Lectures and Courses

image of a photograph of the Painting Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts portraying Mrs. Scales with a class of young girls
Credit

Mrs. Scales with a class of young girls in a Painting Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, April 1915.

Lectures

Fuel your curiosity with lectures from visual and performing artists, curators, conservators, critics, and authors.

Courses

Dive deeper into art and exhibitions with five-session courses. Sign up for all or just the sections that interest you most.

Looking Together

Choose from two-, three-, or four-session small-group discussions. Engage with the Museum’s collection and exhibitions in the galleries.

Events
Title Type Time
MFA at 150: Up Close Looking Together February 5–26, 2020
10:30 am–12:00 pm
Museums: Our History and Our Future The Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Celebrity Lectures February 5, 2020
7:00 pm–8:00 pm
Hyman Bloom: Spirituality and Art Lecture February 9, 2020
2:00 pm–4:00 pm
The Self as an Other: Lucian Freud’s Self-Portraits Lecture February 11, 2020
10:30 am–12:00 pm
The Self as an Other: Lucian Freud’s Self-Portraits Lecture February 13, 2020
7:00 pm–8:30 pm
Reviving the Italian Renaissance in the American 19th Century Looking Together February 19–26, 2020
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
Member Talk: “Black Histories, Black Futures” Lecture February 19, 2020
6:30 pm–7:30 pm
Discovery of the Self Lecture February 25, 2020
10:30 am–12:00 pm
Portraits Through the Ages Looking Together February 26–March 18, 2020
10:30 am–12:00 pm
History of the MFA and Its Collections Lecture February 26, 2020
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
Advice You Don't Want to Hear The Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Celebrity Lectures February 26, 2020
7:00 pm–8:00 pm
Painters of Modern Life: Transatlantic Impressionism Looking Together February 27–March 19, 2020
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
Discovery of the Self Lecture February 27, 2020
7:00 pm–8:30 pm
Lasting Impressions Barbara and Burton Stern Lecture March 1, 2020
2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Modernity’s Mirrors Lecture March 3, 2020
10:30 am–12:00 pm
Art of Ancient Egypt, Nubia, and Near East Lecture March 4, 2020
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
Masterpieces of Chinese Painting Looking Together March 4–18, 2020
3:00 pm–4:30 pm
The Presence of the Past: Lucian Freud Lecture March 4, 2020
7:00 pm–8:00 pm
Modernity’s Mirrors Lecture March 5, 2020
7:00 pm–8:30 pm
Elsa Dorfman and Self-Portraiture in Photography Lecture March 10, 2020
10:30 am–12:00 pm
Textile and Fashion Arts Lecture March 11, 2020
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
Elsa Dorfman and Self-Portraiture in Photography Lecture March 12, 2020
7:00 pm–8:30 pm
Gender and Self-Portraiture: The Personal Is Political Lecture March 17, 2020
10:30 am–12:00 pm
Art of Ancient Greece and Rome Lecture March 18, 2020
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
Gender and Self-Portraiture: The Personal Is Political Lecture March 19, 2020
7:00 pm–8:30 pm