In the La Corbusier-designed Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, the ground-floor main gallery and the Sert Gallery on the third floor host regular exhibitions by prominent...

Founded in 1913 by a well-meaning group of local science teachers, the Children's Museum in Boston was just another collection of things to look at until director Michael Spock...

Nestled under MIT's famous dome, the Compton features alternating shows that draw on the institute's historical collections of art and scientific objects and the work of...

This historic museum boasts a vast and slightly creepy collection of stuffed, bottled and dried creatures from around the globe, from llamas to coelacanths and butterflies....

Once crammed into a tiny building in Back Bay, the ICA moved to its spacious new home in late 2006, and is now the cultural cornerstone of the waterfront. With its 65,000sq ft...

As unique as its founder, the eccentric socialite and patron of the arts who was the inspiration for Isabel Archer in Henry James's Portrait of a Lady, the Gardner museum is a...

A looming concrete-and-glass monolith designed by IM Pei (completed in 1979), this shrine to the life and work of the 35th US president overlooks the outer harbour from the top...

In the early 20th century, the 64-acre Larz Anderson Park was the private estate of distinguished couple Larz and Isabel Anderson; it was bequeathed to the town of Brookline...

Located on the Wiesner Building's first floor, the List Visual Arts Center holds between five and eight shows a year, featuring American and international artists, working in...

Built in 1760 for a wealthy British naval officer, the house was used as a hospital during the Revolutionary War, then housed five generations of another prosperous family...

Five blocks from MIT's campus, this fascinating museum serves as a historical record of the institute and a showcase for its amazing inventions and related art. In its four...

The museum's premises comprise the African Meeting House, the oldest black church in the country, and the Abiel Smith School, the nation's first public school for...

Founded in 1870, the MFA moved from Copley Square to its current home, a neoclassical granite building on Huntington Avenue - the so-called 'Avenue of the Arts' - in 1909. The...

This extremely child-friendly museum is committed to providing an interactive and educational experience, making science accessible through a wealth of hands-on activities and...