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.
Anthi's Drawing Room
New Bedford
Art Complex Museum
Duxbury
The Art Shoppe Jessart Studio
Plymouth
Arthur Moniz Gallery
New Bedford
Beer Can Museum and Hall of Fame
East Taunton
Dedee Shattuck Gallery
Westport
The District Center for the Arts
Taunton
Expressions
Scituate
Front Street Art Gallery
Scituate
Fuller Craft Museum
Brockton
Gallery X
New Bedford
Hull Artists
Hull
Inky Hands Print Studio & Gallery
Plymouth
Judith Klein Art Gallery
New Bedford
Kingston Collection
Kingston
Kusmin Art Gallery
Plymouth
Marine Museum at Fall River
Fall River
New Bedford Art Museum
New Bedford
New Bedford Free Public Library
New Bedford
New Bedford Whaling Museum
New Bedford
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Anthi's Drawing Room
22 William St.
New Bedford
5089923494 - B
Art Complex Museum
189 Alden Street
Duxbury
781-934-6634 - C
The Art Shoppe Jessart Studio
84 Court Street
Plymouth
508-662-1432 - D
Arthur Moniz Gallery
22 William Street
New Bedford
508-997-8644 - E
Beer Can Museum and Hall of Fame
South Of Boston, On The Shores Of Beautiful Lake Rico, East Taunton, Massachusetts 02718
East Taunton
None - F
Dedee Shattuck Gallery
1 Partners Lane (off 865 Main Rd)
Westport
508-636-4177 - G
The District Center for the Arts
15 Court St
Taunton
5083869413 - H
Expressions
132 Front Street
Scituate
7815451399 - I
Front Street Art Gallery
124 Front Street
Scituate
781 545-6150 - J
Fuller Craft Museum
455 Oak Street
Brockton
508.588.6000 - K
Gallery X
169 William Street
New Bedford
508-992-2675 - L
Hull Artists
121 Nantasket Ave
Hull
4019964359 - M
Inky Hands Print Studio & Gallery
84 Court Street
Plymouth
774-608-5040 - N
Judith Klein Art Gallery
98 William Street
New Bedford
508-965-7396 - O
Kingston Collection
101 Kingston Collection Way
Kingston
781-585-8900 - P
Kusmin Art Gallery
One North Green Street
Plymouth
508-746-9215 - Q
Marine Museum at Fall River
70 Water Street
Fall River
508 674 3533 - R
New Bedford Art Museum
608 Pleasant Street
New Bedford
5089613072 - S
New Bedford Free Public Library
613 Pleasant Street
New Bedford
(508) 991-6275 - T
New Bedford Whaling Museum
18 Johnny Cake Hill
New Bedford
508-997-0046