In honor of Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month, join for special family activities featuring live music, art making, and storytelling that celebrate Latinx and Hispanic heritage and culture.

Thanks to a partnership between the MFA and the City of Boston, Boston Family Days provide students who live in Boston and their families free access to the Museum on the first and second Sundays of each month.

Events and Activities

Drop-In Art Making: Ex-Votos, Paintings that Tell a Story

10 am–4 pm (last entry 3:45 pm)
Shapiro Family Courtyard

Ex-voto paintings, often created on tin or found materials, express thanks for answered prayers or show, using words as well as images, something amazing or unexplainable that happened to someone. Taking inspiration from ex-voto paintings on view in gallery 336 of the Art of the Americas Wing, use paint, markers, and mixed media to create your own work of art that shares a story!

Drop-In Art Making: Puerto Rican Beaded Bracelets

Sunday, October 4, only
11 am–2 pm (last entry 1:45 pm)
Gallery 268

Join Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA) to customize a beaded bracelet using Puerto Rican flag beads, coquí charms, and beaded lettering.

Story Hour: Drum Dream Girl

11 am and 1 pm
Druker Family Pavilion, Room 156

In a special story hour featuring Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle, learn the true story of how a brave girl became one of the first female drummers in Cuba. Then explore real drums and other instruments to make your own music.

Bolero Opera

Sunday, October 4, only
11:30–11:50 am and 1:30–1:50 pm
Gallery 168

Enjoy the beauty of bolero music and Latin American popular and folk traditions. Join opera singer and musician David Guzman and bandoneon player Giovanni Parra for heartfelt performances and elegant harmonies featuring rhythms from Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, and Argentina.