Calendar of Events
Featured
American, born Hungary: Kertész, Capa, and the Hungarian American Photographic Legacy
September 26, 2025–March 1, 2026
Main Galleries
Events for May
Thursday, May 1, 2025, All Day
Lindsay McIntyre: Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different)
Multipurpose Hall
Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different) is a short documentary structured in eight sections that builds to form a remarkable statement about Indigenous identity. Featuring stop-motion animation and hand-scratched film emulsion textures, the imagery follows the captivating movements of several antique wind-up toy bears.
Thursday, May 1, 2025, All Day
Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum
Main Galleries
Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum explores the many ways in which photographic objects have come to shape our everyday lives. The exhibition encompasses broad cultural histories and image-making practices.
Thursday, May 1, 2025, All Day
Selections from the Collection
Collection Gallery
As the George Eastman Museum approaches and celebrates its 75th anniversary, we are featuring a group of exhibitions that highlight a wide range of holdings from the museum’s collection. With this selection of objects in the Collection Gallery, we continue our broad survey of works to draw parallels and connections between photography, history, and culture. The objects chosen for this exhibition will chart a course through this history, identifying notable movements and trends while giving context to a breadth of photographic practices, technologies, communities, and traditions.
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Rochester International Film Festival
Dryden Theatre
The Rochester International Film Festival is produced and presented by Movies On A Shoestring, Inc., offering four distinct screenings each year at George Eastman Museum’s famed Dryden Theatre in Rochester NY.
Friday, May 2, 2025, All Day
Selections from the Collection
Collection Gallery
As the George Eastman Museum approaches and celebrates its 75th anniversary, we are featuring a group of exhibitions that highlight a wide range of holdings from the museum’s collection. With this selection of objects in the Collection Gallery, we continue our broad survey of works to draw parallels and connections between photography, history, and culture. The objects chosen for this exhibition will chart a course through this history, identifying notable movements and trends while giving context to a breadth of photographic practices, technologies, communities, and traditions.
Friday, May 2, 2025, All Day
Lindsay McIntyre: Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different)
Multipurpose Hall
Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different) is a short documentary structured in eight sections that builds to form a remarkable statement about Indigenous identity. Featuring stop-motion animation and hand-scratched film emulsion textures, the imagery follows the captivating movements of several antique wind-up toy bears.
Friday, May 2, 2025, All Day
Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum
Main Galleries
Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum explores the many ways in which photographic objects have come to shape our everyday lives. The exhibition encompasses broad cultural histories and image-making practices.
Saturday, May 3, 2025, All Day
Selections from the Collection
Collection Gallery
As the George Eastman Museum approaches and celebrates its 75th anniversary, we are featuring a group of exhibitions that highlight a wide range of holdings from the museum’s collection. With this selection of objects in the Collection Gallery, we continue our broad survey of works to draw parallels and connections between photography, history, and culture. The objects chosen for this exhibition will chart a course through this history, identifying notable movements and trends while giving context to a breadth of photographic practices, technologies, communities, and traditions.
Saturday, May 3, 2025, All Day
Lindsay McIntyre: Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different)
Multipurpose Hall
Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different) is a short documentary structured in eight sections that builds to form a remarkable statement about Indigenous identity. Featuring stop-motion animation and hand-scratched film emulsion textures, the imagery follows the captivating movements of several antique wind-up toy bears.
Saturday, May 3, 2025, All Day
Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum
Main Galleries
Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum explores the many ways in which photographic objects have come to shape our everyday lives. The exhibition encompasses broad cultural histories and image-making practices.
Sunday, May 4, 2025, All Day
Lindsay McIntyre: Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different)
Multipurpose Hall
Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different) is a short documentary structured in eight sections that builds to form a remarkable statement about Indigenous identity. Featuring stop-motion animation and hand-scratched film emulsion textures, the imagery follows the captivating movements of several antique wind-up toy bears.
Sunday, May 4, 2025, All Day
Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum
Main Galleries
Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum explores the many ways in which photographic objects have come to shape our everyday lives. The exhibition encompasses broad cultural histories and image-making practices.
Sunday, May 4, 2025, All Day
Selections from the Collection
Collection Gallery
As the George Eastman Museum approaches and celebrates its 75th anniversary, we are featuring a group of exhibitions that highlight a wide range of holdings from the museum’s collection. With this selection of objects in the Collection Gallery, we continue our broad survey of works to draw parallels and connections between photography, history, and culture. The objects chosen for this exhibition will chart a course through this history, identifying notable movements and trends while giving context to a breadth of photographic practices, technologies, communities, and traditions.
Sunday, May 4, 2025, 3 p.m.
Aeolian Organ Concert performed by Steve Kelly
Conservatory
Aeolian Organ Concert performed by Steve Kelly in George Eastman's Conservatory.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025, All Day
Selections from the Collection
Collection Gallery
As the George Eastman Museum approaches and celebrates its 75th anniversary, we are featuring a group of exhibitions that highlight a wide range of holdings from the museum’s collection. With this selection of objects in the Collection Gallery, we continue our broad survey of works to draw parallels and connections between photography, history, and culture. The objects chosen for this exhibition will chart a course through this history, identifying notable movements and trends while giving context to a breadth of photographic practices, technologies, communities, and traditions.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025, All Day
Lindsay McIntyre: Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different)
Multipurpose Hall
Ajjigiingiluktaaqtugut (We Are All Different) is a short documentary structured in eight sections that builds to form a remarkable statement about Indigenous identity. Featuring stop-motion animation and hand-scratched film emulsion textures, the imagery follows the captivating movements of several antique wind-up toy bears.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025, All Day
Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum
Main Galleries
Life with Photographs: 75 Years of the Eastman Museum explores the many ways in which photographic objects have come to shape our everyday lives. The exhibition encompasses broad cultural histories and image-making practices.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 4:30 p.m.
Teen Talk with Lindsay McIntyre - Cancelled
Multipurpose Hall
Calling all teens! If you are interested in photography and film, join us at the Eastman Museum to meet Inuk artist and filmmaker Lindsay McIntyre.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
City Symphonies: 1921-1930
Dryden Theatre
Silent Tuesdays The first City Symphony, Manhatta, along with Skyscraper Symphony, set their sights on New York, while Berlin is the focus of the next two films, followed by a glimpse of the resort town of Nice, France ninety-five years ago.
Wednesday, May 7, 2025, All Day
Selections from the Collection
Collection Gallery
As the George Eastman Museum approaches and celebrates its 75th anniversary, we are featuring a group of exhibitions that highlight a wide range of holdings from the museum’s collection. With this selection of objects in the Collection Gallery, we continue our broad survey of works to draw parallels and connections between photography, history, and culture. The objects chosen for this exhibition will chart a course through this history, identifying notable movements and trends while giving context to a breadth of photographic practices, technologies, communities, and traditions.