Gallery Programs
The BGC offers a diverse range of exhibition-related programs for adults, educators, students, seniors, and families, including lectures, conversations, study days, gallery talks, concerts, tours, and family days. See below for a full list of programs. Register online or download a printable registration form.
School + Educator Programs
Learn more about our outreach programs here.
All programs take place at 38 West 86th Street, unless otherwise indicated. Unless otherwise noted, evening programs now begin at 7 pm with a reception preceding each program.
May
Gallery Talk and Wine Tasting: Illuminating Hoentschel: A French Tastemaker and His World (Gallery Program)
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
18 West 86th Street
Event, Gallery Talk
Family Day: A Journey through Burma (Gallery Program)
11:00 am – 4:00 pm
38 West 86th Street
Event, Family Day
Open House for Seniors: May (Gallery Program)
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
18 West 86th Street
Event, Tours
Dressing for the Faubourg St. Germain: Fin de Siècle Fashion in Proust (Gallery Program)
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
38 West 86th Street
Event, Lectures
Event, Concert
A Botanical Treasury: Plant Fibers, Forest Resources, and the Culture of Tea in Northern Burma (Gallery Program)
Introduced by Erin Hasinoff
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
18 West 86th Street
Event, Gallery Talk
June
Burmese Dinner and Lecture: Listening as Knowing: The Significance of Sound Among the Nagas (Gallery Program)
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
38 West 86th Street
Event, Gallery Programs Lecture
Hoentschel’s Ceramics: Mysteries of Origin and Style (Gallery Program)
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
38 West 86th Street
Event, Conversation
Open House for Seniors: June (Gallery Program)
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
18 West 86th Street
Event, Tours
July
Family Day: Carving Marvelous Mementos (Gallery Program)
11:30 am – 4:00 pm
38 West 86th Street
Event, Family Day
Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs, 1851–1939 (Gallery Program)
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
38 West 86th Street
Event, Gallery Programs Lecture
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On View
- Upcoming Exhibitions
- Past Exhibitions
- Circus and the City: New York, 1793-2010
- The Islands of Benoît Mandelbrot: Fractals, Chaos, and the Materiality of Thinking
- Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones
- Staging Fashion, 1880–1920: Jane Hading, Lily Elsie, and Billie Burke
- American Christmas Cards, 1900–1960
- Knoll Textiles, 1945-2010
- Objects of Exchange
- Cloisonné
- Focus Gallery
- Main Gallery
- Visiting the BGC
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- Gallery Publications
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