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.

  • Art of the Tangle

    Lowell

    Art of the Tangle is an art and fiber studio, located at Western Avenue Studios. We offer classes in pattern... more

  • Brush Gallery and Artists' Studios

    Lowell

    The Brush Gallery and Artists' Studios have been in the heart of Lowell's arts district for 30 years. Come enjoy regional... more

  • The Cogitation Zone

    Lowell

    Art studio specializing in pottery and watercolors. Classes offered. Please visit me at Western Avenue Studios in Lowell, the largest... more

  • Lowell Gallery

    Lowell

    The Lowell Gallery hosts the largest collection of Lowell art and historical items. Hundreds of 19th and 20th Century photos.... more

  • New England Quilt Museum

    Lowell

    The New England Quilt Museum, at the heart of America's textile region, is the only institution in the northeast devoted... more

  • Pamela Wamala Fine Art Studio

    Lowell

    Pamela Wamala, is a pastel painter, instructor and one of 13 artists located at Brush Art Gallery 148 State Street, Boston, MA 02109... more