On February 18, President’s Day, enjoy free admission to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum with programming connected to the Museum’s forthcoming exhibition Botticelli: Heroines + Heroes, including art-making, live music, dance, and hands-on activities.
In the galleries, enjoy gallery games and create your own masterwork sketching live models holding poses inspired by works in the special exhibition. In the Bertucci Education Studio, try your hand re-interpreting a work of art with Karl Stevens, award-winning graphic novelist and artistic partner for Botticelli: Heroines + Heroes.
In Calderwood Hall, experience a showcase of work by Neighborhood Salon Luminaries, including an excerpt of Being by choreographer Marsha Parrilla with special guest Josh Knowles on violin and vocals, and Movement Meditation: Portal by dancer Tai Jimenez.
Throughout the day, Puerto Rican cuatro player and 2018-2019 Neighborhood Salon Luminary Fabiola M. Méndez Quiñones will perform in the Courtyard.
Free admission will be available at the Museum entrance on Monday, February 18 starting at 11 am, on a first-come, first-served basis. Admission includes access to the entire Museum, including special exhibitions. To ensure everyone’s experience at the Museum is pleasant, entry is timed every 30 minutes, with the last entry at 4 pm.
Due to the nature of the collection, capacity regulations, and the high attendance we see on holidays, the Museum may only admit a specific number of visitors at once. For your safety and the safety of the collection, visitors may be asked to wait in line to enter. Groups of 10 or more cannot be accommodated on this day.
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum experience is best suited for children ages seven and older. Visitors under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
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Frank Hatch Free Day is held annually in honor of Francis “Frank” Hatch (1925-2010), longtime Gardner Museum trustee, community advocate, and supporter of the arts and culture in the city.
Education and community programs are funded in part by the Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation, Lenoir Charitable Trust, Liberty Mutual Foundation, Janet Burke Mann Foundation, Marriott Daughters Foundation, Rowland Foundation, Pappas Foundation, and the Wells Fargo Foundation. Studio activities are generously sponsored by the Polly Thayer Starr Charitable Trust. These programs are funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which receives support from the State of Massachusetts and the National Endowment for the Arts.