A statue sits in the middle of the courtyard surround by lush green plants and red poinsettia and amaryllis plants
Large image of an African American man with white hair holding a paint pallet in one hand with an assortment of people circled around him.
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A room with European old-master paintings, sculpture, and furniture arranged eclectically. The lower half of the image shows a line of chairs, all upholstered in matching floral damask.
A red textile wall with a large Titian painting and two tables and a chair on the floor.
Blue fabric wall with several paintings and a display case on the floor.
A red velvet wall with paintings and furniture in front of it.
A room with wooden beams, stained glass, decorative tiles with a portrait in the center of the image.
A large wall made up of glass panels.
Escape the Ordinary at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
In 1903, Isabella Stewart Gardner opened her museum “for the education and enjoyment of the public forever.”
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Exhibitions

Fall Exhibitions: October 23, 2025–January 19, 2026
Winter/Spring 2026 Exhibitions: February 19–May 10, 2026

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Performance in Calderwood Hall
Music

Winter/Spring 2026 Weekend Concert Series

Tickets to the Winter/Spring 2026 Weekend Concert Series are on sale now.  

A statue in the courtard surrounded by lush red and white flowers and green plants.
Horticulture

Botanical Talk & Tour

January 9, 2026

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.

Looking over a person's shoulder while they work on an art project
Art Making

Saturday Open Studios

January 3, 2026

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.  

A wooden cross decorated with mother-of-pearl sits on a table in front of stained glass windows.
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Across the Mediterranean: Treatment and Reattribution of a “Venetian” Cross

The careful, methodical—yet simple, antiquated process to treat a cross while learning of its true origins from Bethlehem. 
 

Group of visitors looking at a painting by Titian while a docent speaks
Permanent Collection

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