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Boston Museums and Boston Art Galleries
(Boston, Massachusetts (MA), USA)



Boston has a magnificent selection of museums and art complexes, ranging from large to small, American to European, local to national, and exhibits the greatest collection of Monet's paintings outside of Paris. The huge Museum of Fine Arts Boston and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum are the best-known and most popular.

Families will love the Children's Museum, while the Museum of Science, with its Mugar Omni Theater, draws crowds of all ages. The South End and Brookline boast a diverse range of many galleries, some of which showcase the regions up-and-coming artists. Many museums have special interactive displays, educational programs and offer discounts for tourists and students.




Boston Museums: MIT Museum - 265 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, 02139
Tel: +1 (617) 253 4444
Discover the fascinating world of science and technology with many interesting exhibits, including 'Holography: The Light Fantastic', 'Robots and Beyond: Exploring Artificial Intelligence at MIT' and 'Thinkapalooza'.

Boston Museums: Gibson House Museum - 137 Beacon Street, Boston - between Arlington and Berkeley streets
Tel: +1 (617) 267 6338
Gibson House is one of the first Back Bay residences, built in the mid-19th century and full of original Victorian features. It remains as an unspoiled residence of the wealthy Victorian Gibson family and many of the formal rooms are still filled with original furniture and personal possessions. This private, non profit-making house is a favorite film location. Guided tours are available.
Nearest subway station: Arlington Street - Green Line

Boston Museums: Children's Museum - Museum Wharf , 300 Congress Street, Boston, 02210
Tel: +1 (617) 426 6500
This fun museum is certainly not just for children! Hands-on and interactive exhibits creatively demonstrate many things, including scientific laws and the human body. Popular features include bubble-making machinery, a two-story climbing sculpture and 'Boats Afloat', where children can build a wooden boat and float it down a ten-meter channel. There is a safe toddler zone for under threes and a parent resource room, as well as museum, full of children's books and gifts.
Museum open: daily 10:00 to 17:00, Friday 10:00 to 21:00
Nearest subway station: South Station

Boston Museums: Computer Museum - 300 Congress Street, Boston
Tel: +1 (617) 426 2800
Next to the Children's Museum, the Computer Museum has nearly 200 exhibits, which include a two-story walk-through computer and an extensive software gallery.

Boston Museums: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - Boston
Tel: +1 (617) 566 1401
This Venetian palace in situated right in the middle of Boston and is one of the most popular museums in the city. Isabella Gardner's home is now a museum displaying her eclectic and impressive collection of American, European and Asian art, featuring pieces by Rembrandt, Botticelli, Raphael, Titian and Matisse. This includes paintings, sculpture, ceramics, textiles and an interesting collection of furniture. Visitors to the museum are also allowed access to the spectacular courtyard, which is full of plants and flowers.

Boston Museums: John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library and Museum - Columbia Point, (866) JFK-1960, Boston
Tel: 1 (617) 929 4523
The enormous museum and library are dedicated to the memory of John F. Kennedy, the nation's 35th president and 'to all those who through the art of politics seek a new and better world'. Featuring many exhibits, historic JFK papers, photographs, video presentations and three theaters, the museum includes a full-scale replica of the president's Resolute desk, originally presented as a gift to President Hayes by Queen Victoria. Set within a 9.5-acre / 4-hectare park, fully landscaped with pine trees, shrubs and roses, the site also features mockups of the 1960 Democratic convention floor and a recreation of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's office at the Justice Department.

Boston Museums: Museum of Fine Arts - 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, 02115
Tel: +1 (617) 267 9300
This large, traditional art gallery is Boston's oldest, largest and best-known art institution. It is home to around 200 galleries of paintings and sculptures, housing one of the world's most comprehensive art collections. The most famous works are by artists Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso and Rembrandt, amongst others. Permanent and rotating exhibits include jewelry from the 18th century and other fine works of art. The Museum of Fine Arts is renowned for its Impressionist paintings, Asian and Egyptian collections and early American art.

