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Heart of a Wanderer: Isabella's Travel Albums

Heart of a Wanderer: Isabella's Travel Albums

Presented by Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Between 1867 and 1895, Isabella Stewart Gardner and her husband Jack traveled the world. Enabled  by their wealth and status, Isabella and Jack crossed continents and countries by boat, by rail, and on foot. On these trips, Isabella collaged photographs, found papers, and botanical samples into albums peppered with watercolors and annotations in her own hand. Experience the world through Isabella’s eyes as a traveler in the nineteenth century–and learn about the global influences on her collection and curatorial vision and how her travels were informed by the historical context of European imperialism. Responses by scholars and artists help us examine what is missing from the pages of these albums and how what is present, both real and imagined, reflects Isabella’s perception of foreign cultures from the position of a privileged American tourist.

Admission Info

$20 adult, $18 senior, $13 student, under 18 free

Phone: 617 278 5156

Email: information@isgm.org

Dates & Times

2023/02/16 - 2023/05/21

Location Info

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115

Parking Info

A limited number of free and metered spots are available near the Gardner Museum. We also offer discounted parking at the next-door Simmons School of Management Garage and are walking distance from the lots at the Museum of Fine Arts.

SIMMONS UNIVERSITY PARKING
Discounted* parking is available on Levels P1-P3 of the Simmons School of Management (SOM) Garage, at 86 Avenue Louis Pasteur.

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS PARKING
Three parking lots are available at the Museum of Fine Arts, on Museum Road accessible from Huntington Avenue or from the Fenway.