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.
119 Gallery
Lowell
Addison Gallery of American Art
Andover
ArcWorks Community Art Center
Peabody
Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, a Historic New England property
Gloucester
Beverly Historical Society and Museum
Beverly
Beverly Mainstreets
Beverly
Brush Art Gallery & Studios
Lowell
Buttonwoods Museum
Haverhill
Cape Ann Designs, Sea Glass Jewelry & Accessories
Gloucester
Cape Ann Museum
Gloucester
Castle Hill on the Crane Estate
Ipswich
Charles Fine Arts
Gloucester
Codman Estate Carriage House
Lincoln
Cogswell's Grant, a Historic New England Property
Essex
DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
Lincoln
DeLouise Studio
Rockport
Essex Art Center
Lawrence
Firehouse Center for the Arts
Newburyport
Gropius House
Lincoln
Hammond Castle Museum
Gloucester
- A
119 Gallery
119 Chelmsford St.
Lowell
978-452-8138 - B
Addison Gallery of American Art
Phillips Academy
180 Main Street
Andover
978-749-4015 - C
ArcWorks Community Art Center
22 Foster Street
Peabody
9785485855 - D
Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, a Historic New England property
75 Eastern Point Boulevard
Gloucester
978-283-0800 - E
Beverly Historical Society and Museum
117 Cabot St.
Beverly
978-922-1186 - F
Beverly Mainstreets
Cabot St
Beverly
978-922-8558 - G
Brush Art Gallery & Studios
256 Market St
Lowell
978-459-7819 - H
Buttonwoods Museum
240 Water St
Haverhill
9783744626 - I
Cape Ann Designs, Sea Glass Jewelry & Accessories
44 Thurston Pt. Rd. (by Appointment)
Gloucester
978-283-8333 - J
Cape Ann Museum
27 Pleasant St
Gloucester
9782830455 - K
Castle Hill on the Crane Estate
290 Argilla Rd.
Ipswich
978.356.4351 - L
Charles Fine Arts
196 Main Street
Gloucester
978-559-7762 - M
Codman Estate Carriage House
34 Codman Road
Lincoln
617-994-6671 - N
Cogswell's Grant, a Historic New England Property
60 Spring Street
Essex
978-768-3632 - O
DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
51 Sandy Pond Rd.
Lincoln
781-259-8355 - P
DeLouise Studio
53 Main St
Rockport
9782821540 - Q
Essex Art Center
56 Island Street
Essex Art Center
Lawrence
978-685-2343 - R
Firehouse Center for the Arts
Market Square
Newburyport
978-462-7336 - S
Gropius House
68 Baker Bridge Rd.
Lincoln
781-259-8098 - T
Hammond Castle Museum
80 Hesperus Avenue
Gloucester
978-283-2080