Massachusetts has a rich heritage of making and collecting art on display across the state in museums of all kinds.
The world-renowned Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has an encyclopedic collection that ranges from French Impressionists to ancient Egyptian art. The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) showcases contemporary art in its striking new building overlooking Boston Harbor. Across the Charles River in Cambridge, the Harvard Art Museums are home to works by Matisse, Picasso and Italian Renaissance masters in intimate galleries. And traveling north of metro Boston, Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum exhibits connections between art, architecture and culture.
Large-scale American sculpture is sited throughout the 35 acres of the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln. Worcester’s Art Museum, acknowledged as one of America’s leading small art museums, includes works by Cassatt, Gauguin, Goya, Monet, Sargent and Whistler. In Western Massachusetts, the Norman Rockwell Museum houses the largest collection of the illustrator’s original art, many from the Saturday Evening Post. Fuller Craft Museum is one of eight museums in the country specializing in contemporary craft.
Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail
Florence
Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail
Florence
Beehive Sewing Studio + Workspace
Northampton
Botanic Garden of Smith College
Northampton
Northampton Center for the Arts
Northampton
Zea Mays Printmaking
Florence
dmg (Don Muller Gallery Inc.)
Northampton
dmg features an outstanding collection of museum quality crafts and fine jewelry from over 300 American artists. more
Forbes Library
Northampton
Smith College Museum of Art
Northampton
Considered one of the finest college art museums in the country, SCMA is known for its distinguished collection of more... more
William Baczek Fine Arts
Northampton
Founded in 1996, William Baczek Fine Arts, in Northampton, Massachusetts represents artists working in a variety of media, including painting, sculpting,... more
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Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail
221 Pine St.
Studio 352
Florence
413-824-6506 - B
Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail
221 Pine St
Studio 336
Florence
413.625.2870 - C
Beehive Sewing Studio + Workspace
271 Pleasant St
Northampton
4133458201 - D
Botanic Garden of Smith College
16 College Lane
Lyman Plant House, Smith College
Northampton
413-585-2740 - E
Northampton Center for the Arts
5 Strong Avenue
Po Box 366
Northampton
413 584-7327 - F
Zea Mays Printmaking
320 Riverside Drive
Florence
413.584.1783 - G
dmg (Don Muller Gallery Inc.)
40 Main Street
Northampton
413-586-1119 - H
Forbes Library
20 West Street
Northampton
413-587-1011 - I
Smith College Museum of Art
Elm Street At Bedford Terrace
Northampton
413.585.2760 - J
William Baczek Fine Arts
36 Main Street
Northampton
413-587-9880