Persona: Photography and the Re-Imagined Self, Picturing Isabella, Jamie Diamond: Monstra Te Esse Matrem, 2026
Members enjoy early access before the exhibitions open to the public.
Persona: Photography and the Re-Imagined Self, Picturing Isabella, Jamie Diamond: Monstra Te Esse Matrem, 2026
Celebrate our new exhibitions while enjoying a glass of wine and a welcome from the curator.
Join us on the opening night of the new exhibition Persona: Photography and the Re-Imagined Self for a conversation examining “persona” with the curators and three of the exhibiting artists.
Free with Museum Admission
At this Saturday Open Studio, collage a personal totem inspired by our contemporary exhibition, Persona: Photography and the Re-Imagined Self.
The impossibly talented Attacca Quartet returns to the Calderwood stage, bringing Bartók’s pungent fourth quartet, which mixes Hungarian funk and modernism with foot-stomping ferocity.
Ensemble Signal
The Gardner’s new series, Thursday Night Music, launches with a bang. Making their Gardner debut, Ensemble Signal performs Steve Reich’s seminal minimalist work, Music for 18 Musicians—one of David Bowie's favorite albums of all time. Get your tickets and celebrate the 50th anniversary of this masterpiece in Calderwood Hall one night only—tickets are extremely limited!
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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.
Free with Museum Admission
At this Saturday Open Studio, collage a personal totem inspired by our contemporary exhibition, Persona: Photography and the Re-Imagined Self.
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.
Boston piano star Gloria Chien returns to Calderwood Hall to join the young German stars of the Goldmund Quartet to play Amy Beach’s Piano Quintet—one of the finest works by the greatest of Boston’s “Second New England School” of composers.