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.
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.
with Aisslinn Nosky, Katinka Kleijn, & Alex Peh
MacArthur Fellow (and Harvard Professor of the Practice) Claire Chase comes to the Museum with a program that alternates Baroque music with 20th- and 21st-century works
Join us in a celebration of our neighborhoods and our newest exhibition Allan Rohan Crite: Urban Glory on November’s Free First Thursday
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.
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.
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.
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.
Piano
Winner of the 2025 Sphinx Medal, recent Harvard and NEC graduate Clayton Stephenson makes his Gardner Museum debut in a program of brilliant music that will showcase his extraordinary playing and his beautiful interpretive gifts.
Join Diana Seave Greenwald, William & Lia Poorvu Curator of the Collection, for a virtual conversation about Allan Rohan Crite: Urban Glory.