McMullen Events Calendar

All events and programs are free and open to the public.
Free group tours may be arranged by calling the Museum at 617-552-8587.

For a calendar of all Boston College events, visit the Boston College Event Calendar .

February 13
7:00 PM
McMullen Museum of Art

Opening celebration for Rural Ireland: the Inside Story
Special viewing, opening remarks, and refreshments.

March 4
2:00 PM
McMullen Museum of Art

Drop-in docent tour for Rural Ireland: the Inside Story
Open to all visitors, no reservation required

March 12
4:00 PM
Devlin 101

Lecture
Visiting the Claddagh: Artists and Others, 1840–1914
Professor Angela Bourke, University College Dublin
Discussing cultural encounters in the Claddagh in the period between the Great Famine and the Great War

March 22
7:00 PM
Devlin 101

Lecture
Lowell Lecture Series
Claudia Kinmonth, author of Irish Rural Interiors in Art (2006)
Contrary to earlier assumptions, artists working in Ireland turned to the lives of the country's rural poor for subject matter.

March 29
6:30 PM
Gasson Hall Irish Room

Irish Dance and Ceili
Live music by Séamus Connolly and friends. 617-552-6396

April 6
Good Friday: Museum closed

April 12
6:30 PM
Walsh Hall Function Room

Irish Songs
Concert by Cathie Ryan. 617-552-6396

April 22
2:00 PM
McMullen Museum of Art

Drop-in docent tour for Rural Ireland: the Inside Story

May 2
6:30 PM
Walsh Hall Function Room

Irish Accordion, Fiddle, and Song
Concert by Séamus Begley and Oisin Mac Diarmada.