Museum of fine arts
A day well spent at MFAB
“As someone who appreciates arts, MFAB is like a dream comes true.”
Looking back to the first couple weeks I arrived in Boston as a newcomer from far away land across the globe, the excitement and nervousness of actually living all by myself were overwhelming that on Friday of the first school semester week, I took my camera out and explored the city.
It was a fine summer day in September. I started my morning by visiting James P. Kelleher Rose Garden; the beautiful outdoor park hidden in the Back Bay Fens where the roses must have been in their full bloom had I come weeks earlier. I remember I took a while to stroll around the garden and the Korea Memorial nearby before pinning Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum as my next destination.
However, out of nowhere and totally not in my plan for the day, a large European building came into my view. I glanced down at the Google Map on my device and realized, “Oh, it’s the famous Museum of Fine Arts everyone was talking about.” Without a second thought, I decided to check it out. Little that I know I would spend time inside for many more hours later because of that quick stop decision I made.
The 20th‑largest art museum in the world with 8,161 paintings and more than 450,000 works of art, making it one of the most comprehensive collections in the Americas — one day is not enough to spend admiring all the precious treasures here.
A collection that exemplifies the breadth, richness, and diversity of artistic expression, from prehistoric times to modern day.
World-renowned paintings by Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cassatt—as well as the finest group of Monets outside of Paris and one of the richest collections of prints and drawings in the world—share space with mummies, sculpture, ceramics, and gold from ancient Egypt, Greece, the Near East, and the Roman Empire, and masterpieces of African and Oceanic art from the 16th to the 20th centuries.
Paintings, sculpture, furniture, decorative arts, and fashion from North, Central, and South America are displayed in the context and era of their origin, including one of the finest collections of art from the United States.
Encompassing Japanese, Chinese, and Indian painting and sculpture; Japanese prints and metalwork; and Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese ceramics, the MFA’s collection of Asian art is unrivaled in size, scope, and distinction in the Western world.
In the MFA’s collection, contemporary art offers new perspectives, encouraging connections between the art of the past and the art of today. All media are represented: painting, sculpture, photography, works on paper, performance, installation, decorative arts, craft, design, and film and video.
Fun fact
My picture got featured on MFA official account on Instagram.
