2019
Green Initiatives at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
MFA Boston Announces Partnership with Alfilo Brands to Develop New Retail Licensing Opportunities in the Greater China Region
MFA Boston and Citizens Bank Celebrate Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with Free Open House
2018
MFA Boston Receives Transformative Gift of Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from Collector Wan-go H.C. Weng
MFA Boston Appoints Makeeba McCreary as Chief of Learning and Community Engagement
MFA Boston Partners with the Jewish Arts Collaborative and Combined Jewish Philanthropies to Celebrate Hanukkah
MFA Boston and Boston Public Library Collaborate on Major Exhibition of Graphic Works by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
MFA Boston Strengthens Collection of Native American Art with Gift from Estate of David Rockefeller
MFA Boston Acquires Howard Greenberg Collection of Photographs through Major Gift from the Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Charitable Trust
MFA Boston Welcomes College Community Back to School and Back to the MFA
MFA Boston and UNIQLO Collaborate on T-Shirt Collection Inspired by Katagami Stencils from the Museum’s Renowned Holdings of Japanese Art
MFA Boston Announces New Curatorial Appointments
$1 Million Grant from the Ishibashi Foundation to Fund New Curatorial Fellowship for Japanese Art at MFA Boston
MFA Boston Receives Gift of Monumental Chinese Scroll from Eminent Collector Wan-go H.C. Weng
MFA Boston Acquires Group of 37 Career-Spanning Photographs by Graciela Iturbide
MFA Boston to Host Naturalization Ceremony for Approximately 200 New U.S. Citizens
MFA Boston Appoints Reto Thüring as Chair of Contemporary Art
MFA Boston Appoints Cameran Mason as Chief Development Officer
MFA Boston Receives Grant of Nearly $2 Million from Terra Foundation for American Art as Part of New Collection-Sharing Initiative
MFA Boston Appoints Christina Yu Yu as New Chair of Asian Art
MFA Boston Celebrates Return of Spring with Annual Art in Bloom Festival of Art and Flowers
MFA Boston Restores a Pair of Rembrandt Portraits for the First Time in a Generation
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Announces New Festival Showcasing Films from Japan
2017
“Daily Life in Ancient Greece” Connects Visitors with Ancient People Who Lived More Than 2,500 Years Ago
MFA Boston Partners with the Jewish Arts Collaborative and Combined Jewish Philanthropies to Celebrate Hanukkah
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, to Receive Landmark Gifts of Dutch and Flemish Art Including Rembrandt Portrait and Other Golden Age Masterpieces
New Programs at the MFA Boston Offer Free Access for New England K-12 Teachers and Massachusetts Community Colleges
UNIQLO and MFA Boston Announce 10-Year Partnership Supporting Japanese Art and Culture
MFA Boston Launches MFA Citizens, a Program to Welcome New U.S. Citizens with Complimentary Family Memberships
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MFA Boston Receives Gift of Colonial Latin American Art from Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
“Summer at the MFA” Calls Early Birds and Night Owls for Art, Music and Film al Fresco
MFA Boston Announces MFA 2020, a Shared Voice and Vision for the Future
MFA Boston Reaches Agreement with Estate of Art Collector, Emma Lazarus Budge, to Retain Seven Pieces of 18th-Century Porcelain
MFA Boston Celebrates Annual Art in Bloom Festival of Fine Art and Flowers
2016
MFA Boston to Receive $30,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
MFA Boston and Museum Independent Security Union Announce New Four-Year Contract
MFA Boston Announces $24 Million Conservation Center
#mfaNOW, a Season Celebrating Contemporary Art and Artists at the MFA Boston, Will Feature Exhibitions, Overnight Parties and Programs
Kahlo, O’Keeffe and Pollock Headline “Making Modern” Installation at MFA Boston
MFA Boston and Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts to Conclude 20-Year Partnership in 2019
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MFA Boston Purchases Painting by Frida Kahlo
MFA Boston Unveils “Guanyin, Bodhissattva of Compassion,” After 18-Month Conservation in Gallery of Song Dynasty Masterpieces
2015
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, to Become Part of Tufts University in 2016
MFA Boston Announces Naming of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Paintings Conservation Studio
MFA Boston Announces Gifts of Art Donated in Honor of Malcolm Rogers, Departing Ann and Graham Gund Director
MFA Boston Acquires John Singer Sargent Archive, Making MFA Global Center for Sargent Scholarship
New Publication: The Priest, the Prince, and the Pasha: The Life and Afterlife of an Ancient Egyptian Sculpture
MFA Boston Names Brian Flagg as Executive Chef
Matthew Teitelbaum Appointed Director of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Announces Major Gift from Rothschild Heirs
New Publication: Common Wealth: Art by African Americans in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Massachusetts State House Time Capsule Opened at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
MFA Boston Acquires Gift of Japanese Art
2014
MFA Boston Awards 2015 Maud Morgan Prize to Performance Artist Marilyn Arsem
New Arts of the Pacific Gallery Brings Art and Traditions of Island Cultures, including New Zealand, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Commissions First Major Study of Boston’s Cultural Audiences
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Holds Annual Meeting of Board of Trustees
Three New Galleries Highlighting Greek Wine, Theater and Poetry Open at MFA Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Acquires Iconic Portrait of John F. Kennedy by Artist Jamie Wyeth
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Transfers Eight Antiquities to Nigeria
Gallery of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in France Unveiled
New Kunstkammer Gallery Offers a “Curiosity Cabinet” of Precious Wonders
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Receives $1.5 Million Software Grant from Microsoft
Collector James Stunt Lends Major British Paintings to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts Celebrates 15th Anniversary
2013
The Seven Last Words by F. Holland Day Acquired by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Acquires the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Collection of Judaica
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Celebrates 50 Years of Gallery Instructor Program
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Opens Benin Kingdom Gallery
Art of the English Regency Reigns at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Opens Transformed Dutch Gallery
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Opens the Alan and Simone Hartman Galleries Featuring 18th-Century Period Rooms and Decorative Arts from Great Britain
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Announces Major Gift of Contemporary Craft from Daphne Farago Collection
Education and Community Programs
Diversity Initiatives at the MFA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Awards 2013 Maud Morgan Prize to Artist Sarah Braman
McLane Family New Hampshire Student Membership Program at MFA
Provides Free Access for New Hampshire Students
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, to Debut New Gallery Showcasing Gems and Jewelry of the Ancient Mediterranean
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, to Debut Michael C. Ruettgers Gallery for Ancient Coins
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, to Unveil Redesigned European Gallery; Koch Gallery to Feature Old Master Paintings, German Silver, and Italian Tapestries
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Receives Robert Owen Lehman Collection of Bronzes and Ivories from the Kingdom of Benin
2012
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Receives the Lane Collection, One of the Largest and Most Significant Gifts in MFA History
Juno’s Journey: MFA Acquires Largest Classical Statue in the US
MFA to Launch First Online Catalogue
2011
MFA, Boston, Acquires Works by African American Artists from John Axelrod Collection
Dale Chihuly’s Lime Green Icicle Tower Finds a Home at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Turkish Republic Reach Agreement for Transfer of Top Half of Weary Herakles to Turkey
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Acquires Man at His Bath by Gustave Caillebotte
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Names Druker Pavilion in Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art
Provenance Outreach Conducted by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Results in Agreement to Retain Ownership of Eglon Van der Neer painting
2010
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Returns 14th-Century Embroidery to the Museo Diocesano Tridentino in Trent, Italy