Free MFA admission for students, faculty, and staff of participating schools
The University Membership Program offers free admission to students, faculty, and staff with valid ID from participating colleges and universities in Massachusetts. See below for list of participating institutions.
Discounted Tickets
Students with valid ID from a participating school are also eligible for a 10% discount on purchases made in MFA Museum shops, as well as $5 tickets for regularly priced films, lectures and concerts, and $10 tickets for Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Celebrity Lectures and special film screenings. Tickets are available day-of, in person only, pending availability. Valid student ID is required, with limit of one ticket per ID, with some programs not included.
New Hampshire and Maine Colleges and Universities
Students, faculty, and staff attending New Hampshire and Maine colleges and universities are eligible for free admission with a valid ID. In addition, undergraduate students from New Hampshire and Maine attending school in other states are also eligible for free admission with a valid student ID and a proof of residence. Free admission is generously provided by the Lunder Maine Student Membership Program and the McLane Family New Hampshire Student Membership Program.
University Members
Massachusetts
- Art Institute of Boston (undergraduate and graduate students)
- Babson College (undergraduate students)
- Berklee College of Music (undergraduate students)
- Boston Architectural College (undergraduate and graduate students)
- Boston College (undergraduate and graduate students)
- Boston Conservatory (undergraduate students)
- Boston University (undergraduate and graduate students)
- Brandeis University (undergraduate students)
- Curry College (undergraduate students)
- Eastern Nazarene College (undergraduate students)
- Emerson College (undergraduate and graduate students)
- Emmanuel College (undergraduate and graduate students)
- Framingham State College (undergraduate students, Arts and Humanities only)
- Gordon College (undergraduate students)
- Harvard University (undergraduate and graduate degree-seeking students, including DCE)
- Lasell College (undergraduate and graduate students)
- Lesley University (undergraduate and adult learning division students)
- Massachusetts College of Art (undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students)
- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy (undergraduate and graduate, Boston campus only)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (undergraduate and graduate students)
- Montserrat College of Art (undergraduate students)
- New England Conservatory (undergraduate and graduate students)
- New England School of Photography (undergraduate students)
- Northeastern University (undergraduate, graduate, and USPP students)
- Showa, Boston (undergraduate students)
- Simmons University (undergraduate and graduate students)
- Stonehill College (undergraduate students)
- Suffolk University (undergraduate and graduate students)
- Tufts University (undergraduate and graduate students)
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst (undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students)
- University of Massachusetts, Boston (undergraduate students)
- Wellesley College (undergraduate students)
- Wentworth Institute of Technology (undergraduate students)
- Wheaton College (undergraduate students)
Maine
The Lunder Maine Student Membership Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is generously funded by The Lunder Foundation.
- Bates College
- Bowdoin College
- Central Maine Community College
- Colby College
- College of the Atlantic
- Eastern Maine Community College
- Heartwood College of Art
- Husson University
- Kennebec Valley Community College
- Maine College of Art
- Maine College of Health Professions
- Maine Maritime Academy
- New England Bible College
- New England School of Communications
- Northern Maine Community College
- Saint Joseph College of Maine
- Southern Maine Community College
- Thomas College
- Unity College
- University of Maine
- University of Maine at Augusta
- University of Maine at Farmington
- University of Maine at Fort Kent
- University of Maine at Machias
- University of Maine at Presque Isle
- University of Southern Maine
- University of New England
- Washington County Community College
- York County Community College
New Hampshire
The McLane Family New Hampshire Student Membership Program allows New Hampshire students of all ages in public and private school, as well as those who are home schooled, to visit the Museum free of charge.
- Colby-Sawyer College
- Daniel Webster College
- Dartmouth College
- Franklin Pierce University
- Great Bay Community College
- Keene State College
- Lakes Region Community College
- Manchester Community College
- Nashua Community College
- New England College
- New Hampshire Institute of Art
- NHTI, Concord’s Community College
- Northeast Catholic College
- Plymouth State University
- River Valley Community College
- Rivier University
- Saint Anselm College
- Southern New Hampshire University
- Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
- University of New Hampshire, Durham
- University of New Hampshire, Manchester
- University of New Hampshire School of Law
- White Mountains Community College