As summer edges toward its close, we’re reminded that the season for discovery doesn’t have to end. Travel, whether across continents or through the corridors of a museum, can keep that sense of light and openness alive all year long. Our team has gathered the exhibitions we’re most excited to visit, each one a doorway into a different world, ready to inspire long after the days grow shorter.

Rome — Flowers: From the Renaissance to Artificial Intelligence
Chiostro del Bramante • Through September 14, 2025
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A sweeping, multisensory journey through centuries of floral representation... from the meticulous still lifes of the Renaissance to AI-generated blooms that challenge our ideas of nature and art.

New York City — What Stands Behind the Flowers
MoMA • Through September 27, 2025
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Hilma af Klint’s visionary works meet contemporary interpretations in a luminous exploration of what flowers symbolize, beyond beauty, into the realms of spirit and meaning.

Boston — Knowing Nature: Stories of the Boreal Forest
Peabody Essex Museum • Through September 27, 2026
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Immersive artworks, photography, and storytelling bring to life the cultures, ecosystems, and urgent environmental narratives of the planet’s great northern forests.

London — Space: Could Life Exist Beyond Earth?
Natural History Museum • Through February 22, 2026
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A journey from our own blue planet to distant, uncharted worlds — blending science and imagination to explore one of humanity’s oldest questions.

Summer may be fading, but curiosity is a season without end. Whether you’re catching one of these shows in its final days or planning a trip months from now, each is an invitation to keep exploring.