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Public Programs March 25 - April 13, 2026

Hanging Nasturtiums Make Their Glorious Annual Return

It's official—Spring is Here! Celebrate the arrival of spring and the annual Hanging Nasturtium Courtyard display.

Members Only
Member Events

Nasturtium Member Morning

Celebrate spring with live music, breakfast bites, and drop-in horticulture talks.

Public Programs April 10, 2026

Botanical Talk & Tour

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.

Art Making, Public Programs, Free April 11, 2026

You Are What You Collect: Cyanotype Portraits

Free with Museum Admission

Polly Thayer Starr Visiting Studio Artist Ally Schmaling invites you to explore cyanotypes, one of the earliest photographic techniques, as you create images of small collections that might tell a puzzle of a story about you.
 

Music & Concerts Weekend Concert Series

Randall Goosby, violin with Zhu Wang, piano

Superstar violinist Randall Goosby returns to Calderwood Hall for an intimate recital of epic music. 

 

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Art Making, Public Programs

Studio Workshop: Portraiture with Evoke Tintype

Explore historic tintype photography and create your own portrait through this historic photography method with Evoke Studios. 

Members Only
Member Events Winter/Spring 2026 Exhibitions

Member Exhibitions Insight Tour

Persona: Photography and the Re-Imagined Self, Picturing Isabella, Jamie Diamond: Monstra Te Esse Matrem, 2026

Tour the special exhibitions in person with a Museum Teacher and a small group of members.

 

 

Art Making, Public Programs, Free April 18, 2026

You Are What You Collect: Cyanotype Portraits

Free with Museum Admission

Polly Thayer Starr Visiting Studio Artist Ally Schmaling invites you to explore cyanotypes, one of the earliest photographic techniques, as you create images of small collections that might tell a puzzle of a story about you.
 

Music & Concerts Weekend Concert Series

Boston Children’s Chorus: The Road She Paved

Boston Children’s Chorus honors the remarkable legacy of Melnea Cass, the “First Lady of Roxbury.” 
 

 

Music & Concerts Weekend Concert Series

Imani Winds

We are delighted to welcome back the wonderful wind quintet Imani Winds with a typically wide-ranging program showcasing works by composer-performers.