Boston Museums: Museum of Science - Science Park, Boston, 02114
Tel: +1 (617) 723 2500
This enormous science center features interactive exhibits on natural history, astronomy, medicine and physical science. With hundreds of hands-on displays there is something exciting for everyone, whether you spend a couple of hours or the whole day. Exhibits including touching lizards, watching chickens hatching, seeing lightning being created and an IMAX theater with star gazing and laser shows. This attraction is a must for all ages and you will be sure to learn something new about science and technology.

Boston Museums: Sports Museum of New England - Boston, MA, USA
This museum highlights New England's athletes and teams through exciting video footage, memorabilia and many interactive exhibits. This is a fun museum for the entire family.

Boston Museums: Harvard University Art Museums - 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, 02138
Tel: +1 (617) 495 9400
These three museums - Fogg Art Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum and Arthur M. Sackler Museum - house over 150,000 works of art from all over the world, both present and past. This is one of the world's leading art institutions and the Fogg Art Museum also houses the Straus Center for Conservation, which is renowned for its research and development of scientific and technology-based analysis of art.

Boston Museums: Cahoon Museum of American Art - 676 Falmouth Road, Cotuit, 02635
Tel: +1 (508) 428 7581
Named after Ralph Cahoon, an American contemporary primitive painter, this museum is located in the house and studio where he lived and worked. This Georgian colonial-style home was built in 1775 and contains many wonderful, permanent art collections, including the paintings of Ralph and Martha Cahoon. The museum also hosts several special exhibitions each year.

Boston Museums: Cape Cod Museum of Natural History - 869 Route 6A, Brewster, 02631
Tel: +1 (508) 896 3867
With two floors of exhibits, including aquariums and displays about whales, birds, snakes and the many indigenous plants and animals in Cape Cod, this museum also features three nature trails - woodland, salt marsh and bay shore. They also offer canoe trips, seal cruises and many education summer workshops for children.

Boston Museums: Commonwealth Museum and Massachusetts Archives - 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, 02125
Tel: +1 (617) 727 2816
This museum features changing and permanent exhibitions, which concentrate on the wealth of Massachusetts history.

Boston Museums: Longfellow House National Historic Site - 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, 02138
Tel: +1 (617) 876 4491
Now displaying art work from around the world, Longfellow House was George Washington's headquarters from 1775 to 1776 and also Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's home from 1837 to 1882.

Boston Museums: Harvard Museum of Natural History - 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, 02138
Tel: +1 (617) 495 8206
The museum of natural history also features the Botanical Museum, the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and the Mineralogical and Geological Museum. Exhibits cover a wide range of interesting animals and plant collections.

Boston Museums: The Jackson Homestead - Boston, MA, USA
Tel: +1 (617) 552 5238
This 1809 Federal-style farmhouse is now a nationally accredited museum, which offers exhibitions and displays on topics of New England's history, including the underground railway.
Museum open: Tuesday to Saturday - 11:00 to 17:00, Sunday - 14:00 to 17:00

Boston Museums: Museum of Afro-American History - 46 Joy Street, Beacon Hill, Boston
Tel: 1 (617) 725 0022
This museum is part of the Black Heritage Trail and aims to impart knowledge to its visitors of the contributions of African Americans during the time of colonial New England. Many historical artifacts and exhibits are displayed - and the Abel Smith School and African Meeting House are part of the museum.

Boston Museums: Institute of Contemporary Art - 955 Boylston Street, Boston
This well-known art gallery exhibits contemporary and sometimes controversial art.

Boston Museums: Saugus Ironworks National Historic Site - 244 Central Street, Saugus, Boston, 1906-2107
Tel: +1 (781) 233 0050
With working waterwheels on site, the ironworks here were the first integrated ironworks in North America and were used from 1646 to 1668. This is an archeological site and the ironworks have been reconstructed.

 
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