Art in Tune, one of the MFA’s signature events, returns in 2024! Don’t miss this evening of live musical performances throughout the galleries, highlighting the Museum's musical instrument collection.
Discover music from all over the world, performed all over the MFA. Internationally celebrated musical artists have chosen galleries, artwork, or in many cases collection instruments that resonate with their craft, spinning out a blend of musical and visual art unlike any other.
To request disability accommodations, contact access@mfa.org.
Special General Admission Pricing During Art in Tune
Enjoy $5 minimum, pay-what-you-wish general admission to the MFA during Art in Tune (available in person day of, starting at 5 pm).
Performances
Shapiro Family Courtyard
Instruments: Native American flutes
Musical Artist: Hawk Henries
Gallery 119: Egyptian Funerary Arts
Instruments: oud and darbuka
Musical Artists: Malcolm Barsamian and Charles Dermenjian
Gallery 132: Boston on the Eve of Revolution
Instrument: cuatro
Musical Artist: Fabiola Méndez
Gallery 171: Art of Africa from the 19th Century to Today
Instruments: djembe and steel pan
Musical Artists: Sidy Maiga and Becky Bass
Gallery 246: Artists on the Move in 18th-Century Europe
Instruments: harpsichord, violin, and cello
Musical Artists: Ian Watson, Adriane Post, and Guy Fishman from the Handel and Haydn Society
Gallery 250: European Painting 1550–1700 and Hanoverian Silver
Instruments: viola da gamba and theorbo
Musical Artists: Laura Jeppesen and Catherine Liddell
Gallery 255: Impressionism and Beyond
Instrument: harp
Musical Artist: Nancy Hurrell
Gallery 263: Tender Loving Care: Contemporary Art from the Collection
Instruments: electric violins, viola, cello, and bass
Musical Artists: Mimi Rabson, Helen Sherrah-Davies, David Wallace, Jeremy Harman, and David Clark
Gallery 271: Chinese Sculpture
Instruments: guzheng and guqin
Musical Artist: Shin-Yi Yang
Blind or low vision access
Wheelchair accessible