BOSTON MUSEUM MA

BOSTON MUSEUMS

Boston Museums - Boston has a huge selection and variety of museums, covering large to small, American to European. It owns the greatest collection of Monet's paintings outside of Paris. The Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum are the most well-known and popular. There are also a number of specialist Museums such as the Computer Museum and the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Museum.

The Children’s Museum draws families, and the Museum of Science boasts crowds of all ages and can be a real hit with children. In the South End and Brookline is a range of galleries, some showcasing up-and-coming artists. Most museums have interactive displays and educational programs as well as offering discounts for tourists and students.

Children's Museum
300 Congress Street, Boston, 02210
Telephone - 617 426 6500
Hours: Daily from 10 am to 5 pm, Friday from 10 am to 9 pm.
Plenty of interactive exhibits. A popular feature is the bubble-making machinery. There’s a safe zone for under threes.

Computer Museum - 300 Congress Street, Boston
Telephone - 617 426 2800
Hours: Daily 10 am to 6 pm.
Almost two hundred exhibits including a two-story walk-through computer and a software gallery of interest to more than computer buffs.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Phone :617 566 1401
Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 11 o’clock to 5 pm.
Features pieces by Rembrandt, Botticelli, Raphael, Titian and Matisse - a Gallery of very high quality.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library and Museum
Columbia Point, (866) JFK-1960, Boston
Phone : 617 929 4523
Hours: Daily 9 am to 5 pm.
Dedicated to the memory of John F. Kennedy, this museum has many historic papers, photographs, and three theaters as well as video presentatins and a replica of the President's desk. It is set within the grounds of a large, landscaped park.

Museum of Fine Arts - 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, 02115
Tel: 617 267 9300
Hours: 10 am to 4:45 pm. Closed Mondays.
A traditional art gallery that is home to two hundred galleries of paintings and sculptures. The most famous works are by artists Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso and Rembrandt. The Museum of Fine Arts is renowned for its Impressionist paintings with a truly magnificent collection.

Museum of Science - Science Park, Boston, 02114
Tel: 617 723 2500
Hours: Daily 9 am to 5 pm.
Features interactive exhibits on natural history, astronomy, medicine and physical science. Exhibits including touching lizards, watching chickens hatching and seeing lightning being created.