Free, For All

This month we’re throwing open the doors to celebrate ARTS FIRST, Art Museum Day and International Museum Day, Harvard Class Day, and Harvard Commencement.
Remember: we’re always free to all students, Cambridge residents, youth under 18, and many more.

Talks and Tours

In the Press

“Matisse is just my dude. He’s a very joyful painter.”
—Museum attendant Maggie Cedarstom shares her favorite painting with The Improper Bostonian

Otto Piene: “I did not even have a toothbrush, but I always had my sketchpad and a box of watercolors.”
—Artforum reports on a recent gift of the artist’s sketchbooks

“Bauhaus was the art school in Germany that created the look of the twentieth century. We just live in it.”
—Open Source host Christopher Lydon discusses the Bauhaus with Sebastian Smee, Tamar Avishai, Peter Chermayeff, and Ann Beha

From Index Magazine

The “Time is Now” for Teaching About Art
With Help from Students, Print Rental Program Adds New Works
The Big Picture: Kara Walker’s U.S.A Idioms
A Spotlight on Early Chinese Jades

What’s On

What’s Happening