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The Museum of Fine Arts (often abbreviated as MFA Boston or MFA) is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the 20th-largest art museum in the world, measured by public gallery area. It contains 8,161 paintings and more than 450,000 works of art, making it one of the most comprehensive collections in the Americas.
Open to new possibilities discovered through art. Showcasing ancient artistry and modern masterpieces, local legends and global visionaries, our renowned collection of nearly 500,000 works tells the story of the human experience—a story that holds unique meaning for everyone.
Creating a community where all belong. Search the Collection. More than 100 galleries of art make the Museum of Fine Arts one of the top things to do in Boston and one of the best art museums in the world.
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Also called: Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Date: 1870 - present. Related People: Okakura Kakuzō. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, photograph from the early 1900s. Museum of Fine Arts, cultural centre in Boston whose balanced collection has made it one of the world’s most comprehensive art museums.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), located on Huntington Avenue in Boston Massachusetts, not only houses rare and extraordinary artifacts, but it also received one of thirteen prestigious 2011 Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) International Awards for architectural excellence.
The Museum of Fine Arts, though now nestled between the winding road of Fenway and the Back Bay Fens, did not start its life there. First opened on the centennial of America’s independence, the MFA was originally located in Copley Square, just a few miles away.
