- Institute of Contemporary Art
- Recurring daily
The 2025 James and Audrey Foster Prize features the work of Alison Croney Moses, Yorgos Efthymiadis, Damien Hoar de Galvan, and Sneha Shrestha (aka Imagine). Working across a range of media including installation, painting, photography, sculpture, and woodworking, each artist…
- Institute of Contemporary Art
- Recurring daily
An Indigenous Present celebrates an increasingly visible and expanding field of Indigenous contemporary art. Co-curated by artist Jeffrey Gibson (member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent) and independent curator Jenelle Porter, this exhibition…
- Peabody Essex Museum
- Recurring daily
Persian and Turkish architecture, textiles and miniature paintings inspire the precise, stylized floral forms that compose Anila Quayyum Agha’s sculptural chamber of light and shadow. This luminous installation located in the Wheatland Family gallery provides an opportunity to…
- Museum of African American History
- Recurring weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Black Voices of the Revolution: Liberty, Emancipation, and the Struggle for Independence is now open! What do you do when a country cries out for liberty—but won’t offer it to you? In the shadowed alleys and crowded docks of Revolutionary-era Boston, Black men and women—enslaved…
- Peabody Essex Museum
- Recurring weekly on Sunday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour featuring architectural treasures from PEM’s collection! The only walking tours in Salem that offer entry into historic buildings, PEM’s tours cover five centuries of happenings and characters from Witch City, including the infamous trials of…
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University
- Recurring daily
In this exhibition, the art collective TRES invites us to share their 2016 journey to document, collect, and photograph debris along the beaches of Australia. Evoking archaeology, marine biology, and cartography, their images summon us to more deeply engage with the natural…
- Harvard Art Museums
- Recurring weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Celebrate a 20th-century artist whose innovative abstract drawings and paintings continue to inspire. Edna Andrade: Imagination Is Never Static offers a new look at the practice of acclaimed artist and educator Edna Andrade (1917–2008). Presenting a selection of drawings…
- Harvard Museum of Natural History
- Recurring daily
Emeralds is an intimate collection of stunning crystals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery. Highly coveted by a wide variety of cultures, emeralds have played a significant role in shaping human history, helping to facilitate trade…
- Peabody Essex Museum
- Recurring daily
This installation unifies two traditionally disparate collecting fields, fashion and textiles with decorative and industrial arts to better understand what underlies our motivations and capacity for design. Ensembles from the Iris Apfel Rare Bird of Fashion collection celebrate…
- Hammond Castle Museum
- Recurring daily
Hammond Castle Museum is a dynamic STEAM museum, blending its historical significance as both a historic house museum and a lapidarium. Inside, you’ll not only discover ancient, medieval, and Renaissance architectural elements and artifacts—including stone archways, sarcophagi…
- Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame
- Recurring daily
The legends of Folk, Americana, and Roots music have paved the way for generations of musicians and activists who use their voices to speak their truth, address social justice issues, and act as modern-day troubadours reporting on the human condition. FARHOF’s new Legends exhibit…
- Peabody Essex Museum
- Recurring daily
PEM’s Maritime art collection, which is the finest in the country, frames the sea as an enduring source of opportunity as well as peril, a force that inspires creativity and innovation, and encourages engagement with the wider world. This installation located in the Byrne Family…
- Rose Kennedy Greenway
- Recurring daily
Designed by Los Angeles-based artist Misa Chhan (they/them), Year of the Snake is a two-part installation composed of 20 flags and 10 aluminum prints that honor the legacy and resilience of Cambodian diasporic communities and the artist’s own family. To create each series of…
- Museum of Ice Cream
- Recurring daily
Dive into a sweet adventure at the Museum of Ice Cream! The MOIC features over 14 interactive rooms, a café offering one-of-kind sweet cocktails and desserts, and best of all, unlimited ice cream! This museum is suitable for visitors of all ages!
