01WING / OPENED 2010
Art of the Americas
Four levels and 53 galleries opened in 2010 — colonial silver, John Singer Sargent murals, photography from the Civil War to today.
Browse the Wing
VOL.01 · CHAPTER 00 · OPENING
88 PINCKNEY ST / BOSTON / MA 02114
Open
to everything.
More than 100 galleries. Nearly 500,000 works tracing the human story from ancient artistry to modern masterpieces — local legends, global visionaries, and everything in between.
FOUNDED · 1870
HUNTINGTON · 1909
WORKS · 500,000
GALLERIES · 100+
CURATORIAL AREAS · 13
CHAPTER 01 · INTRODUCTION
A museum for all of Boston — and everyone who arrives at its door.
Showcasing ancient artistry and modern masterpieces, local legends and global visionaries. Where many worldviews meet, new ways of seeing, thinking, and understanding emerge.
FIG. 001 · AVENUE OF THE ARTS · 2025
HUNTINGTON / FENWAY
CHAPTER 02 · ARCHITECTURE
Five wings, one spine.
Each addition extends the museum's range — from the I.M. Pei West Wing to the Foster + Partners Art of the Americas Wing.
02WING / I.M. PEI 1981
Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art
Originally I.M. Pei's 1981 West Wing, now seven new galleries plus the Foster Gallery — voices reshaping art now.
See Contemporary03RENOVATION 2021
Greece, Rome & Byzantium
Five new galleries in the renovated Behrakis Wing.
04OPENED 2021
Center for Netherlandish Art
A study center plus six new galleries of Dutch and Netherlandish painting.
05ASIAN ART CORE
Buddhist Temple Room
A reinstalled space at the heart of one of the deepest Asian art collections in the West.
CHAPTER 03 · METRICS
By the numbers.
A century and a half of collecting, conserving, and inviting the public in.
001 / WORKS
500K
Works in the collection
002 / GALLERIES
100+
Galleries on view
003 / FOUNDED
1870
Founding year
004 / HUNTINGTON
1909
Huntington Ave opens
005 / DEPARTMENTS
13
Curatorial areas
CHAPTER 04 · ON VIEW
Reality and imagination.
Selected loans, recent acquisitions, and seasonal installations from the museum's seventeen curatorial departments.
FEATURE / NETHERLANDISH
Rembrandt and the Jews in the Dutch Republic.
A close look at how Rembrandt and his Amsterdam contemporaries depicted Jewish life, scripture, and neighbours in the seventeenth century — paintings, etchings, and drawings drawn from the MFA's deep Netherlandish holdings and partner collections.
FIG. 042 · ETCHING · 1648
CHAPTER 05 · PLAN A VISIT
Three steps.
The museum sits on the Avenue of the Arts, a short walk from the Museum of Fine Arts T stop on the Green Line E branch.
STEP 01 / WHEN
Pick a window.
Open every day except Tuesday. Late hours run until 10 PM on Thursdays and Fridays. Last entry is thirty minutes before closing.
Hours & admissionSTEP 02 / HOW
Choose your route.
Five entrances and a free shuttle from the Fenway side. Public transit and accessible parking are minutes from the Huntington Avenue plaza.
Getting hereSTEP 03 / WHAT
Bring questions.
From service animals and gallery stools to backpacks and strollers, our FAQ covers the practical details so you can focus on the art.
Read the FAQ