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The ancient Egyptians wanted to defy death and live forever. In preparation, they mummified the dead, burying them in coffins covered with religious…

The MFA’s Arts of Islamic Cultures Gallery is designed to expand how visitors see and understand the diverse arts of Islamic cultures.

A new gallery, the MFA’s Kunstkammer (or “collector’s cabinet”), is an intimate space devoted to precious works of art primarily from the 16th and 17th centuries

Is there any name that more instantaneously conjures the classical tradition in the modern imagination than Homer? Today, the itinerant blind bard’s…

God of wine, intoxicated ecstasy, and theater: Dionysos was, for good reason, the most popular of all Greek gods. He gave the ancients the gift of…

Tragedy and comedy as we know these theatrical forms today were developed by the Greeks as early as the 6th century BCE. This gallery features rare…

Works in this gallery hail from the Pacific’s four main cultural spheres: the islands in and around Indonesia, Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia.

Dedicated in October 1988, Tenshin-en, or the “Garden of the Heart of Heaven,” is a contemplative Japanese garden.

In the 17th century, the Dutch dominated world-spanning routes linking ports in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Dutch trading companies…

This display explores the golden era of Chinese culture, and features some of the MFA’s greatest treasures.