Programs & Events

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Art Making, Public Programs, Free Saturday Open Studios

You Are What You Collect: Cyanotype Portraits

Free with Museum Admission

Polly Thayer Starr Visiting Studio Artist Ally Schmaling invites you to explore cyanotypes, one of the earliest photographic techniques, as you create images of small collections that might tell a puzzle of a story about you.
 

Music & Concerts Weekend Concert Series

Renaissance String Quartet

We are thrilled and lucky to be able to present these four terrific musicians, who find time in their busy touring lives to perform together as a quartet.

 

 

Stout Lecture

Investigating the Brushstrokes: In Defense of Copies

Once, purchasing a copy of a famous painting could have been considered a coup, but in our modern consciousness, that’s no longer the case. How can conservators help us understand the intrigue of a copy during the Renaissance? Join Maryan Ainsworth, Curator Emerita at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in an exploration of how we define the value of art.

Art Making, Public Programs, Free Saturday Open Studios

Saturday Open Studios: Leather Embossing with Metallics

Free with Museum Admission

At this Saturday Open Studio, experiment with leather, metallics, and embossing to create your own gilt leather object!
 

Music & Concerts Thursday Night Music

New Masada Quartet

Led by the legendary John Zorn on saxophone, the fiery New Masada Quartet promises to bring down the house in this revelatory Thursday evening concert. 

Art Making, Public Programs, Free Saturday Open Studios

Saturday Open Studios: Leather Embossing with Metallics

Free with Museum Admission

At this Saturday Open Studio, experiment with leather, metallics, and embossing to create your own gilt leather object!
 

Art Making, Public Programs, Free Saturday Open Studios

Saturday Open Studios: Leather Embossing with Metallics

Free with Museum Admission

At this Saturday Open Studio, experiment with leather, metallics, and embossing to create your own gilt leather object!
 

Public Programs June 10, 2026

Botanical Talk & Tour

Space is limited

Join a member of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum horticulture staff for a presentation about the role of plants at the Museum, past and present, followed by an hour-long guided experience through the galleries.

Patrons Only
Patron Events

Coffee with Conservation

Friends of Fenway Court Patrons are invited to get a rare glimpse into the floor-to-ceiling project underway to restore the Dutch Room with members of the Gardner’s conservation team.

Public Programs July 10, 2026

Botanical Talk & Tour

Space is limited

Join a member of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum horticulture staff for a presentation about the role of plants at the Museum, past and present, followed by an hour-long guided experience through the galleries.