The Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists is dedicated to the visual arts heritage of people of African descent worldwide. Part of the broader National Center founded in 1968 by educator and arts leader Dr. Elma Lewis, the museum presents historical and contemporary exhibitions spanning painting, sculpture, graphics, photography, and decorative arts, with…
The Brighton-Allston Heritage Museum tells the story of one of Boston’s most historically layered neighborhoods, from its early days as a cattle-market town and slaughtering center to its evolution into a dense, diverse city district. Operated by the Brighton-Allston Historical Society, the museum gathers photographs, artifacts, maps, and documents that trace local life across two…
Perched on a windswept peninsula at Columbia Point in Dorchester, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is the nation’s official memorial to the 35th president. The striking white building, with its soaring glass pavilion overlooking Boston Harbor, was designed by architect I. M. Pei and dedicated in 1979. Inside, the museum traces Kennedy’s…
The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate is a nonprofit civic-education museum on Columbia Point in Dorchester, standing beside the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library on the University of Massachusetts Boston campus. Named for the late Senator Ted Kennedy, the institute is dedicated to teaching visitors how the U.S. Senate works and…
The Commonwealth Museum sits on the Columbia Point peninsula in Dorchester, sharing a building with the Massachusetts Archives next to the University of Massachusetts Boston campus and the JFK Presidential Library. Operated by the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, it tells the story of Massachusetts from the colonial era to the present using…
The USS Constitution Museum sits in the historic Charlestown Navy Yard, steps from the ship it celebrates: USS Constitution, the world’s oldest commissioned warship still afloat, nicknamed “Old Ironsides.” Housed in the granite Building 22, the museum tells the frigate’s story from her 1797 launch through her War of 1812 victories, complementing a visit to…
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is one of the largest and most comprehensive art museums in the United States, with a collection spanning roughly half a million works. Its holdings range from ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman art to Asian and Islamic galleries, European masters, and one of the world’s finest collections of works…
The Institute of Contemporary Art is Boston’s leading museum dedicated to the art of our time, dramatically perched on the edge of Boston Harbor in the Seaport District. Its striking, cantilevered glass-and-steel building, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and opened in 2006, projects out over the waterfront and frames sweeping harbor views from its…
The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum is a floating, interactive history museum on the Fort Point Channel commemorating the December 16, 1773 protest in which colonists threw chests of British tea into Boston Harbor — a pivotal event on the road to the American Revolution. Visitors board restored full-rigged sailing ships, meet costumed reenactors,…
The New England Aquarium is one of Boston’s premier attractions, set on Central Wharf on the downtown waterfront. Its centerpiece is the four-story Giant Ocean Tank, a vast cylindrical Caribbean coral reef exhibit encircled by a spiraling walkway, home to sea turtles, sharks, rays, and hundreds of tropical fish. Visitors also encounter playful Atlantic harbor…
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