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
Adam's Nest
Provincetown
Addison Art Gallery
Orleans
Boston Sculptors Gallery
Boston
Bostonprivateguide
Brookline
Chelsea Art Walk
Chelsea
The District Center for the Arts
Taunton
ENQ ~ Explore North Quabbin
Orange
NQTA ~ North Quabbin Trails Association
Orange
Rose Kennedy Greenway
Boston
Salem Trolley
Salem
South End Open Market
Boston
Western Avenue | Studios & Lofts
Lowell
Echo Gallery
Shelburne Falls
Contemporary art gallery featuring Laurie M Goddard and guests in a new gallery in an old village, fun, award winning... more
Museum of Dog
North Adams
A collection of paintings, sculptures, antique dog collars, photography and other dog related collectibles. Presented in the former Quinn's Wallpaper... more
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3D Bean
460 Harrison Avenue
Suite C15
Boston
8572332528 - B
Adam's Nest
379a Commercial Street
Provincetown
5084876600 - C
Addison Art Gallery
43 South Orleans Road (route 28)
Box 2756
Orleans
508-255-6200 - D
Boston Sculptors Gallery
486 Harrison Ave
Boston
617-482-7781 - E
Bostonprivateguide
165 Newton Street
Brookline
6173064877 - F
Chelsea Art Walk
100 Pearl St
Chelsea
617-875-3188 - G
The District Center for the Arts
15 Court St
Taunton
5083869413 - H
ENQ ~ Explore North Quabbin
131 West Main Street
Room 222
Orange
978-549-1747 - I
NQTA ~ North Quabbin Trails Association
131 West Main Street
Room 222
Orange
978-549-1747 - J
Rose Kennedy Greenway
185 Kneeland St
Boston
617-292-0020 - K
Salem Trolley
Departs From Visitor's Center
2 New Liberty Street
Salem
978-744-5469 - L
South End Open Market
375 Harrison Ave
Boston
800-401-6557 - M
Western Avenue | Studios & Lofts
122 Western Avenue
Lowell
(978) 710-8605 - N
Echo Gallery
29 Bridge Street
Shelburne Falls
413-489-0010 - O
Museum of Dog
55 Union Street
North Adams
4136446365