Open to members of LLC; pre-registration is required.
LLC Cultural Day in Boston
Bus Trip to the MFA or Gardner Museum
Saturday, March 29, 2025 / 8:30 AM – 5 PM
$50 per member bus only*
Reserve your seat on the bus.
*Registration fee does NOT include museum admission or lunch. You must be a member of LLC to join the bus trip (Limit 28). Bus fee is non-refundable.
Are you longing for a visit to the MFA or the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston but don’t want to drive to Boston or take the train? Join us for an LLC sponsored bus trip. You can choose to visit the MFA or the Gardner Museum and we will drop you off at the door. The day is yours to browse the exhibits, have a wonderful lunch, shop in the museum shops, and not have to worry about the drive back to Rhode Island.
PLAN YOUR VISIT
Museum of Fine Arts website | New Exhibits: Deep Waters: Four Artists and the Sea | Landscape and Labor: Dutch Works on Paper in Van Gogh's Time | The Sun Will Set: Contemporary Abstraction and the Body | See all exhibits
Admission to MFA: $27 (If you have a yearly membership or a library pass it will be honored.)
Lunch: New American Café, Garden Cafeteria, and Taste
The Isabella Stewart Gardner is unique. Ms. Gardner's imaginative arrangements encourage visitors to look, think, and create their own connections among works of art. We can think of the galleries as works of art themselves. New Exhibit: Water of the Abyss – Fabiola Jean-Louis | Explore the entire collection
Admission to Gardner: Adults $22 | Seniors 65+ $20 (No extra charge for special exhibitions. If you have a membership or a library pass it will be honored.)
Lunch: Light bites, coffee, beer, wine, sandwiches and full meals
"LLC opens doors. My life has been so enriched by LLC."
Sally Zierler, Providence
Photo: Trushna Visavadia / Unsplash
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Private, Ranger-led tour of Old Slater Mill – Wednesday, December 4, 2024
More than thirty LLC members attended the private, ranger-led tour of Old Slater Mill in Pawtucket. The Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park staff were highly informative. Many gathered for lunch after the tour at Farm Fresh in Providence. A great time was had by all.
RISD Museum Tour led by museum educators – Friday, September 27, 2024
Thirty LLC members visited two art pieces (a sculpture and a painting) over a 90-minute period. The museum educators were highly knowledgeable, engaging, and responded enthusiastically to our many questions. Members thoroughly enjoyed this focused study, which helped them better understand, appreciate, and connect to the artwork.
Tiverton's Four Corners Walking Tour with Roz Weir – May 2024
Bus Trip to Peabody Essex Museum – April 2024
46 members visited the world-renowned Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. PEM is one of the oldest continuously operating museums in the United States and holds one of the major collections of Asian art in the United States. Its total holdings include about 1.3 million pieces. Before boarding the bus back to Rhode Island, the group was surrounded by a large crowd of others savoring the celestial phenomenon of the solar eclipse.
Holiday Tea at Blithewold Mansion – December 2023
From Then to Now: how artists share themes of slavery, racism, diversity, equality and inclusion at RISD Museum – June 2023
"Sargent, Whistler & Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano" at Mystic Seaport Museum – December 2022
Re-Discovering Providence as a Patron of the Arts Walking Tour - August 2022
Black History in Wickford Walking Tour – June 2022
Planet Earth, The Environment, and Our Future Exhibit at WaterFire Arts Center – April 2022
