Programs & Events

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Members Only
Member Events Fall 2025 Exhibitions

Urban Glory: A Virtual Member Moment

Join Diana Seave Greenwald, William & Lia Poorvu Curator of the Collection, for a virtual conversation about Allan Rohan Crite: Urban Glory

Painting of buildings in a city neighborhood being knocked down and burned
Public Programs

“The Street is Memory”: Resisting Boston’s Urban Removal

Join us as we discuss the complexities of urban renewal and how community trusts and individuals are striving to preserve and protect Boston’s diverse neighborhoods.  

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Members Only
Member Events, Patron Events

Member Shopping Days

20% off for members at Gift at the Gardner

Members save 20% this holiday season.

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Art Making, Public Programs, Free November 15, 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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Patrons Only
Patron Events

Friends of Fenway Court Concert and Reception

Featuring Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano, with Myra Huang, piano

Friends of Fenway Court Patrons and special guests are invited to enjoy a wonderful performance by one of America’s greatest mezzo-sopranos, Sasha Cooke, followed by a private reception with George Steel, Abrams Curator of Music, and a toast with the musicians.

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Music & Concerts Weekend Concert Series

Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano

with Myra Huang, piano

One of America’s very greatest mezzo-sopranos, Sasha Cooke takes a night off from the global operatic stage to bring the Gardner Museum a program of American song, including a Museum-commissioned world premiere from Jasmine Barnes.

Audience members sitting in chairs on multiple levels in Calderwood Hall with musical perfomers on the lower level.
Members Only
Member Events

Winter/Spring 2026 Member Concert Ticket Presale

A copy of the book Gardner's Eden standing upright on a stone pillar in the courtyard.
Public Programs

Gardner’s Eden: A Conversation & Book Signing

With James Prosek and Pieranna Cavalchini

Discover how Gardner’s Eden, one of the Museum’s newest publications—and a work of art in its own right—by Artist-in-Residence James Prosek came to life during this intimate conversation and book signing. 

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Art Making, Public Programs, Free November 22, 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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Music & Concerts Weekend Concert Series

Michelle Cann, piano

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