Our art shows are offered in-person at the Hunnewell Building. The Hunnewell Building at 125 Arborway is open 9am–4pm daily. The Visitor Center and exhibition space are open every day from 10am–4pm, except when booked for other meetings or programs.
We are not currently accepting new proposals for indoor art shows, as the Arboretum is shifting focus to performance art and installations in the landscape. Artists who have already been offered an indoor show will hold their shows as planned.
Artists interested in submitting a proposal for an outdoor art installation should review the General Guidelines for Outdoor Art Exhibitions and then send a proposal to publicprograms@arnarb.harvard.edu.
Current Shows
Intimate Vistas: Images of Tree Bark
A series by Marc Goldring
Nov 03 , 2024 - Feb 26, 2025
Photographer Marc Goldring's work has always centered on finding the mysterious in the commonplace and bringing attention to objects and features which we otherwise might not have noticed at all. In this show, Marc attends to the bark of trees. He brings the camera in close to look at the details of the extraordinary variety of textures, colors and shapes of the bark of trees. Familiar or relatively exotic, the tree’s bark tells a story about the life of the tree, both of the species and of the particular individual. In this way we can better connect to, and understand on a visceral level, these common yet alien beings.

Ghost Trees: An Augmented Reality Exhibit
Sep 21 , 2024 - Mar 01, 2025
Ghost Trees is an augmented reality art show which celebrates the lives of five iconic Arboretum trees. Artist Sonia Ralston has skillfully recreated these beloved trees as 3-D digital models: visitors can scan a QR code at five signs around the Arboretum and see the trees superimposed on the landscape behind them, experiencing these iconic specimens as they once stood.
