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Puppet Takeover at the MFA Memorial Day Open House!

  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 465 Huntington Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02115 United States (map)

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Start your summer off right at the annual Memorial Day Open House at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston — featuring a puppet takeover from Puppet Showplace Theater! For one day only, meet roving magical creatures, take a tour led by fuzzy puppets, and experience art coming to life in a whole new way.

  • May 25 (Monday) | 2026: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

  • Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 (Get Directions)

  • Tickets available in person on a first-come, first-served basis. Admission is free with a valid Massachusetts zip code. Find more details on the MFA website!

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MFA Boston Memorial Day Open House — A Puppet Takeover!

Start your summer off right at the annual Memorial Day Open House at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston — featuring a puppet takeover from Puppet Showplace Theater! For one day only, meet roving magical creatures, take a tour led by fuzzy puppets, and experience art coming to life in a whole new way. Activities include:

Make a Puppet

10:00 am – 4:00 pm (last entry 3:45 pm)
Druker Family Pavilion

Using a variety of materials, design and build your very own sock puppet! Once you create your character, bring it with you to meet one of the puppets from Puppet Showplace Theater.

Roving Puppet Creatures with Puppet Showplace Theater

10:00 am – 1:30 pm
Multiple locations

Encounter fantastical puppet characters who gallop, prowl, and swim. Puppets are on the move across the Museum throughout the day—you can find them outside at the Huntington Avenue Entrance, in the Calderwood Courtyard at lunch, or as you wander the galleries.


Let a Puppet Be Your Guide! Kid-Friendly Edition

10:30 – 11:00 am and 11:30 am – Noon
Meet in Sharf Visitor Center

What does a furry puppet monster know about art? Find out as you giggle your way through the Museum! A knowledgeable MFA guide teams up with a very silly puppet “assistant” from Puppet Showplace Theater to bring you a 30-minute tour of works on view. Participants of all ages are welcome.

ASL interpreter available at 10:30 am

Let A Puppet Be Your Guide! Adult Edition

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
Meet in Gallery 260

The MFA is teaming up with Puppet Showplace Theater to bring you a 45-minute tour of the exhibition “Subvert, Repair, Reclaim Contemporary Artists Take Back the Nude.” With Carmen Hermo, Lorraine and Alan Bressler Curator of Contemporary Art and exhibition curator, explore works of art that critically engage with representations of the nude in Western art history—featuring colorful commentary from a puppet!

Recommended for visitors 18 years and older.

ASL interpreter available

Learn more
Earlier Event: May 22
An Evening with Vernon Watercress by Nate Puppets
Later Event: May 30
To The Clouds by Happy Theater
 

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Puppet Showplace Theater is supported by the New England Foundation for the Arts through the New England Arts Resilience Fund, part of the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund, an initiative of the U.S. Regional Arts Organizations and the Mellon Foundation, with major funding from the federal CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan from the National Endowment for the Arts.