- 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…
- Hub Town Tours
- Recurring daily
As the United States marks 250 years since the Declaration of Independence in 1776, five Boston landmarks have joined to create the BOSTON 250 PASS, providing access to five iconic museums and historic churches on a single ticket! This special offer grants discounted adult…
- Institute of Contemporary Art
- Recurring daily
Caroline Monnet’s (Algonquin-Anishinaabe and French; b. 1985 in Ottawa, Ontario) site-responsive installation for the Sandra and Gerald Fineberg Art Wall accompanies An Indigenous Present , a thematic exhibition spanning 100 years of contemporary Indigenous art. Responding to the…
- Harvard Art Museums
- Recurring weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Discover the many forms of Celtic creativity and their artistic legacies in this sweeping story that spans ancient to modern times. When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe…
- Institute of Contemporary Art
- Recurring daily
“What can I reveal that has not been shown? Black people — not entertaining, just being, living. Letting people deal with that as reality.” — Derrick Adams This first mid-career survey of the prolific New York–based artist Derrick Adams (b. 1970 in Baltimore) offers a…
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Recurring daily
Vivid prints of divinities are part of daily life for Hindus in India and around the world, used for worship in homes, factories, and offices, as well as for adornment on cars, calendars, computers, and shop counters. The art world has historically overlooked these images, often…
- Peabody Essex Museum
- Recurring daily
Come and experience the liveliness of a drinking party, the opulence of a royal wedding and poetic evocation of spring on a delicate dish. Discover plants and animals, myths and symbols and decipher the Chinese character for "Double Happiness." With more than 30 highlights from…
- Peabody Essex Museum
- Recurring weekly on Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Explore the first retrospective of acclaimed 19th-century Black and Indigenous sculptor Edmonia Lewis. Born in Greenbush, New York in 1844, Lewis became the first sculptor of Black and Indigenous (Mississauga) descent to achieve international recognition. Beginning her career in…
- Hammond Castle Museum
- Recurring daily
Join us for our fourth annual Eric Pape fine art exhibition at the Hammond Castle Museum, featuring a significant collection of pen and ink illustrations by Eric Pape (1870 to 1938). Many of these works were recovered from Pape’s locked studio decades after his death and have not…
- Discovering King Tut's Tomb - The Experience
- Recurring daily
Walk through ancient chambers and uncover the secrets of Egypt's most iconic pharaoh. Experience the wonders of King Tut’s Tomb as it was discovered over 100 years ago without leaving Boston. Take a spellbinding tour of the tomb, its treasures, and ancient Egyptian civilization…
- 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…
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Recurring daily
A plot of land, a relaxing retreat, a formal landscape, a place of constant labor: gardens can carry a range of associations, especially in the world of art. “Framing Nature: Gardens and Imagination” brings together art from across the MFA’s global collection to explore striking…
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Recurring daily
In late 1969, while living in New York City, Frank Bowling organized “5+1,” an exhibition held in a classroom space at Stony Brook University, New York, with support from the university’s recently established Black Studies program. “5+1” presented work by five African American…
- Peabody Essex Museum
- Recurring daily
Home to 3.7 million people, 85 species of animals, 32,000 species of insects and 2 billion migratory birds, the boreal forest spans nearly the entire Northern Hemisphere, just below the Arctic Circle, and makes up one of the world’s last remaining stretches of true wilderness…
- 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…
- 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…
- CambridgeSide
- Recurring daily
Walk beneath life-size reproductions of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Every brushstroke, every detail — just feet away. Date Open Feb 12, 2026 – Close May 10, 2026 Duration 60 – 90 minutes Hours Wed - Sat: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM(last entry 7 PM) Sun: 11:00 AM…
- 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!
