Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the largest museums in the United States. The Museum was founded in 1870 and opened in 1876, with a large portion of its collection taken from the Boston Athenaeum Art Gallery. It moved to its current location on Huntington Avenue in 1909.

Collection and exhibits

The museum contains an extensive collection of Egyptian artifacts including sculptures, sarcophogi, and jewelry.

Related Topics:
Egyptian - Artifact - Sarcophogi

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The museum also is home to a large collection of French impressionist works including Paul Gauguin's Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (D'où venons-nous? Que sommes-nous? Où allons-nous?) as well as works by Manet, Renoir, Degas, Monet, and others. There is an extensive collection of 18th and 19th century American art, including many works by John Singleton Copley and John Singer Sargent.

Related Topics:
French impressionist - Paul Gauguin - Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? - Manet - Renoir - Degas - Monet - John Singleton Copley - John Singer Sargent

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The Gund Gallery hosts temporary exhibits while a Japanese garden provides a quiet, contemplative space outside the museum itself.

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The Museum also frequently hosts special exhibits, its most popular one being the Monet show in 1998, which attracted over 565,000 visitors.

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As of 2005, the museum is currently building a new wing and a number of standing exhibits are still in storage.

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