- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
- Recurring daily
Come celebrate the country's 250th anniversary with historically important documents from the David M. Rubenstein Americana Collection. On display are over thirty 18th century pieces examine the events that led to the…
- Harvard Art Museums
- Recurring weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Discover how an intimate and reflective relationship with nature can shape artistic vision. Meander through visions of the outdoors to discover how landscapes offered 19th-century European artists freedom, renewal, and…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Recurring daily
Drawing primarily from the MFA’s extensive collection of ancient Egyptian art, one of the largest and most important in the world, “Maverick Kings” explores the lives and legacies of dynamic monarchs through their art…
- 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…
- Boch Center Wang Theatre
- Recurring daily
Check out artifacts from The Beatles, Prince, Elvis Presley, Madonna, Jimi Hendrix & more! Music runs through the veins of America. Since the nation’s inception two and a half centuries ago, music has informed our…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Gibson House Museum
- Recurring weekly on Sunday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
The Gibson House Museum is a private, nonprofit house museum in Boston's historic Back Bay neighborhood. The home served as residence to three generations of Gibson family members and their household staff between 1859…
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University
- Recurring daily
Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in…
- Harvard Museum of Natural History
- Recurring daily
Step back into the 18th century and put your detective skills to the test! Pop Quiz: 1776 takes you on a four-museum adventure to uncover surprising ways that life at Harvard was both similar to and—or different from…
- Harvard Museum of Natural History
- Recurring daily
Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery. Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace…
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Recurring daily
Coinciding with the 250th anniversary of American Independence, the MFA is reimagining its 18th-century galleries on level one of the Art of the Americas Wing for the first time since they opened in 2010. The new…
- 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…
- Harvard Art Museums
- Recurring weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Reflect on memory, labor, and belonging in this first major U.S. exhibition by Pınar Öğrenci. Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar…
- Revolutionary Spaces - Old South Meeting House
- Recurring daily
Step inside Boston’s historic Old South Meeting House and experience the Ruckus! that ignited the American Revolution. This 25-minute immersive show drops you right into the heart of the debate and defiance that once…
- 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…
- Harvard Art Museums
- Recurring weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
How did photography construct cultural memories of postwar America? Life in the United States after World War II is often remembered as a time of prosperity, stability, and ease. The Way We Never Were examines the role…
- 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…
- The First Church of Christ, Scientist
- Recurring every week day
Explore how music unites and inspires worshipers, with history, visuals, and artifacts taking us from the earliest services in the church to a worldwide virtual hymn sing. Explore the life, ideas, and achievements of…
- American Ancestors
- Recurring weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Patriots of Color, a new exhibit in the Family Heritage Experience at American Ancestors, sheds light on the overlooked histories of Black, Native, and multiracial men and women who fought, labored, and led in the…
- 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…
- 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…
- Institute of Contemporary Art
- Recurring daily
For 90 years, the Institute of Contemporary Art has championed the artists and ideas shaping contemporary culture. This special anniversary exhibition revisits nine exhibitions and initiatives from the ICA’s…
- Affordable Art Fair Boston
- Recurring daily
Boston artist Lori Moretti’s Cupcake Obsession, a colorful acrylic and pastel painting exploring food, desire and the psychology of craving, will be on view as part of Immovable Feast: A Juried Group Show, presented by…
- Harvard Art Museums
- Recurring monthly on the last Thursday
Registration: Walk-ins welcome, but you may register here. Fee: This is a free event. Where to go: Enter on Quincy Street; enter on Prescott Street in inclement weather. Accessibility accommodations: Email…
- Institute of Contemporary Art
- Recurring daily
The material-rich art works of Amsterdam-based interdisciplinary artist Jennifer Tee (b. 1973 in Arnhem, the Netherlands) hinge on what the artist describes as “the soul in limbo,” an in-between space through which she…
- Institute of Contemporary Art
- Recurring daily
sweat variant, the collaborative practice of Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born, has made collaborative genre-defying performances since 1996. Integrating dance, theater, writing, and the visual arts, their work…
- Institute of Contemporary Art
- Recurring daily
The interdisciplinary work of Boston-based Brooke Stewart (b. 1994 in Topsfield, MA) explores the intersection of art and sports, with a particular focus on marginalized histories and figures in the United States. From…
- Institute of Contemporary Art
- Recurring daily
“Still growing and blooming…”: Betty, George, and Francesca Woodman is the first institutional exhibition to bring together more than fifty years of ceramics, paintings, and photographs by artists Betty and George…