Patrons enjoy early access to the upcoming spring exhibitions before they open to the public.

Members enjoy early access before the exhibitions open to the public. Free; advanced timed general admission ticketing is required.

Celebrate our new exhibitions, enjoy a glass of wine and a welcome from the curator. Free for members, but space is limited. Advanced registration is required. 

Stop by the Bertucci Education Studio and join us for a drop-in clay activity designed by Polly Thayer Starr Visiting Studio Artist Erin Genia and inspired by the Gardner’s collection. Open Studios are free with Museum Admission, and participation is on a first-come, first- served basis.

Join us on Indigenous Peoples' Day to explore connections to place and memory through art-making, storytelling, and conversation.

Édouard Manet revolutionized 19th-century French painting, yet his family’s role—especially that of his wife Suzanne and her son Léon—is often underexplored. Join Emily Beeny, Chief Curator of the Legion of Honor and Barbara A. Wolfe Curator-in-Charge of European Paintings at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and Diana Seave Greenwald, curator of Manet: A Model Family as they explore the Manet family’s impact on the artist and how it shaped his work.

Stop by the Bertucci Education Studio and join us for a drop-in clay activity designed by Polly Thayer Starr Visiting Studio Artist Erin Genia and inspired by the Gardner’s collection. Open Studios are free with Museum Admission, and participation is on a first-come, first- served basis.

Piano superstar Awadagin Pratt comes to the Gardner with a program built around Liszt’s astonishing Sonata in B minor.

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 in-person with a Museum Teacher and a small group of members.