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.
3D Bean
Boston
The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum
Springfield
American Heritage Museum
Hudson
Amherst Business Improvement District
Amherst
Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company: Museum & Library
Boston
ArtsWorcester - Art Gallery
Worcester
ArtWeek
Boston
Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, a Historic New England property
Gloucester
Beverly Historical Society and Museum
Beverly
Body Worlds: The Anatomy of Happiness
Boston
Boston Sculptors Gallery
Boston
Boston's Dreamland Wax Museum
Boston
Bostonprivateguide
Brookline
Buttonwoods Museum
Haverhill
Cahoon Museum of American Art
Cotuit
Church of the Transfiguration
Orleans
Cross Rip Gallery
Harwich Port
Danforth Art Museum
Framingham
The District Center for the Arts
Taunton
Essex Art Center
Lawrence
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3D Bean
460 Harrison Avenue
Suite C15
Boston
8572332528 - B
The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum
21 Edwards St.
Springfield
800-625-7738 - C
American Heritage Museum
568 Main Street
Hudson
978-562-9182 - D
Amherst Business Improvement District
35 South Pleasant Street
Amherst
413-345-2945 - E
Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company: Museum & Library
Ahac, Armory, Fourth Floor
Faneuil Hall
Boston
617 227 1638 - F
ArtsWorcester - Art Gallery
660 Main Street
Worcester
508-755-5142 - G
ArtWeek
270 Tremont St
Boston
(617) 532-1251 - H
Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, a Historic New England property
75 Eastern Point Boulevard
Gloucester
978-283-0800 - I
Beverly Historical Society and Museum
117 Cabot St.
Beverly
978-922-1186 - J
Body Worlds: The Anatomy of Happiness
343 Newbury St
Boston
617-532-1116 - K
Boston Sculptors Gallery
486 Harrison Ave
Boston
617-482-7781 - L
Boston's Dreamland Wax Museum
1 Washington Mall
Boston
857-233-5437 - M
Bostonprivateguide
165 Newton Street
Brookline
6173064877 - N
Buttonwoods Museum
240 Water St
Haverhill
9783744626 - O
Cahoon Museum of American Art
4676 Falmouth Road
Po Box 1853
Cotuit
5084287581 - P
Church of the Transfiguration
5 Bay View Drive
Orleans
5082551094 - Q
Cross Rip Gallery
486 Route 28
Harwich Port
(508)432-1130 - R
Danforth Art Museum
Danforth Art Museum
14 Vernon Street
Framingham
5082155110 - S
The District Center for the Arts
15 Court St
Taunton
5083869413 - T
Essex Art Center
56 Island Street
Essex Art Center
Lawrence
978-685-2343