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museums

U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo at microphone in front of crowd

In the City

MFA Hosts Annual Juneteenth Celebration Tonight

June 21, 2017

Blown glass vase on left, Matisse painting of vase on right

Exhibitions

Museum of Fine Arts Presents Matisse in the Studio

June 15, 2017

Baxter the robot

Exhibitions

Robots, Time Machines, Virtual Reality, More at the Museum of Science

June 12, 2017

ICA Free Thursday Nights not only offer free admission each week, but free concerts by Berklee College of Music students each Thursday in July and August.

Visual Arts

Free Thursday Nights at the Institute of Contemporary Art

June 1, 2017

Lauren Whitley, senior curator of textile and fashion arts for the MFA, shows students a mid-18th-century English brocaded silk dress, once worn by Lydia Catherine, Duchess of Chandos.

University News

One Class, One Day: Threading History

April 10, 2017

fall leaves

Things-to-do

Your Guide to a Fun Columbus Day Weekend

October 7, 2016

9/11 Memorial Museum Head Curator Jan Seidler Ramirez standing in front of the Virgil Quote exhibit at the 9/11 Memorial Museum

History

Honoring Life

September 9, 2016

Annika Chan (CAS 18), Elaine Jonas (CAS 18), Alli Griffiths (CAS 18) and Dasha Duncan (CAS 18) eating ice cream during an ice cream social

University News

Labor Day Weekend in Boston

September 2, 2016

Gilt-silver mummy mask of Queen Malakaye artifact

In the City

Glittering Treasures from Ancient Nubia at MFA

August 12, 2016

Lucy in the Field with Flowers

Fine Arts

Museum of Bad Art Brings Worst Art to Widest Audience

August 8, 2016

Portrait of Frederick Douglass

Event Preview

Picturing Frederick Douglass

July 25, 2016

Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia exhibit at the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

museums

Harvard Art Museums Offer Dazzling Array of Shows

July 12, 2016

Boston-based folk trio Lula Wiles

University News

Harborwalk Sounds: Free Waterfront Concerts Each Thursday

July 7, 2016

View of the front of the William Hickling Prescott House in Boston, Massachusetts

museums

A Walk through the 19th Century

July 6, 2016

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Neighborhood Night

In the City

Free Neighborhood Night at Gardner Museum Tonight

August 6, 2015

The Longfellow House, former home of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, was Washington’s headquarters during the Siege of Boston.

Arts & Culture

A House Steeped in History, Both Literary and Political

August 5, 2015

Patty Larkin performing at The Center for Arts Natick

Arts & Culture

Legendary Local Folk Singer Performs Tonight

August 5, 2015

Adults (only) will be able to wander and weave their way through the Boston Children’s Museum climbing maze tonight when the museum hosts Boston Grown-Ups Museum: Summer Play.

Arts & Culture

Play and Party at the Boston Children’s Museum

July 29, 2015

Stephen Kurkjian

Arts & Culture

Lost

July 27, 2015

Lions lounge at the Franklin Park Zoo

In the City

Lions, Tigers, and Yes, Dinosaurs, at the Franklin Park Zoo

July 23, 2015

Lions, Tigers, and Yes, Dinosaurs, at the Franklin Park Zoo