Events/Exhibitions from local museums and organizations
Please note that most of these activities require an active membership to their perspective organizations.
Museum of Science
1 Science Park
Boston, MA 02114
In Search of Earth’s Secrets
Explore the magnetism of the Earth’s core, extract a core sample, and discover secrets form the past with a full-body puzzle!
Innovation: Earth
Explore emergent green technologies in the Museum’s brand-new immersive, interactive exhibit that helps us imagine the ways we’ll live, move, eat, and work in the future.
AlegreMENTE | Happy Brain
Celebrate loving, playful connections together in a whimsical forest full of families of all kinds, both human and animal!
1 Central Wharf
Boston, MA 02110
“Whale Tales” by LeMonde Studio
Visit our 96-inch-tall public art installation of a North Atlantic right whale’s tail, created by LeMonde Studio in collaboration with the New England Aquarium. Turn the crank to activate the lights and hear actual whale vocalizations recorded by our researchers in the field. This art experience is part of WINTERACTIVE, and will be located on our front plaza through March 29.
Daily Presentation and Feeding Schedule
The Art of Maple Sugaring
Come late winter, with nights below freezing and the days mild, maple trees across the state begin to flow with sap. We know the final form of this sap as sweet syrup smothered over pancakes or poured over a bowl of oatmeal, but how much do you actually know about maple sugar?
Woolapalooza at Drumlin Farm
Saturday, March 28, 9:00 am-4:00 pm
Spring is in the air at Drumlin Farm, and with it comes shearing season! As our sheep say goodbye to their warm winter coats, we’re celebrating with the return of our annual festival dedicated to all things woolly.
Wildlife Tracking in Winter
Curious about the critters that leave “footprints” on snow-covered yards and fields? Our naturalists can help you solve the mystery!
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
One Hundred Stitches, One Hundred Villages
In rural Chinese villages today, women are creating dynamic patchwork textiles, as their mothers and grandmothers did before them. This art form, which evolved from ancient Buddhist and Daoist customs of monks dressing in patched rags to project a sense of humility, is rooted in practicality, with the fabrics serving as bed and window covers, door curtains, and children’s clothing. The vibrant abstract compositions demonstrate creativity and fine artistic sensibilities that flourish far beyond the borders of established Chinese art canons.
Drop-In Art Making
Saturdays and Sundays 10am ~ 4pm
Chinese Patchwork:
Design and build a geometric patch inspired by “The Beauty of Patchwork from Rural China.” Then use it to repair or add color to a textile at home!
Saturdays 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28
Mini Modernist Sculptures:
Get inspired by our new Modern Art galleries then twist, bend, and manipulate wire to create a miniature sculpture!
Sundays 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29
Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography
“Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography” explores the evolving techniques photographers have used to record the human experience as it has played out in populous urban spaces—from Harlem and Los Angeles to Tokyo and Istanbul—over five decades.
25 Harbor Shore Drive
Boston MA 02210
Perpetual Gratitude
Saturdays and Sundays 12 ~ 4pm
Create and connect through an interactive Bank of America Art Lab installation by Boston-based artist Yenny Hernandez. Experience her stunning mural depicting gratitude in bloom, showing how appreciation can grow within each of us. Reflect on the gratitude in your life through hands-on art-making and more!
Family ART-trek
Sun, Mar 8, 11 AM
Join an ICA educator for a family-friendly, interactive look at An Indigenous Present. Through games, drawing, and other playful activities, we’ll uncover the stories and creative processes of exhibition artists. Come explore, imagine, and connect through art!
East India Square,
161 Essex Street,
Salem, MA 01970
Drop-In Art: Folded Canoe
Saturdays and Sundays 1pm ~ 4pm
Explore the global practice of canoe making by making your own mini paper vessel. Recommended for ages 4+.
Double Happiness: Celebration in Chinese Art
On view through May 3, 2026
Come and experience the liveliness of a drinking party, the opulence of a royal wedding and poetic evocation of spring on a delicate dish. Discover plants and animals, myths and symbols and decipher the Chinese character for “Double Happiness.”
Sons of Town Hall
Sunday, March 1, 2026 from 2—3:45 pm
Join us for a rollicking adventure at sea with the Sons of Town Hall, the transatlantic folk duo of songwriters David Berkeley and Ben Parker. Performing as their 19th-century alter egos Josiah Chester Jones and George Ulysses Brown, these two multitalented musicians conjure a captivating world of song and theater.
Things to do This Weekend
A variety of weekend activities across Massachusetts. Many at famous historical buildings and sites. The webpage is updated by the trustees, keep checking for new activities!
Across Boundaries Across Barriers – Fruitland Museum
On view through September 1, 2029
Features historic and contemporary works of art from several Native American communities in five sections that center the concepts associated with each direction.
Nature Sanctuary – deCordova Museum
On view through October 4, 2026
An outdoor exhibition that explores relationships between the natural world and ideas of home. Spanning the Sculpture Park’s front lawn and beyond, this exhibition features original, site-inspired commissions and loans by six women artists.