Programs & Events

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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.

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Members Only
Member Events

Winter/Spring 2026 Member Concert Ticket Presale

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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.

 

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Art Making, Public Programs, Free November 29, 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

Holiday Music in the Courtyard 2025

Come join us at the Gardner for an enchanting, musical evening! Explore the galleries, sample some festive libations at Café G, and dive into the treasure trove that is Gift at the Gardner.