McMullen From Home

While the McMullen is temporarily closed, visit and learn with us online: tour current and past exhibitions in virtual walkthroughs, read digital exhibition catalogues, watch lectures by curators, listen to podcasts with Boston College professors and students, view exhibition films and curatorial interviews on the McMullen’s YouTube channel, and explore interactive spotlights to examine works from the permanent collection.

Virtual Walkthroughs

Did you miss an exhibition, or would you like to revisit one? Our virtual walkthroughs are like being there.

Indian Ocean Current: Six Artistic Narratives
Simon Dinnerstein: The Fulbright Triptych
Alen MacWeeney and a Century of New York Street Photography
Eaglemania: Collecting Japanese Art in Gilded Age America
Cuenca: City of Spanish Abstraction
Carrie Mae Weems: Strategies of Engagement
Cao Jun: Hymns to Nature
Nature’s Mirror: Reality and Symbol in Belgian Landscape
Esteban Lisa: The Abstract Cabinet
Rafael Soriano: The Artist as Mystic

Digital Exhibition Catalogues

Read and download full PDF versions of many of our exhibition catalogues.

Mary Armstrong: Conditions of Faith
Cuenca: City of Spanish Abstraction
Carrie Mae Weems: Strategies of Engagement
Cao Jun: Hymns to Nature
Nature's Mirror: Reality and Symbol in Belgian Landscape
New England Sky: Alston Conley
Rafael Soriano: The Artist as Mystic | El artista como místico
Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections
The Arts and Crafts Movement: Making It Irish
John La Farge and the Recovery of the Sacred
Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire
Wifredo Lam: Imagining New Worlds
   ...and more e-books on the Internet Archive

Lectures

Attend a virtual lecture with the original audio and media.

“Indian Ocean Current”: Prasannan Parthasarathi and Salim Currimjee
“How the Sea Kills the Trees: William Trost Richards and New Narratives for Marine Painting”: Linda S. Ferber
“Science in an Art Museum”: Richard Newman
“Alen MacWeeney”: Karl Baden
“William Trost Richards”: Jeffery Howe
“The Fulbright Triptych”: Simon Dinnerstein
   ...and more McMullen lectures on the Terrace

Podcasts

In-depth discussions of exhibitions and art by experts in the field.

Art in Focus: “Alen MacWeeney” with Lisa Kessler and Greer Muldowney
Art in Focus: “William Trost Richards” with Margaret Summerfield and Scott Reznick
“Tracking the Eagle” part 1
“Tracking the Eagle” part 2
“Tracking the Eagle” part 3
   ...and more McMullen podcasts on the Terrace

YouTube Channel

Videos with exclusive exhibition content and interviews with curators and scholars.

Indian Ocean Current: The Formation of the Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean Current: The Asian Monsoon
The Road to Eaglemania
Cuenca: City of Spanish Abstraction
Wifredo Lam: Imagining New Worlds
   ...and more McMullen videos on YouTube

Interactive Spotlights

Explore the most recent interactive display of an object from the McMullen here. Check back frequently as the collection grows.