Boston museums events

MFA First Fridays

Friday, Jun 7 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...

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

Friday, May 24 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 Solstice: Night at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture

Friday, Jun 21 5:00p

Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge

Celebrate the longest day of the year with live music, solar telescope viewing from the roof of the Science Center, food trucks, hands-on activities on the new Harvard Plaza, and free admission to ...

To Boston With Love

Saturday, May 25 10:00a

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Visit "To Boston With Love," an installation of hundreds of hand-sewn squares created created by quilters in the US and around the world, including Canada, England, Ireland, France, Holland, Austra...

Samurai! Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection

Friday, May 24 10:00a

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Japanese armor worn by shoguns, or warlords, from the 12th to the 19th centuries, from a respected Texan private collection...

MIT Museum Opens New Exhibit - Hidden Heroes: The Genius of Everyday Things

Friday, May 24 10:00a

MIT Museum, Cambridge

MIT Museum opens its newest exhibition, Hidden Heroes: The Genius of Everyday Things...

Whispers of Revolution

Tuesday, Jul 2 12:00p

Old South Meeting House, Boston

The American Revolution was planned in secrecy in backrooms, in taverns and in storerooms...

The American Civil War: Treasures from the Vault

Friday, May 24 9:00a

Richards-Frost Room at Mugar Memorial Library, Boston

This exhibition marks the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation and explores the causes, reactions, and responses to the American Civil War...

Boston Children's Chorus 10th Anniversary Concert

Friday, May 31 7:30p

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

To celebrate their 10th anniversary, the BCC presents an evening of contemporary choral music, featuring a new work by composer Daniel Bernard Roumain.

"Tiny Taxonomy: Alpinum"

Friday, May 24 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...

Waterworks Wednesday: Brookline: Olmsted's Vision of the Model Suburb

Wednesday, Jun 19 7:00p

Waterworks Museum, Boston

Keith Morgan, Director of Architectural Studies at Boston University, will speak about "Brookline: Olmsted's Vision of the Model Suburb...

Nichols House Museum Spring Fete and Silent Auction

Thursday, Jun 6 6:00p

The Boston Athenaeum, Boston

Looking for a unique object for your home or a perfect gift? Come to the Nichols House Spring Fete and find what you are looking for! The theme of this year’s Silent Auction is “Unique and One-of-a...

Art in the Streets: European Posters

Friday, May 24 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

Colonial Games

Wednesday, Jul 3 11:00a

Old South Meeting House, Boston

Try your hand at games from the bygone days, from "Tabletop Ninepins" to "Fox and Geese." Make your own whirligig or challenge an adult to a round of "Nine Men's Morris...

Concert for Very Young People

Sunday, Jun 2 2:30p

Boston Children's Museum, Boston

In partnership with the BSO, Boston Children’s Museum is piloting a program in the 2012-2013 Season that brings BSO Musicians together with young children ages 2-5 and their families for live, inte...

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