General admission for children 17 years and under is always free

View of the couryard in midsummer
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A room with European old-master paintings, sculpture, and furniture arranged eclectically. The lower half of the image shows a line of chairs, all upholstered in matching floral damask.
A red textile wall with a large Titian painting and two tables and a chair on the floor.
Blue fabric wall with several paintings and a display case on the floor.
A red velvet wall with paintings and furniture in front of it.
A room with wooden beams, stained glass, decorative tiles with a portrait in the center of the image.
A large wall made up of glass panels.
Escape the Ordinary at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
In 1903, Isabella Stewart Gardner opened her museum “for the education and enjoyment of the public forever.”
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2025 Exhibitions

Fall Exhibitions: October 23–January 19, 2026

Preview Fall View Summer 2025
Tactile model of the Sarah Bernhardt print made out of various types of fabric appliques and embroidery stitches to create different textures and relief. The colors of the fabric match the colors of the woodcut print
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Other Ways of Seeing: A Conservator’s Perspective on Tactile Accessibility

Learn how the Gardner is expanding opportunities for visitors to create deeper, inclusive, and engaging opportunities to experience art. 

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Free with Boston Family Day Pass

Boston Family Days

October 12,2025

Boston school-aged students and two guests can gain free admission to participating institutions on the first two Sundays of each month by showing their Program Pass.  

A woman with four children sitting on a bench by the Courtyard
Public Program

Indigenous Peoples' Day: Interwoven

October 13, 2025

Join us as we acknowledge and honor Indigenous wisdom and traditions that strengthen communities. 

A young woman standing outside holding a violin under her chin and a man sitting by a piano
Music

Miranda Cuckson & Blair McMillen

October 19, 2025

A musician's musician, the great Miranda Cuckson comes to the Gardner Museum with a program that comprises nearly two hundred years of violin music, from Beethoven to the Jamaican-British Alberga.

 

Group of visitors looking at a painting by Titian while a docent speaks
Permanent Collection

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