Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Isabella Stewart Gardner first welcomed visitors to her museum on New Year's Day, 1903. On that evening guests listened to the music of Bach, Mozart, and Schumann, gazed in wonder at the intimate courtyard full of flowers, and viewed one of the nation's finest collections of art. Today, visitors experience much the same thing. The Gardner Museum has remained essentially unchanged since its founder's death in 1924. Unchanged but certainly not stagnant. Three floors of galleries surround a garden courtyard blooming with life in all seasons.
The galleries are filled with a unique and eclectic collection of paintings, sculpture, tapestries, furniture, rare booksm, and decorative arts from cultures spanning thirty centuries.

Open Tuesday-Sunday 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
(Front Admission Desk closes at 4:20 p.m. and galleries begin closing at 4:45 p.m.)
Open the following holidays: New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day and Veterans Day.
Closed Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.