Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
- Address: 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115
- Category: Museum
- Prices: Adults $17; Seniors & Students $15 ; Youths 7-17 $6.50
- Phone: 617-267-9300
- Website: Official Website
- Hours: Mon - Tues 10 am-4:45 pm; Wed- Fri: 10 am-9:45 pm; Sat - Sun 10 am-4:45 pm
- Transportation: Green Line "E" train to the "Museum of Fine Arts" stop, or the Orange Line train to "Ruggles"
- Directions: via Google Maps
- Tour Information: Audio Guides Members $5, Nonmembers $6, Youths, 7-17 $4
The original MFA opened its doors to the public on July 4, 1876, the nation’s centennial. Built in Copley Square, the MFA was then home to 5,600 works of art. Over the next several years, the collection and number of visitors grew exponentially, and in 1909 the Museum moved to its current home on Huntington Avenue.
Today the MFA is one of the most comprehensive art museums in the world; the collection encompasses nearly 450,000 works of art.
The MFA is embarked on an ambitious Campaign and Building Project, Building the New MFA. Designed by the world-renowned Foster and Partners architects, the New MFA comprises a new wing for American art; renovated art of Europe galleries; improved conservation and education facilities; a West Wing devoted entirely to contemporary art; and a new, larger public space—the Glass Courtyard.
Current & Upcoming Events
| thru 08/16 | Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice |
| thru 01/04 | Great Company: Portraits by European Masters |
| thru 01/04 | Art and Empire: Treasures from Assyria in the British Museum |
| thru 01/19 | Karsh 100: A Biography in Images |
| thru 01/04 | Zen Mind, Zen Brush: Japanese Ink Paintings from the Gitter-Yelen Collection |
| thru 01/25 | Rachel Whiteread |
| thru 12/31 | RSVP: Jim Lambie |
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