Past Exhibitions

Conservation in Action: Preserving Nirvana

August 20, 2016–May 28, 2017

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

August 9–December 4, 2016

Celebrate the beauty and liveliness of Della Robbia sculptures.

HOMiE: In Our Eyes

July 16, 2016–January 22, 2017

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

July 16, 2016–December 31, 2018

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

May 14–October 16, 2016

Kids explore art, utility, and imagination!

Year of the Monkey

April 30–October 10, 2016

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

April 16–July 31, 2016

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

April 3–October 23, 2016

Presented in conjunction with “Megacities Asia,” this print exhibition highlights how two great cities on opposite sides of the world captured...

Megacities Asia

April 3–July 17, 2016

Eleven artists sculpt urban reality

Ruined
When Cities Fall

April 3–October 23, 2016

Presented in conjunction with “Megacities Asia,” this exhibition of works on paper explores what happens when cities fade. Artists have long been...