Free First Thursdays
July
Thursday, July 7, 2022
3 - 9 pm
Throughout the Museum
General admission for children 17 years and under is always free
Join us on the first Thursday of every month for a restorative evening of discovery and community. Museum admission is free from 3 pm through 9 pm. Explore artmaking in the Studio and art, architecture, and seasonal horticulture displays in the Palace. The Café is open late for dinner and drinks.
Join us in Calderwood Hall to watch #HereWeAre: Notes for Living on Planet Earth, an Apple Original short film adapted from the best-selling children's books by Oliver Jeffers and narrated by Meryl Streep. The film is 36 minutes and will be looped throughout the night. Or, stream #HereWeAre: Notes for Living on Planet Earth with your family now on Apple TV+; learn more at apple.co/hereweare.
Printmaker and PTS Visiting Studio Artist Julia Gualtieri will lead art-making activities in the Studio between 5-8 pm inspired by our summer exhibition Drawing the Curtain: Maurice Sendak's Designs for Opera and Ballet.
Tickets
Advance registration is encouraged for free timed entry tickets for Museum general admission.
Registration opens two weeks before the event for the general public and four weeks in advance for members. Reserve your tickets online by clicking the button above.
Limited tickets will be available in-person at the Museum’s main entrance, starting at 3 pm, the day of the event. Please note that day-of tickets are not guaranteed.
Free Admission is generously supported by Fidelity Investments.
Studio activities are generously sponsored by the Polly Thayer Starr Charitable Trust.
Education and community programs receive support from the Vertex Foundation, Rowland Foundation, the Richard K. Lubin Family Foundation, the Wagner Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Yawkey Foundation, The Beker Foundation, Liberty Mutual Foundation, GRoW @ Annenberg, The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation, Thomas Anthony Pappas Charitable Foundation, and Janet Burke Mann Foundation.
Drawing the Curtain: Maurice Sendak's Designs for Opera and Ballet was organized by the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, and reimagined by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum for its Boston premiere.
The exhibition is supported by:
Nora McNeely Hurley / Manitou Fund
Gregory Maguire
Patricia Romeo-Gilbert and Paul Gilbert
The Museum also receives operating support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which is supported by the state of Massachusetts.
