The Ancient Americas galleries present the artistic creativity of more than three dozen cultures from Mexico to Chile prior to European contact in the…
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The objects in this gallery open discussions about the continuity and change of Native American art across time and media.
These galleries feature paintings and decorative arts produced during the period of the American Revolution and the creation of the United States, in…
Globalism is not a new phenomenon. More than 500 years ago, ships carrying explorers—and later, goods and enslaved people—connected the entire world…
The MFA holds the world’s most complete collection of works by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)—paintings, murals, watercolors, drawings, sculpture…
American Artists Abroad in the 19th Century
The Salon gallery takes its name from traditional displays (originating in the Renaissance period) of paintings tightly packed onto the walls and…
The international Arts and Crafts movement was less a style than a philosophy, promoting artistic activity, beauty, and handcraftsmanship as antidotes…