Boston museums events

MFA First Fridays

Friday, Jul 5 6:00p

Put some culture into your new year at this monthly event featuring fine art, music, signature cocktails, and tapas. Tunes for the January edition will be provided by DJ Holtie...

Secrets of Circles Exhibit

Wednesday, Jun 19 10:00a

Boston Children's Museum, Boston

Circles are pretty amazing shapes...

Art in the Streets: European Posters

Wednesday, Jun 19 10:00a

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

This show may be small (41 items) but it's choice -- and extremely charming. Artists with work on display include Bennard, Kandinsky, Schiele, and El Lissitzky. - Mark Feeney, Globe Staff

Highland Street Foundation Free Fun Friday

Friday, Aug 23 11:00a

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Visit the Museum for free! Free timed tickets will be available at the Museum entrance on Friday...

Pajama Party in PlaySpace

Friday, Jul 19 7:30p

Boston Children's Museum, Boston

Toddlers, wear your pajamas to the Museum on Friday night and join us for games, songs and picture-stories. Older siblings are welcome to participate.

Frisbee Fest

Tuesday, Jul 16 11:00a

Boston Children's Museum, Boston

Performances: 11 AM and 12:30 PM, PlayShops: 11:45 AM and 1:15 PM Meet Frisbee Champion Todd Brodeur and watch him demonstrate some amazing tricks, catches and combinations...

Discount Day

Thursday, Jul 4 9:30a

Old South Meeting House, Boston

Free museum admission for children aged 18 and under with paying adult at Old South Meeting House. This discount is offered as part of Boston Harborfest...

Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane, Master Drawings From the Casa Buonarroti

Wednesday, Jun 19 10:00a

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Twenty-six Michelangelow drawings from his own collection, on loan from the museum in Florence that was once his home...

Summer Club

Friday, Jul 12 6:00p

Boston Children's Museum, Boston

Friday nights July 12, 19, and 26, 6:00 – 8:00 PM Recommended for ages 6 & up...

Dr. Cheryl LaRoche on the Underground Railroad's Path to Freedom in the North

Thursday, Jun 20 6:00p

Museum of African American History, Boston

A Lowell Lecture Series Presentation Free and open to the public Archaeologist and historian, Dr...

Meet Play Learn

Thursday, Jul 11 10:30a

Boston Children's Museum, Boston

Explore. Enjoy Water play and messy outdoor activities on the boardwalk. Meet-Play-Learn is a chance for parents, caregivers and young children to get together with old friends and meet new friends...

Watson Adventures’ Murder at the Science Museum Scavenger Hunt

Saturday, Jul 20 2:00p

Boston Museum of Science, Boston

Join Watson Adventures on a unique murder mystery scavenger hunt for adults...

"Tiny Taxonomy: Alpinum"

Wednesday, Jun 19 11:00a

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The 25 species of mountain wildflowers and alpine perennials on view at "Tiny Taxonomy: Alpinum" have an "essential intelligence" of being able to adapt by growing very small, settling low to the g...

Watson Adventures’ Murder at the Art Museum Scavenger Hunt

Saturday, Jul 6 1:00p

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Join Watson Adventures on a murder mystery scavenger hunt for adults. A curator has been murdered and left a trail of clues connected to the works of art at the Museum of Fine Arts...