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
- Recurring daily
With work spanning from the early 20th century to the present, Persona: Photography and the Re-Imagined Self explores the often liberating re-imagining of self. Ranging from playful to political, confrontational to aspirational, these images time-travel and gender-bend, mask and…
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
- Recurring daily
How do you picture Isabella Stewart Gardner? The Museum’s founder came of age alongside photography, but as her celebrity rose, Isabella hid from the camera. She began to curate images of herself as carefully as the galleries of her Museum. Through a lifetime of photographs, we…
- Harvard, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research
- Recurring weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Renaissance, Race and Representation in the Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art coincides with the recent renaming of the Cooper Gallery in honor of Alain LeRoy Locke (1885-1954). The first African American to earn a Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard…
- 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…
- Institute of Contemporary Art
- Recurring daily
Founded in 1977 by influential artist, educator, and activist Dana C. Chandler, Jr., the African American Master Artists-in-Residence Program (AAMARP) at Northeastern University is the first and only in-residence program for Black artists in the United States. For nearly five…
- Revolutionary Spaces - Old South Meeting House
- Recurring daily
Learn how slavery was first established in colonial Massachusetts and how the practice in New England differed from southern plantation-style slavery. Discover how enslaved people in Massachusetts used religious spaces and practices, such as marriage and baptism, and government…
- American Ancestors
- Recurring weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Curious about your family roots? The Family Heritage Experience at American Ancestors offers an interactive journey designed to spark reflection about your family's history and identity. Through a blend of hands-on activities and multimedia elements, you will be encouraged to…
- Revolutionary Spaces - Old State House
- Recurring daily
Explore major Massachusetts events in the first year of the American Revolution at the Old State House, where protest turned into action and the momentum for independence accelerated. Created through a partnership between Revolutionary Spaces and the Massachusetts Historical…
- Faneuil Hall Marketplace
- Recurring daily
The Wild Benches of Hope is a free, public art exhibition by internationally acclaimed artists Gillie and Marc, on view at Faneuil Hall Marketplace from January 2026 through January 2027. The interactive installation features three large-scale bronze benches - The Reading Bench…
- Institute of Contemporary Art
- Recurring daily
To My Best Friend c elebrates art and artists, reflecting the ICA’s history of presenting leading contemporary voices and the past two decades of building a dynamic collection. As the ICA Collection has grown to more than 400 works—spanning painting, sculpture, photography…
- 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…
- The Guild of Boston Artists
During this two-hour live painting demonstration, Bill Lane will create a watercolor painting depicting his favored urban subject matter while offering pointers and taking questions from the audience. Using his plein air techniques, Bill will dial up the dramatic afternoon light…
- Hammond Castle Museum
- Recurring weekly on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Hammond Castle Museum welcomes guests to tour the many rooms of the home and laboratory of John Hays Hammond Jr., renowned as one of the most prolific American inventors of the 20th century and famously known as the Father of Radio Control. Throughout the 2026 season guests can…
Celebrate spring’s arrival and fifty years of Art in Bloom at the MFA! Art in Bloom returns to the MFA’s galleries on Friday, May 1, 2026! This beloved event showcases the expertise of New England garden clubs, professional designers, and MFA floral volunteers, who create…
- Institute of Contemporary Art
- Recurring daily
Lucy Raven: Rounds, a major new exhibition by Lucy Raven (b. 1977 in Tucson, Arizona) includes the United States premieres of Hardpan, a large-scale kinetic sculpture co-commissioned with the Barbican Centre, London, and Murderers Bar (2025) a new moving image installation and…
- Institute of Contemporary Art
- Recurring daily
Baltimore-based artist Cynthia Daignault (b. 1978 in Baltimore) conceives of her work as “long-form painting.” She creates interrelated groupings of impressionistic canvases that are infused with a cinematic sense of narrative unfolding over time. Daignault disassembles the…
- Institute of Contemporary Art
- Recurring daily
The evocative, adorned sculptures of Leilah Babirye (b. 1985 in Kampala, Uganda) feature the artist’s inventive reuse of debris with her deft carving of wood and work with ceramics. She uses the metal gears and chains of bicycles to create elaborate headdresses and jewelry and…