Celebrate America’s 250th birthday, discover the Birthplace of the Boston Abolitionist Movement at the Museum of African American History, and explore Indigenous contemporary art at the Institute of Contemporary Art. See our top exhibits.
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The MFA is one of the world's premier art museums with masterpieces from around the world.
Explore Boston's role in the American Revolution and beyond on the Freedom Trail.
Get the best introDUCKtion to Boston as you cruise by the places that make us the city of firsts.
Explore the hallowed walls and legendary moments of America's Most Beloved Ballpark.
America's first public library features a collection of over 33 million items for you to explore.
Participate in the “Destruction of the Tea!”at the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum.
Modeled after a Venetian palazzo, the Gardner Museum houses some of the world's most remarkable art.
Featuring 18 exhibits, the museum provides an unmatched look into the natural world.
Experience the oldest non-collecting contemporary arts institution in the United States.
Since 1937, the Community Art Center has expressed the soul of Cambridge’s Port neighborhood. We are honored to invite you to our upcoming exhibition: A Place Called Home | Our Voice, Our Stories, Our Legacy. Step into…
Persian and Turkish architecture, textiles and miniature paintings inspire the precise, stylized floral forms that compose Anila Quayyum Agha’s sculptural chamber of light and shadow. This luminous installation located…
As the United States marks 250 years since the Declaration of Independence in 1776, five Boston landmarks have joined to create the BOSTON 250 PASS, providing access to five iconic museums and historic churches on a…
Caroline Monnet’s (Algonquin-Anishinaabe and French; b. 1985 in Ottawa, Ontario) site-responsive installation for the Sandra and Gerald Fineberg Art Wall accompanies An Indigenous Present , a thematic exhibition spanning…
Come celebrate the country's 250th anniversary with historically important documents from the David M. Rubenstein Americana Collection. On display are over thirty 18th century pieces examine the events that led to the…
This first mid-career survey of the prolific New York–based artist Derrick Adams (b. 1970 in Baltimore) offers a sweeping view of his multidisciplinary practice over twenty years. Adams celebrates contemporary…
Walk through ancient chambers and uncover the secrets of Egypt's most iconic pharaoh. Experience the wonders of King Tut’s Tomb as it was discovered over 100 years ago without leaving Boston. Take a spellbinding tour of…
This installation unifies two traditionally disparate collecting fields, fashion and textiles with decorative and industrial arts to better understand what underlies our motivations and capacity for design. Ensembles…
In late 1969, while living in New York City, Frank Bowling organized “5+1,” an exhibition held in a classroom space at Stony Brook University, New York, with support from the university’s recently established Black…
Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in…
Home to 3.7 million people, 85 species of animals, 32,000 species of insects and 2 billion migratory birds, the boreal forest spans nearly the entire Northern Hemisphere, just below the Arctic Circle, and makes up one of…
The legends of Folk, Americana, and Roots music have paved the way for generations of musicians and activists who use their voices to speak their truth, address social justice issues, and act as modern-day troubadours…
Lucy Raven: Rounds, a major new exhibition by Lucy Raven (b. 1977 in Tucson, Arizona) includes the United States premieres of Hardpan, a large-scale kinetic sculpture co-commissioned with the Barbican Centre, London, and…
PEM’s Maritime art collection, which is the finest in the country, frames the sea as an enduring source of opportunity as well as peril, a force that inspires creativity and innovation, and encourages engagement with the…
Learn about the revolutionary ideas and historical legacy of Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) — one of the only women to found a worldwide religion — in a temporary exhibit this spring and summer at the Christian Science…
The State House Art Collection commemorates significant historical events, and pays tribute to government leaders and private citizens who have helped shape the course of the Commonwealth. The Massachusetts State House…
Dive into a sweet adventure at the Museum of Ice Cream! The MOIC features over 14 interactive rooms, a café offering one-of-kind sweet cocktails and desserts, and best of all, unlimited ice cream! This museum is suitable…
Check out artifacts from The Beatles, Prince, Elvis Presley, Madonna, Jimi Hendrix & more! Music runs through the veins of America. Since the nation’s inception two and a half centuries ago, music has informed our…
Step back into the 18th century and put your detective skills to the test! Pop Quiz: 1776 takes you on a four-museum adventure to uncover surprising ways that life at Harvard was both similar to and—or different from…
Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery. Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace…
Step inside Boston’s historic Old South Meeting House and experience the Ruckus! that ignited the American Revolution. This 25-minute immersive show drops you right into the heart of the debate and defiance that once…
The exhibition starts at “A is for Always Indigenous” to acknowledge the Native communities who have lived for millennia on the land where the museum now sits. It ends with Z is for Zoology and coincides with the return…
Looking to combine your museum visit with a walking tour? Join us for a behind-the-scenes guided tour that pairs our most popular, haunting walking tour with an inside look at objects from the PEM collection. Sinister…
Join us for a behind-the-scenes guided tour featuring architectural treasures from PEM’s collection! The only walking tours in Salem that offer entry into historic buildings, PEM’s tours cover five centuries of…
Explore major Massachusetts events in the first year of the American Revolution at the Old State House, where protest turned into action and the momentum for independence accelerated. Created through a partnership…
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