Museum of Fine Arts - long-standing cultural collection

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, founded in 1870 and located at 465 Huntington Ave, holds an encyclopedic collection spanning ancient to contemporary art, with hundreds of thousands of objects in its holdings. The museum’s American art, Impressionist, and Asian collections are especially well-known and have been central to Boston’s cultural identity for more than a century. Its galleries, acquisitions, and high-profile exhibitions have generated extensive local art-world lore and scholarship.