A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection
A World Within Reach invites visitors to explore the experiences and imaginations of people who lived in the Mediterranean basin some 2,000 to 2,500 years ago. Clay and bronze depictions of ordinary people (with a few gods and heroes as well), small-scale animal sculptures, and...
Alive with Birds
The Concord Museum is collaborating with Mass Audubon to present a special exhibition, Alive with Birds: William Brewster in Concord, open March 4, 2022. William Brewster (1851-1919) was Mass Audubon’s first President. He dedicated over thirty years of his life to the study of...
BETYE SAAR: HEART OF A WANDERER
Celebrated contemporary artist and leading figure of the Black Arts Movement in the 1970s, Betye Saar (b. 1926, USA) is a traveler, collector, and storyteller. Betye Saar: Heart of a Wanderer explores Saar’s trips to Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, highlighting her works...
Breathe Life Together Mural
The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy is excited to announce the extension of artist Rob "ProBlak" Gibbs’ Breathe Life Together mural at Dewey Square through April 2024. In addition to the one-year extension, local multidisciplinary design team Studio HHH and visual artist Pamela...
Climate Action: Inspiring Change
How can we transform the climate crisis into hope for our shared future? PEM’s timely exhibition brings together dynamic contemporary art, hands-on experiences and inspiring works by youth artists to help guide us toward making a difference for the planet. On view in the Dotty...
Disrupt the View: Arlene Shechet at the Harvard Art Museums
By presenting her recent work alongside historical German, Japanese, and Chinese examples, sculptor Arlene Shechet encourages us to look anew at works of porcelain and other objects from the Harvard Art Museums. Decorative arts are typically displayed in museum galleries...
Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame at the Wang Theatre
Visit the historic Boch Center Wang Theatre and take a behind-the-scenes tour of one of Boston’s most prominent landmarks - plus get an exclusive look at The Music Hall, part of the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame (FARHOF)! Led by legendary musicians and music executives...
Free Sunday Admission on Sundays at Harvard Art Museums
On Sundays, the Harvard Art Museums are free to all! The Harvard Art Museums are committed to creating an environment that fosters inclusion and belonging. Please join us in ensuring that every visitor feels welcomed and respected.
How Do You See the World? + Mapparium™ experience
How Do You See the World? features compelling stories about global progress—how individuals worldwide have overcome challenges and found hope. Located on the Christian Science Plaza, the space encourages you to reflect on this question while exploring the interactive exhibits....
Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Exhibit at New England Aquarium
This exhibit showcases the vibrancy and richness of coral reef habitats and helps visitors understand a reef’s vital role in the lives of tropical fish, sea turtles, sharks, and thousands of marine animal species. The Aquarium has been actively involved in studying and protecting...
Jazz Scene In Boston: Telling The Local Story
The Museum of African American History celebrates Boston's rich jazz history in this exhibit! Jazz, America’s own music, has always had a home in Boston. But the city gained its place of prominence on the national jazz map in the 1950s, and continues to hold that place today. The...
María Berrío: The Children’s Crusade
New York–based artist María Berrío (born 1982 in Bogotá, Colombia) crafts her large-scale paintings through a unique, meticulous process of collaging torn pieces of Japanese paper with watercolor to create riveting, magical scenes. Spurred by contemporary social and...
Massacre & Memory Tour
On March 5, 1770, a confrontation between British soldiers and Bostonians just outside the Old State House left five dead and many more wounded. This confrontation, soon to become known and immortalized as the “Boston Massacre,” forever altered the history of Boston and the...
Museum of African American History - Winter Hours
Museum of African American History is committed to providing a safe environment and asks for your help in making this a great experience for everyone. To reduce touchpoints and enable timed visits, all ticketing will be done online. Members must also make reservations online....
New England Aquarium reintroduces 3D films
The New England Aquarium is reintroducing three popular films in 3D and in their full 45-minute length at its Simons Theatre, including Incredible Predators, Superpower Dogs, and Wings Over Water. Starting November 1, visitors can see extraordinary animals in action through this...
Of Many Minds Public Art Exhibit
Come to the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston to experience and enjoy a new sculpture exhibit by award winning Massachusetts artist Michael Alfano whose work is in private and public collections throughout the world. This free exhibit brings museum quality art to the public realm...
Old South Meeting House & Old State House - Now Open
Built in 1729, the Old South Meeting House was a Congregational church and the largest gathering place for popular politics in Revolutionary Boston. Today it is a busy museum, treasured landmark, and active center for civic dialogue and free expression. Built in 1713, the Old...
