Five entrances on the Avenue of the Arts.

The MFA stands on Huntington Avenue in Boston's Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood — a short walk from the Green Line E branch and minutes from Longwood, Back Bay, and the Emerald Necklace.

Map of the Fenway and Huntington Avenue area

88 PINCKNEY ST

SECTION I · ADDRESS

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

The site stands on the historic homelands of the Massachusett people — a place of meeting and exchange long before the museum arrived.

88 Pinckney Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
United States

SECTION II · PUBLIC TRANSIT

By MBTA.

The dedicated Museum of Fine Arts T stop sits at the front door. Several bus routes also pass directly outside.

ROUTE 01 / GREEN E

Subway · Green Line E.

Take the E branch outbound to the Museum of Fine Arts stop on Huntington Avenue. The Ruggles stop on the Orange Line is also a short walk via the Forsyth Way path.

ROUTE 02 / BUS 39

Bus 39.

MBTA bus route 39 runs the full length of Huntington Avenue from Forest Hills to Back Bay Station, stopping directly outside the museum.

ROUTE 03 / CT2 / LMA

Crosstown & Longwood.

The CT2 crosstown bus and the LMA shuttles connect the museum to Cambridge, Kendall, and the Longwood Medical Area.

SECTION III · DRIVING

By car.

Reachable from every direction via the Mass Pike, Storrow Drive, and Boylston Street.

N · NORTH I-93 South Take I-93 South to Storrow Drive West. Exit at Fenway / Kenmore, follow Boylston Street, then turn left onto Hemenway and right onto Huntington Avenue. ~15 MIN FROM 128
S · SOUTH I-93 North I-93 North to Exit 18 (Massachusetts Avenue). Follow Massachusetts Avenue north to Huntington Avenue and turn left. ~12 MIN FROM SOUTH BAY
W · WEST I-90 East / Mass Pike Mass Pike to the Copley Square exit. Follow Stuart Street to Huntington Avenue and continue west past Symphony Hall. ~20 MIN FROM 128W
✈ AIR From Logan Airport Sumner Tunnel to Storrow Drive West, then exit at Fenway / Kenmore. 25—35 MIN BY CAR

Where to park.

Two adjacent garages serve the museum: the on-site MFA parking garage at 88 Pinckney Street and the Museum Road Garage on the Northeastern University side. Limited metered street parking is available along Huntington and Forsyth Way; observe posted hours.

Accessible parking is available at the level entrance on the Fenway side. Drop-off and pick-up are best done at the State Street Corporation Fenway Entrance.

CLOSING NOTE

Standing on the historic homelands of the Massachusett people — a place of meeting and exchange long before the museum arrived.

— from the museum's architectural history