Arts and Culture

Our youth and teen summer classes include in-person and virtual dance classes for ages 4 and up!

Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka’s plant models are so detailed, you might not even realize they’re glass! See their beauty for yourself at the Harvard Museum of Natural History's Glass Flowers Gallery.

Thousands of years ago, ancient people across the Mediterranean were connected to faraway places and cultures through trade. Learn more in this exhibition at Harvard's Museum of the Ancient Near East.

Our academic and co-curricular programs prepare artists, designers, and educators from diverse backgrounds to shape communities, economies, and cultures for the common good.

We offer summer ballet classes and dance programs, primarily for children of all levels ages 3-10 years-old.

An Actors' Shakespeare Project and Central Square Theater Youth Co-Production
July 1- July 28 (Four Week Program / No Session July 4)

We are a community music school hosting a summer musical theater performance and music lessons for children.

We screen international feature films, documentaries, animation, and shorts from traditional film presentations. Our calendar reflects all of our upcoming events.

In this exhibition, join photographer Wendel White on a tour across the original thirteen American colonies as he captures objects held in collections, unpacking the "forensic evidence of Black life.”

We offer nature-based games and activities, art, live music, food, and lots of other programs and activities for all ages, year-round.

The Longfellow Summer Arts Festival brings music, poetry, and community to the East Lawn of the Longfellow House on Sunday afternoons through the summer. All events are free and open to the public.

We offer a play-based program for JK-5th grade students; as well arts programs for 1st-5th and 6th-8th grade students with our partner, Maud Morgan Arts.

Our sewing studio and stitch lounge will host a sewing opportunities this summer for kids ages 9 - 14.

In our two-week summer program, youth work with our theater artists and science experts from Lemelson-MIT to adapt a story for the stage and design a new invention inspired by the tale.

Learn to play the Steel Pan, basic music, and leadership development.

Join us at local parks for free, family-friendly activities, performers, and entertainment this summer!

Join us at local parks for free, family-friendly activities, performers, and entertainment this summer!

We have over 200 collections and nearly 2,700 books, spanning the 17th - 21st Centuries, featuring the political and social history of Cambridge.

We offer lots of free events throughout the year for people of all ages with a love of learning!

This is our state-of-the-art makerspace at the Main Library. It is a hub for learning, creativity, and collaboration filled with beginner to professional-level workshops and equipment

The Cambridge Public Library offers free computer classes, book groups, English classes, makerspace workshops, and lots more upcoming opportunities to learn.