The best Boston events in November 2024

Get the gist of what it was like to be on board an ill-fated ship without leaving solid ground in Boston. An exhibit called “TITANIC: The Artifact Exhibition” has arrived in Boston, giving guests a glimpse into the lives of real Titanic crew and passengers. More than 250 artifacts from the ship are on view, as well as several carefully re-created rooms. Elsewhere in the exhibit, guests can learn about more recent Titanic-related endeavors, like protecting the wreck site for scientific analysis. The show at the Saunders Castle at Park Plaza is $40, and the attraction—which is open Wednesday–Sunday through February 2, with special holiday hours as well—is also hosting ballroom dance lessons and other events.

Boston food lovers, mark your calendars for November 13 to dine with some of New England’s most acclaimed chefs. David Standridge, this year’s James Beard award-winning Best Chef: Northeast and the proprietor of The Shipwright’s Daughter, and Adam Young, owner and baker at Sift Bake Shop—both out of Mystic, Connecticut—are joining chef Robert Sisca and team at The Banks Seafood & Steak in Back Bay for one night only. Mystic has emerged as a culinary hot spot on the East Coast, attracting visitors from around the world to try fresh and innovative seafood. Here's what to expect from the four-course meal.

Experience culture in more ways than one when Boston’s best sake bar, the Koji Club, hosts a guided sake tasting at the Museum of Fine Arts on Friday, Nov. 15. The hour-long experience includes access to the museum until 10pm—so before or after sipping sake, you can check out the newly reopened galleries of Japanese art. (Note, the limited-time-only Georgia O’Keeffe exhibit requires its own special ticket.) The Koji Club pop-up goes from 6–7pm in the museum's second-floor 465 Bar and Restaurant. Tickets are $90 (or $75 if you're a member). 

It's been a spectacular year for flowers and Boston, and growing season never ends at this eclectic museum. The courtyard at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is in bloom right now with colorful chrysanthemums at their peak puffiness. Head to the Fenway palace to see the chrysanthemums in all their glory. Also: First Thursdays of each month are free admission from 3–9pm.

The Seaport cosplays Christmastime in Europe—with a benevolent yeti—once again when Snowport reopens for the season on November 9. A pop-up marketplace, iceless curling rink, photo backdrop and food hall from developer-organizers WS, Snowport spans a city block in the Seaport. The annual tree lighting is on December 6 and holiday festivities continue through Sunday, Dec. 29. The iceless curling lanes brighten up winter in the Seaport with free outdoor fun open through February. New this year: You can buy timed-entry tickets to skip the line on weekends. (The Holiday Market is free to all via a general-admission line.) Here's everything you need to know about Snowport 2024.

Painter Georgia O’Keeffe and sculptor Henry Moore were contemporaries who never met, but their art speaks to a similar perspective on the natural world. A new exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, reveals these connections and more ways the artists were “in conversation” with the worlds around them. Get an intimate look at both artists' workspaces with recreated studios, and see more than 150 abstract works of art that illuminate ideas like playing with scale and negative space. The new exhibit, Georgia O’Keeffe and Henry Moore, opened last week and is here through January 20, 2025. It requires timed-entry tickets, which include general admission.

In normal times, the Hub’s cultural calendar is relentless, with plenty of noteworthy shows and events taking place across the city. Still, there's plenty of cool things to do around the Hub.