From it's beginnings in 1876 with 5,600 works of art, the MFA now holds a comprehensive collection encompassing 500,000 works of art, spanning the history of artistic endeavor from ancient Egyptian to contemporary.
Major collections include Art of the Americas, Art of Europe from the Middle Ages through the mid-20th century, Asian Art since 4000 BC, African and Pacific Art, an encyclopedic collection of Antiquities, and Contemporary Art.
Exhibitions & Dates
Intentional Beauty Jewish Ritual Art - from the Collection
Dec 8 2023 -
Nearly 30 works explore the splendor of items made for Jewish religious experience
Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson
Feb 8 2025 - Jun 22 2025
110+/- works in a wide range of media—prints, drawings, paintings, sculpture & illustrated books
Deep Waters: Four Artists and the Sea
Nov 9 2024 - Nov 9 2025
Artworks by four artists made over centuries and across the Atlantic
Robert Frank: Mary’s Book
Dec 21 2024 - Jun 22 2025
74 photographs and accompanying inscriptions in a book handmade for his wife
Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits
Mar 30 2025 - Sep 7 2025
20+/- Van Gogh works plus examples of influential earlier Dutch art & Japanese woodblock prints
Rachel Ruysch: Nature into Art
Aug 23 2025 - Dec 7 2025
The first monographic exhibition of this eminent Dutch flower still life painter
The Visionary Art of Minnie Evans
May 10 2025 - Oct 26 2025
Sixteen intricately detailed drawings and paintings