Past Exhibitions
Conservation in Action: Preserving Nirvana
For the next six months, MFA visitors can watch and interact with conservators as the Museum’s Asian Conservation Studio in partnership with...
Della Robbia
Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence
Celebrate the beauty and liveliness of Della Robbia sculptures.
HOMiE: In Our Eyes
In celebration of the Teen Arts Council’s 10th anniversary, the MFA partnered with Boston Public Schools to present the Museum’s first exhibition of juried artworks by teens.
Making Modern
A five-gallery exhibition on the third floor of the MFA’s Art of the Americas Wing explores what it meant to be in the vanguard of Modern art in the 20th century.
Community Arts Initiative
Second Hands
Kids explore art, utility, and imagination!
Year of the Monkey
In honor of the Year of the Monkey in the East Asian calendar cycle, this exhibition of 56 works celebrates the important role of monkeys in Japanese...
Sean Townley: 7 Diadems/Red Ankhhafs
For his first museum solo exhibition, Los Angeles-based sculptor Sean Townley was drawn to molds produced by conservators to aid in preserving two...
London and Edo
Cities on the Rise
Presented in conjunction with “Megacities Asia,” this print exhibition highlights how two great cities on opposite sides of the world captured...
Ruined
When Cities Fall
Presented in conjunction with “Megacities Asia,” this exhibition of works on paper explores what happens when cities fade. Artists have long been...