Museum of Fine
Arts
One of America's best
fine arts museums, noted especially for
its collection of Impressionist paintings
and its new (2011) American Art wing. More...
Isabella
Stewart Gardner Museum
A
Renaissance palace imported from Italy,
stuffed with precious art by its eccentric
owner, and recently greatly expanded. More...
Institute of
Contemporary Art
In a striking
ultra-modern building on Fan Pier in
the Seaport
District of South
Boston,
the ICA is among the nation's foremost
avant-garde art museums. More...
Boston
Children's Museum
Recently
renovated and beutifully expanded, it's
better than ever, delighting kids from
infants to teenagers. More...
Museum
of Science
Anyone with
curiosity about the world they live in,
ancient, present or future, will want
to see what's happening at the Museum
of Science. More...
Boston
Athenaeum
America's oldest private
library also has interesting exhibits
of early Americana on Beacon
Hill. More...
Paul Revere House
The great patriot, propagandist and silversmith
lived in Boston's North End. His house is still
there, you can visit it, then have a great
meal at a nearby Italian restaurant or café. More...
Massachusetts
State House
Dominating the Boston
skyline from its perch atop Beacon
Hill, the state capitol is a living
museum of the history of the Bay Colony
and the state. More...
Old
State House
Headquarters
for the colonial government of Massachusetts
Bay Colony, now houses a good antiquarian
museum. More...
John F Kennedy Library & Museum
The architecturally striking monument to the
late president, his life and times, in South
Boston. More...
