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Introduction to the Judaica Papercut Conservation Project
Papercutting has a long history in Jewish culture and is still practiced today. It is often used to decorate blessings, prayers, and ritual texts…
Thank you for your offer of a gift of art to the MFA! So that our team and curators can review your offer, please provide us with information about…
As we find ourselves in a recent wave of anti-Asian hate sweeping the nation—mourning the victims of the March 2021 shootings in Atlanta, hearts…
Issue: Art for This Moment
Have I always loved small things? I’ve asked myself that question many times over the past few years as my obsession with all things miniature has…
Issue: Art for This Moment
“Stories and objects share something, a patina. . . . Perhaps a patina is a process of rubbing back so that the essential is revealed. . . . But it…
Issue: Art for This Moment
A musical instrument is the anticipation of something. Sinuous strings and thin soundboards, carefully carved air ducts and hollow tubes, membranes…
Issue: Art for This Moment
Starting a new job in a pandemic is not easy. When I began working at the MFA in February 2021, almost all of my interactions with colleagues took…
Issue: Art for This Moment
Family Legacy: Jane and Bob Mayer Create a Fund for Conservation
MFA Advisor and volunteer Jane Mayer, and her husband, Dr. Robert Mayer, combined their interests in art and medicine by creating an endowment fund to support of MFA Conservation.
Making an Impact: Cokie and Lee Perry Discover an Easy Way to Give
MFA Honorary Trustee and volunteer Cokie Perry, and her husband, Lee, learned that they could give a life insurance policy that they no longer needed to charity and receive a tax deduction. Selecting the MFA was an obvious choice.
The MFA’s impressive collection of musical instruments started with a single collector: English clergyman Francis William Galpin (1858–1945). Despite…