Boston museums events

Watson Adventures’ Wizard School Scavenger Hunt

Saturday, Jun 1 1:00p

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...

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.

Morningstar Access

Tuesday, Jun 11 8:00a

Boston Children's Museum, Boston

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...

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...

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...

Historic New England Open House

Saturday, Jun 1 11:00a

Historic New England Properties, Boston

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 Human Shore: Seacoasts in History

Sunday, Jun 23 3:30p

Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge

More than half of Americans now live within 50 miles of ocean, but should they? John Gillis (Rutgers University) argues that an inadequate understanding of the natural and human history of our shor...

Mollusks Exhibit: Shelled Masters of the Marine Realm

Monday, Sep 30 9:00a

Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge

Mollusks explores the amazing diversity and history of mollusks—snails, clams, squid and other invertebrates that comprise almost a quarter of all known marine species...

The Blaschka Glass Flowers: Harvard's world-famous Exhibit

Wednesday, Dec 31 9:00a

Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge

One of the Museum’s most famous treasures is the internationally acclaimed Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants, the “Glass Flowers...

BOT Showcase Fun! Flowers Spout First

Sunday, Jun 2 12:00p

MIT Museum, Cambridge

Enjoy an afternoon showcase of robotic challenges named in honor of famed MIT Professor Woody Flowers whose robotics class was the inspiration for FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science ...

Scavenger Hunt: Where the Boston Tea Party Began

Tuesday, Jul 2 9:30a

Old South Meeting House, Boston

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...

Smithsonian Museum Day

Saturday, Sep 28 1:00p

Forbes House Museum, Milton

The Forbes House Museum will open it's doors for tours again for the annual Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day...

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

Sunday, May 19 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...

SMFA Traveling Fellow: “Ridley Howard: Fields and Stripes”

Sunday, May 19 10:00a

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Throughout his young career, Ridley Howard (SMFA alumnus, MFA 1999) has explored how 21st-century painting might capture intense yet veiled emotion...

European Motorcycle Day

Sunday, Sep 8 10:00a

Larz Anderson Auto Museum, Brookline

European Motorcycle Day showcases the best on two wheels from the Old World. Join us as hundreds of classic superbikes, choppers, racers and cruisers are on display on the Great Lawn...

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