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
Saturday, May 24, 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 24, 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 24, 2025, 10 a.m.
George Eastman Bike Tour
George Eastman Museum
See Rochester in a new way. A nod to George Eastman’s own love of cycling, the George Eastman Bike Tour will take you to ten different locations related to the life and work of this pioneer of popular photography and famous Rochesterian.
Saturday, May 24, 2025, 2 p.m.
Matinee: M (35mm)
Dryden Theatre
Sight and Sound by Decade | Sight and Sound Club In director Fritz Lang’s first sound film, a series of child murders in an unnamed German city causes the police to mistakenly crack down on the criminal underworld.
Saturday, May 24, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Lolita (35mm)
Dryden Theatre
The Complete Kubrick | The Centennial Club “How did they ever make a movie of LOLITA?” asked the posters promoting the film. Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel scared off directors and actors alike, but not Stanley Kubrick.
Sunday, May 25, 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 25, 2025, All Day
Zig Jackson: The Journey of Rising Buffalo
Project Gallery
Zig Jackson: The Journey of Rising Buffalo bridges the performative and observational practices of Zig Jackson, a photographer whose work is concerned with the everyday experience of Native American life and culture, with a focus on community, sovereignty, and respect for the land.
Sunday, May 25, 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 25, 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 27, 2025, All Day
Zig Jackson: The Journey of Rising Buffalo
Project Gallery
Zig Jackson: The Journey of Rising Buffalo bridges the performative and observational practices of Zig Jackson, a photographer whose work is concerned with the everyday experience of Native American life and culture, with a focus on community, sovereignty, and respect for the land.
Tuesday, May 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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.
Wednesday, May 28, 2025, All Day
Zig Jackson: The Journey of Rising Buffalo
Project Gallery
Zig Jackson: The Journey of Rising Buffalo bridges the performative and observational practices of Zig Jackson, a photographer whose work is concerned with the everyday experience of Native American life and culture, with a focus on community, sovereignty, and respect for the land.
Wednesday, May 28, 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.
Wednesday, May 28, 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.
Wednesday, May 28, 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 29, 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 29, 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 29, 2025, All Day
Zig Jackson: The Journey of Rising Buffalo
Project Gallery
Zig Jackson: The Journey of Rising Buffalo bridges the performative and observational practices of Zig Jackson, a photographer whose work is concerned with the everyday experience of Native American life and culture, with a focus on community, sovereignty, and respect for the land.