Massachusetts has a rich heritage of making and collecting art on display across the state in museums of all kinds.
The world-renowned Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has an encyclopedic collection that ranges from French Impressionists to ancient Egyptian art. The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) showcases contemporary art in its striking new building overlooking Boston Harbor. Across the Charles River in Cambridge, the Harvard Art Museums are home to works by Matisse, Picasso and Italian Renaissance masters in intimate galleries. And traveling north of metro Boston, Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum exhibits connections between art, architecture and culture.
Large-scale American sculpture is sited throughout the 35 acres of the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln. Worcester’s Art Museum, acknowledged as one of America’s leading small art museums, includes works by Cassatt, Gauguin, Goya, Monet, Sargent and Whistler. In Western Massachusetts, the Norman Rockwell Museum houses the largest collection of the illustrator’s original art, many from the Saturday Evening Post. Fuller Craft Museum is one of eight museums in the country specializing in contemporary craft.
The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum
Springfield
Amherst Business Improvement District
Amherst
Ann Brauer Quilt Studio
Shelburne Falls
Art for the Soul Art Gallery
Springfield
Artists Square Group Gallery
Springfield
Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail
Florence
Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail
Florence
Beehive Sewing Studio + Workspace
Northampton
Beneski Museum of Natural History @ Amherst College
Amherst
Berkshire Museum
Pittsfield
Botanic Garden of Smith College
Northampton
Chesterwood A Nation Trust Historic Site
Glendale
The Clark
Williamstown
DownStreet Art
North Adams
Eastworks
Easthampton
ECA+ Gallery
Easthampton
ENQ ~ Explore North Quabbin
Orange
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Amherst
FOLCWALD Gallery of Sculptural Art
Amherst
Giclee of New England, Inc
Palmer
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The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum
21 Edwards St.
Springfield
800-625-7738 - B
Amherst Business Improvement District
35 South Pleasant Street
Amherst
413-345-2945 - C
Ann Brauer Quilt Studio
2 Conway Street
Shelburne Falls
413-625-8605 - D
Art for the Soul Art Gallery
1500 Main Street, Floor 2
Tower Square
Springfield
413-301-6314 - E
Artists Square Group Gallery
1500 Main Street
Springfield
413-301-6314 - F
Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail
221 Pine St.
Studio 352
Florence
413-824-6506 - G
Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail
221 Pine St
Studio 336
Florence
413.625.2870 - H
Beehive Sewing Studio + Workspace
271 Pleasant St
Northampton
4133458201 - I
Beneski Museum of Natural History @ Amherst College
11 Barrett Hill Drive
Box 5000
Amherst
413-542-5054 - J
Berkshire Museum
39 South St (route 7)
Pittsfield
413-443-7171 - K
Botanic Garden of Smith College
16 College Lane
Lyman Plant House, Smith College
Northampton
413-585-2740 - L
Chesterwood A Nation Trust Historic Site
4 Williamsville Road
Glendale
413-298-3579 - M
The Clark
225 South St.
Williamstown
413-458-2303 - N
DownStreet Art
51 Main Street
North Adams
4136635253 - O
Eastworks
116 Pleasant Street
Easthampton
413-527-1000 - P
ECA+ Gallery
43 Main Street
Easthampton
413-527-8278 - Q
ENQ ~ Explore North Quabbin
131 West Main Street
Room 222
Orange
978-549-1747 - R
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
125 West Bay Rd.
Amherst
413-658-1100 - S
FOLCWALD Gallery of Sculptural Art
236 North Pleasant Street
Studio 101
Amherst
4133675303 - T
Giclee of New England, Inc
1240 Park Street
Palmer
413-284-4344