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
Tender Loving Care - Contemporary Art from the Collection
Jul 22 2023 - Jan 12 2025
More than 100 works from the MFA’s collection
Intentional Beauty Jewish Ritual Art - from the Collection
Dec 8 2023 -
Nearly 30 works explore the splendor of items made for Jewish religious experience
Georgia O’Keeffe and Henry Moore
Oct 13 2024 - Jan 20 2025
150 +/- works of these two iconic modernists juxtaposed
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
Power of the People: Art and Democracy
Oct 26 2024 - Feb 16 2025
175 works ranging in time from democracy’s origins in ancient Greece to today
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