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Recurring daily
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has announced a major reinstallation of its 18th-century Art of the Americas galleries, which will open on June 19, 2026—just ahead of the 250th anniversary of American independence on July 4. The reimagined displays will consider the role…
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Recurring daily
American artist Winslow Homer (1836–1910) transformed the medium of watercolor through his relentless spirit of experimentation. His luminous views transport viewers to the rugged Maine coast, the Adirondack Mountains, seaside England, sun-drenched Caribbean waters, and…
- Institute of Contemporary Art
- Recurring daily
Portia Zvavahera (b. 1985, Harare, Zimbabwe) draws from her dreams to create layered paintings that evoke moments of transition and transcendence. For the artist, the act of painting is akin to an act of worship. Across her work, Zvavahera engages deeply with the African…
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Recurring daily
See this exhibition, which brings together works from the MFA’s collection by María Magdalena Campos-Pons (b. 1959) and Ana Mendieta (1948–1985) in the first focused look at these influential artists side by side. Though the two never met, their practices share a reckoning…
- Peabody Essex Museum
- Recurring daily
The exhibition starts at “A is for Always Indigenous” to acknowledge the Native communities who have lived for millennia on the land where the museum now sits. It ends with Z is for Zoology and coincides with the return to the galleries of a leatherback turtle specimen captured…
- Peabody Essex Museum
- Recurring weekly on Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour featuring architectural treasures from PEM’s collection! The only walking tours in Salem that offer entry into historic buildings, PEM’s tours cover five centuries of happenings and characters from Witch City, including the infamous trials of…
- Harvard Art Museums
- Recurring weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Discover how simple tools can be powerful vehicles for artistic expression. This exhibition celebrates the act of drawing using familiar tools—charcoal, chalk, crayon, and graphite. Each material exhibits distinctive properties: charcoal can be intensely rich and velvety, or…
- Somerville Museum
- Recurring weekly on Thursday, Friday, Saturday
The Somerville Museum presents History on the Line an exhibit and map showcasing Somerville's 18th century history on the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution! Learn about the people, places, and stories that shaped our city through an exhibit at the museum and a map…
- American Ancestors
- Recurring daily
Pope Leo XIV’s diverse family history has captivated global audiences since it was featured in The New York Times Magazine earlier this year. The new temporary exhibit within the Family Heritage Experience, The Ancestry of Pope Leo XIV: An American Story, invites visitors to…
- American Ancestors
- Recurring weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
The Family Heritage Experience is an initiative of American Ancestors, created to bring the organization’s mission to life through an engaging, in-person introduction to family history. The Family Heritage Experience invites visitors to explore interactive exhibits, displays of…
- Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame
- Recurring daily
This Wheel’s Still On Fire: The Legacy of Levon Helm explores the life, legacy, and continued influence of Levon Helm. From his earliest years growing up in Turkey Scratch, Arkansas, Levon was surrounded by music and community. Helm began his music career in high school when…
- Massachusetts State House
- Recurring weekly on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
The State House Art Collection commemorates significant historical events, and pays tribute to government leaders and private citizens who have helped shape the course of the Commonwealth. The Massachusetts State House Art Collection dates back to the eighteenth century and is…
- Harvard, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research
- Recurring weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Call and Response: A Narrative of Reverence to Our Foremothers in Gynecology is an art exhibition and educational project that honors the lives of Anarcha, Betsey, and Lucy, three enslaved women who were subjected to medical experimentation by Dr. James Marion Sims in the 19th…
- 685 Commonwealth Ave
- Recurring weekly on Wednesday
This astronomical observatory owned and operated by Boston University. It's located on the roof of the College of Arts & Sciences and offers free public hours on Wednesday nights. • Although it won’t cost you a dime, you do need to obtain tickets ahead of time because there…
- Lydia Pinkham Laboratories, Lynn
- Recurring daily
Join us for a vibrant celebration of creativity at our Open Studios event! Featuring over 40 talented artists, this family-friendly event showcases a dazzling array of artistic mediums, from stunning paintings and intricate sculptures to sparkling jewelry and unique ceramics…