Advanced ticketing recommended—popular entry times sell out quickly
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.”
- Monday:
- 11:00am–5:00pm
- Tuesday:
- Closed
- Wednesday:
- 11:00am–5:00pm
- Thursday:
- 11:00am–9:00pm
- Friday:
- 11:00am–5:00pm
- Saturday:
- 10:00am–5:00pm
- Sunday:
- 10:00am–5:00pm
Exhibitions
Winter/Spring 2026
Imagine you could be a different version of yourself. What parts of your identity might you reinvent? Explore the concept of persona and what its creation and depiction may reveal about an artist, their society, and ourselves.
In the spotlight
Saturday Open Studio
You Are What You Collect: Cyanotype Portraits
May 9, 2026
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.
Blog
Show Yourself to Be A Mother / Monstra Te Esse Matrem
What does it mean to “show yourself to be a mother”? Artist-in-Residence Jamie Diamond explores the maternal heart of the Gardner—and how Isabella and the Virgin Mary shaped her latest work.
Music
Renaissance String Quartet
May 17, 2026
We are thrilled and lucky to be able to present these four terrific musicians, who find time in their busy touring lives to perform together as a quartet.
Permanent Collection