Past Exhibitions
Beauty as Duty
Textiles and the Home Front in WWII Britain
The British experience during and after WWII was quite different from that of Americans. From the fall of 1940 through the spring of 1941, Britain was...
Maud Morgan Prize 2011
Wendy Jacob
About the Prize: Established in 1993 in recognition of New England artist Maud Morgan (1903–1999), the Maud Morgan Prize honors a Massachusetts woman...
Embroideries of Colonial Boston: Domestic Embroideries
The embroideries of colonial Boston girls and women have long been treasured family possessions and are now much sought after by collectors. The charm...
Community Arts Initiative
And Their Families
This exhibition, on hiatus during summer construction, reopens with the new Linde Family Wing on September 17, 2011. Under the guidance of artist Raul...
The Clock
Christian Marclay
A mesmerizing work of video art that captures the dynamic nature of time
Disponible: A Kind of Mexican Show
Within Mexico’s urban setting, contemporary art and other experimental and creative practices such as architecture, design, and music flourish...
Kawanabe Kyōsai and the Hell Courtesan
The first exhibition in our newly renovated Japanese Print gallery focuses on a recent acquisition, a monumental hanging scroll of the Hell Courtesan...
Passion and Precision in the Age of Revolution
European art of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is dominated by two powerful artistic movements: Neo-classicism and Romanticism...
Jewels, Gems, and Treasures
Ancient to Modern
“Spectacular…one-of-a-kind…a very sparkly part of our history.”—WCVB-TV