a great project to introduce simple sewing techniques to young hands. Parental guidance is recommended.
Foil Surprise
Take a seat by the Courtyard to observe and draw flowers, plants and architectural designs—then emboss your drawings in foil.
Flowers, Flowers Everywhere: Self-Guided Hunt
Discover beautiful flowers and greenery depicted in works of art in the Museum's collection.
Puppet Theater | 11:30 am / 2 pm | Feb. 18 / Feb. 20
Join Margaret Moody of the Galapagos Puppet Theater in Calderwood Hall for two exciting performances of The Trolls and the Tree each day on Monday, February 18 and Wednesday, February 20.
TICKETING | Museum admission
Adults / $15
Seniors / $12
Members / Free
College students / $5
Visitors under 18 / Free
U.S. military and families / Free
HOW TO BUY TICKETS
- Online: Click the "GET TICKETS" button above*
- By phone: Call the Box Office at 617 278 5156, Wednesday-Monday, 10 am-4 pm*
- In person: Visit the Museum and purchase at the door
*Handling charges apply to these orders.
Family and community programs are generously supported by the Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation, the Caleb C. and Julia W. Dula Educational & Charitable Foundation, J.P. Morgan Private Bank, the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, the Janet Burke Mann Foundation for the Arts, the Mabel Louise Riley Foundation, the Polly Thayer Starr Charitable Trust, the Rowland Foundation, the William E. and Bertha E. Schrafft Charitable Trust, the State Street Foundation, and The Yawkey Foundation.
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