Best Museums in Boston, Mass.

Museum of Fine Arts, one of America's best, noted especially for its collection of Impressionist paintings.

GIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, a Renaissance palace imported from Italy and stuffed with precious art by its eccentric owner

Institute of Contemporary Art, in a striking ultra-modern building onFan Pier, is among the nation's foremost avant-garde art museums

Boston Children's Museum, recently renovated and beutifully expanded, it's better than ever, delighting kids from infants to teenagers

Museum of Science, for anyone with curiosity about the world they live in, ancient, present or future.

Boston Athenaeum, America's oldest library also has interesting exhibits of early Americana.

Commonwealth Museum, in the Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill, shows the history of the Bay Colony and the state.

Old State House, headquarters for the colonial government of Massachusetts Bay Colony, now houses a good antiquarian museum.