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The original Museum of Fine Arts building in Copley Square. The Museum of Fine Arts was founded in 1870 and was initially located on the top floor of the Boston Athenæum. Most of its initial collection came from the Athenæum's Art Gallery. [3]
Museum of Fine Arts, cultural centre in Boston whose balanced collection has made it one of the world’s most comprehensive art museums. The museum was founded in 1870 with the art holdings of the Boston Athenaeum library as the nucleus of its collection.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The original MFA was founded in 1870 and opened its doors to the public on July 4, 1876, the nation's centennial. Built in Copley Square, the MFA was then home to 5,600 works of art.
On February 4, 1870, the Massachusetts legislature passed an act establishing “a body corporate by the name of the Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts for the purpose of erecting a museum for the preservation and exhibition of works of art, of making, maintaining, and exhibiting collections of such works, and of affording instruction in the ...
The museum was founded in 1870 with the art holdings of the Boston Athenaeum library as the core of its collection. The museum moved to its present location on the Fenway in 1909. A new west wing designed by architect I.M. Pei was opened in 1981.
July 4, 1876—Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, opens at Copley Square in Sturgis and Brigham-designed building. May 1909 —Copley Square building closes. November 1909 —MFA opens new Beaux Arts building on Huntington Avenue, designed by Boston architect Guy Lowell.
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Founded in 1876, the Museum of Fine Arts is Boston's foremost art museum. The museum covers all parts of the globe and all eras, from the ancient world to contemporary times. The collections are strong in Asian and European art, but the uncontested highlight is the gorgeous Art of the Americas wing.
