Boston visual arts events

Boston Children's Chorus 10th Anniversary Concert

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

Watson Adventures’ Wizard School Scavenger Hunt

Join a unique scavenger hunt for Harry Potter Fans at the Museum of Fine Arts! Search for art that echoes characters, and enchanted objects in the Harry Potter books and movies...

Historic New England Open House

Thirty-two of the region’s finest historic properties are open free to the public during Historic New England’s open house. Open the door to four centuries of New England home and family life...

The Story of Ferdinand

The Story of Ferdinand is a children's book written in 1936 by Munro Leaf, illustrated by Robert Lawson...

Morningstar Access

The Morningstar Access program - Boston Children's Museum opens the door at 8 am for children with special needs/medical needs, before we open to the public at 10 am...

Exploring Fantasy And Reality In The Galleries

"Characters in the Collection," this year's community arts initiative artist project begins with the question - "Where do stories come from?" This year's selected artist, Andrew Oesch worked with e...

Sentient: cognitive flow

Sentient is an original production created by artists in the Studio for Interrelated Media's Art and Science Immersive Media course...

PhotoWalks Freedom Trail Tour

Discover the secrets for taking amazing pictures of Boston. Guided walking tours are presented with fascinating historic commentary and creative photography tips. Year round. Hours: 10:a...

Short Waves: Stories Shaping Our Community (Short Film Competition)

“Short Waves: Stories Shaping Our Community,” hopes to bring light to these stories through locally made, community driven short films about the Asian American experience and community.

Colonial Games

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...

The Lewis Hine Project: Tracking down the lives of child laborers

For more than seven years, Joe Manning has been identifying some of the more than 5,000 child laborers that were photographed in the early 1900s by Lewis Hine, and then tracking down and interviewi...

Scavenger Hunt: Where the Boston Tea Party Began

What was all the fuss about tea in 1773? Piece together clues to discover how the Boston Tea Party all started at the historic Old South Meeting House in a challenging and fun scavenger hunt for a...