Penguin Exhibit
Penguins spend most of their lives at sea, but every penguin needs to come ashore to breed, molt, and raise chicks. All penguins live south of the equator. Some penguins live in or near Antarctica, but most prefer more temperate climes. African penguins nest in burrows on or near...
RE/FRAMING THE VIEW: NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN LANDSCAPES
An exciting and timely invitation to view paintings held in private hands and usually hung behind closed doors – allowing exploration of the many meanings of the American landscape, both historically to nineteenth-century viewers and today for twenty-first century...
Rice-A Story of Africa and the Americas
Rice: A Story of Africa and the Americas examines the legacy of rice cultivation in the Americas. Set within the Resetting the Table exhibition, this new mini-exhibit explores the essential African knowledge systems required to establish what became a thriving industry, the...
Snowmazing at Boston Children's Museum
Winter Fun at Boston Children's Museum! Are you ready for a fun-packed winter filled with joy and wonder for your family? Jack Frost and Friends have been working hard to make the holidays and winter the most fun ever at the Museum. Say hello to Boston’s largest snowman, skate in...
Spirits: Tsherin Sherpa with Robert Beer
Explore the captivating paintings of one of the most renowned Himalayan artists of our time. Tsherin Sherpa’s works are grounded in the traditional Buddhist art of his training but stretch, bend, reconfigure, and repurpose its forms to explore contemporary concerns. The...
Swimming with Sharks: A Deep Dive into Shark Biology and Behavior
Nearly half a billion years ago, the first ancestors of a most remarkable group of fishes sprung forth from the evolutionary tree of life, exploding into a spectacular array of cartilaginous predators. Today, sharks are ubiquitous in and essential to our oceans, their lives...
The Art of the Brick
Experience The Art of the Brick, World’s Most Popular Display of LEGO® Art! Discover over one million LEGO bricks transformed into more than 70 sculptures by artist Nathan Sawaya. This critically acclaimed collection includes Sawaya’s original sculptures as well as re-imagined...
The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced. Explore the...
The Larz Anderson Auto Museum - Winter Hours
The Larz Anderson Auto Museum is open! We have taken all precautions to ensure your safety, as well as our staff. As per the guidelines sanctioned by the State and the Town of Brookline, masks are a requirement or you will not be allowed entry into the Museum. Also, in keeping...
The Mural Project
Learn about local artists-in-residence cultivating hip-hop culture through street art. As artists-in-residence at the MFA, muralist Rob “Problak” Gibbs and illustrator Rob Stull are leading a multipart project inspired by the exhibition “Writing the Future: Basquiat and the...
The Salem Witch Trials Walk
Enjoy our new self-guided audio walking tour, which takes you inside the galleries and outside the museum to learn more about the infamous events of 1692. As you view authentic documents and objects and stop at key sites around Salem, PEM curators and experts share a...
Throw Tea into the Boston Harbor!
Experience life at sea aboard an 18th-century sailing vessel as you join a Son of Liberty and take part in the “Destruction of the Tea”! Throw tea into the very same body of water where the Boston Tea Party took place over 240 years ago. Take part in a multi-sensory experience...
USS Constitution Public Tours
USS Constitution is open for public tours! We are open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Located inside Boston National Historical Park as part of the Charlestown Navy Yard in Charlestown, Massachusetts and part of Boston's Freedom Trail,...
Zachari Logan: Remembrance
Remembrance invites visitors to reflect on the power of loss and the healing potential of conscious grief. Located in the Jurrien Timmer Gallery — a space dedicated to contemplation and meditation — the exhibition reveals the latent beauty in breakdown, as well as the hope that...
Amazing Archaeology Fair at Harvard
Find out how archaeology expands upon written historical records and helps to diversify our understanding of human behavior. Explore North American, South American, Egyptian, and Mesopotamian archaeology across the exhibit halls of two museums. Experience human history and...
Read & Work at the Athenaeum
Purchase a Day Pass to this National Landmark library and cultural center with stunning reading rooms near the Boston Common. Day Pass Policies How to purchase Day Passes are $40 per person, and are valid for all open hours: 9am–8pm Monday, 9am–9pm Tuesday through...
Gallery Night Tuesdays
Join us for a night of art featuring weekly artists. Tuesdays at 6-8:30PM, admission is complimentary.
ICA Free Thursday Night
The ICA is free for all visitors every Thursday from 5 to 9 PM. Tickets for Free Thursday Nights will be available at icaboston.org/tickets at 10 AM on that Thursday morning. Beginning May 29, in line with the latest guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and...
Opening Day at Plimoth Patuxet Museums
Join Plimoth Patuxet Museums as it opens for the 2023 season on April 1st! At Plimoth Patuxet Museums, you can step aboard Mayflower II, immerse yourself in Plymouth Colony, meet with Pilgrims, gather kernels of history at Plimoth Grist Mill, and learn about the Indigenous...
Teen Saturdays at the Museum!
Teen Saturdays! is designed for Latino teens interested in culture and community. High school students of Hispanic heritage are invited to monthly workshops to explore notions of culture and identity through bilingual discussions, hands-on activities, and exploring their...
Teen Saturdays at the Museum! / ¡Sábados de Jóvenes!
Teen Saturdays! is designed for Latino teens interested in culture and community. High school students of Hispanic heritage are invited to monthly workshops to explore notions of culture and identity through bilingual discussions, hands-on activities, and exploring their...
Scout Day!
Calling all Scouts! Join us in the Charlestown Navy Yard for Scout Day–a special day of activities just for BSA Scouts and Girl Scouts. Scouts will learn about life at sea in 1812 and life in the Navy today, all while meeting requirements for scout rank advancement badges....
Free First Thursday at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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 and interactive programs kick off at 5 pm. Artists, activists, and musicians share songs, stories, and activities inspired by the...
Lunch & Learn: Just Across the Brook
During Just Across the Brook: Wampanoag Women and the English Gardens at Plimoth in 1621, learn about the vital role Wampanoag women played in shaping the first gardens in Plimoth. Explore how archaeology, oral history, and written accounts have taught us how these women taught...
A Night of Mindfulness and Meditation: Healing Sound Bath
Join us for a special interactive evening as Maïté, founder of The Institute for Integrative Mindfulness and Movement, partners with the Museum of Science, Boston once again for an in-person evening of mindfulness in the Charles Hayden Planetarium! Scientific research has shown...
Book Club for the Curious
Feeling inquisitive? Looking for good conversation? Love science and books? The Book Club for the Curious is just the thing for you. Created at the Museum of Science, Boston and presented in partnership with the CIC, this reading group is designed especially for those who are...
Eric Pape at Hammond Castle Museum
Join us for a very special exhibit of works by American artist and former Cape Ann resident, Eric Pape (1870 -1938). The Eric Pape At Hammond Castle Museum exhibit will consist of more than two dozen works by Pape, many of which have not been seen publicly in nearly a century. At...
Looking Local: Researching History in Jamaica Plain, Boston
This program is located at the Jamaica Plain Branch Library. FREE and open to the public. The Massachusetts Historical Society, the Jamaica Plain Historical Society, and the Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library are teaming up to help you learn more about ways to...
Black Hole Symphony
After a completely sold-out, world premiere run, the smash-hit production Black Hole Symphony returns to the Charles Hayden Planetarium for a four-night run! Don’t miss your chance to experience the entrancing and immersive new production from the Museum of Science, Boston and...
Tours of Hammond Castle Museum
Visit the breathtaking home of one of the most prolific American inventors of the 20th century! The Hammond Castle Museum is a dynamic STEM museum offering guided and self guided tours, temporary exhibits, cultural events and educational programming. Candlelight and spiritualism...
Lunch & Learn: Wampanoag Art for the Ages Book Discussion and Signing
About the Program: “Wampanoag Art for the Ages, Traditional and Transitional” is a compilation of profiles of several Wampanoag artists. It provides a look into contemporary Wampanoag art, as well as the cultural history that inspires it. Author Lee Roscoe will discuss her...
Once Upon A Time: An Evening of Enchanted Music & Storytelling
Fresh off a sold-out preview, Hello Friends brings their original Broadway review: "Once Upon a Time" to the Great Hall of Hammond Castle Museum. Prepare yourself as their voices fill the Hall with beloved songs from Broadway shows such as Sunset Boulevard, Man of La Mancha,...
Constellation Stories
Experience an evening of dance celebrating stories of the night sky from around the world in the Charles Hayden Planetarium! This exciting collaborative performance of dance, light, and science features astronomy-based mythologies from China, Japan, Estonia, Greece, Puerto Rico,...
