List of museums in Boston

This list of museums in Boston, Massachusetts is a list of museums (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace are not included. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries.

Museums

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Name Neighborhood Type Notes
Abiel Smith SchoolBeacon HillAfrican AmericanPart of Museum of Afro-American History, first public school for free blacks
African Meeting HouseBeacon HillAfrican AmericanPart of the Museum of Afro-American History
Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company MuseumDowntown BostonHistoryMilitary museum, JFK and Medal of Honor special exhibits, military relics, paintings, photographs, and library, located on the 4th floor of Faneuil Hall
Boston African American National Historic SiteBeacon HillAfrican AmericanInterprets 15 pre-Civil War structures relating to the history of Boston's 19th-century African-American community, including the African Meeting House and the Abiel Smith School
Boston AthenæumBeacon HillMultipleLibrary and museum of art
Boston Children's MuseumSouth BostonChildren'sLocated on Children's Wharf
Boston City Hall GalleriesFinancial DistrictArtwebsite, Mayor's Gallery exhibits work by Boston artists, Scollay Square Gallery showcases arts organizations and artists community groups that support Boston artists
Boston Fire MuseumFinancial DistrictFire
Boston National Historical ParkBostonHistoric sitesRevolutionary War trail in Boston and Charlestown, includes Old South Meeting House, Old State House, Faneuil Hall, Paul Revere House, Old North Church, Bunker Hill Monument, USS Constitution
Boston Public LibraryBack BayLibraryChanging exhibits of art and history from its collections at the Central Library, also at branch locations
Boston Tea Party Ships and MuseumSouth BostonHistoryReenactments, interactive exhibits, and two authentically restored ships
Boston University Art GalleriesFenway–KenmoreArtwebsite, Stone, 808, Annex, and Sherman Galleries
BSA SpaceFinancial DistrictArchitectureChanging exhibits of architecture and design by the Boston Society of Architects
Bunker Hill MonumentCharlestownMilitaryMonument and museum about the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill
Center for the History of MedicineLongwood Medical and Academic AreaMedicalRotating exhibits about the history of medicine from the collections of the Countway LIbrary of Medicine
Commonwealth MuseumDorchesterHistoryState history, operated by the Massachusetts Archives
Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States SenateDorchesterHistorySpecialty museum and educational institution containing the only full-scale reproduction of the U.S. Senate Chamber.
Faneuil HallDowntown BostonHistoryMarketplace and meeting hall during the American Revolution
Fort WarrenGeorges IslandMilitaryMid 19th-century fort and park
Gallery 360 at Northeastern UniversityFenway–KenmoreArtwebsite, located in Ell Hall
Gallery 5 at Emmanuel CollegeLongwood Medical and Academic AreaArtwebsite, exhibitions of work by professional artists, emerging artists, artist residents, outsider artists and Emmanuel College art students and alumni
Garner Center for Photographic ExhibitionsFenway–KenmoreArtwebsite, photography exhibitions by the New England School of Photography
Gibson House MuseumBack BayHistoric house1850-1870s period townhouse
Harbor Gallery at University of Massachusetts BostonDorchesterArtwebsite, student-run gallery in McCormack Hall
Huret and Spector Gallery at Emerson CollegeBoston Theater DistrictArtwebsite, located in the Tufte Performance Production Center (10 Boylston Place)
Institute of Contemporary Art, BostonSouth BostonArtContemporary art
Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumFenway–KenmoreArtIncludes European, Asian and American art, including paintings, sculpture, tapestries, and decorative arts
James Blake HouseDorchesterHistoric houseOperated by the Dorchester Historical Society, 1661 house, oldest house in Boston
John F. Kennedy Library and MuseumDorchesterBiographicalPresidential library and museum of John F. Kennedy
Lemuel Clap HouseDorchesterHistoric houseOperated by the Dorchester Historical Society, mid 18th-century period house
Loring-Greenough HouseJamaica PlainHistoric house18th-century period mansion
Mary Baker Eddy LibraryFenway–KenmoreMultipleIncludes the Mapparium, a three-story, stained-glass globe, the Hall of Ideas and changing exhibits about relating to the life of Mary Baker Eddy
Mary L. Fifield Art Gallery at Bunker Hill Community CollegeCharlestownArtwebsite
Massachusetts College of Art and Design GalleriesLongwood Medical and Academic AreaArtwebsite, 10 galleries: Arnheim Gallery, Brant Gallery, Bakalar and Paine Galleries, Doran Gallery, Godine Family Gallery, President's Gallery, Student Life Gallery, Tower Gallery, and North Crackertorium Gallery
Massachusetts Historical SocietyBack BayHistoryExhibits from its collections of American history, life and culture
Museum of Afro-American HistoryBeacon HillAfrican AmericanIncludes the African Meeting House and Abiel Smith School
Museum of Fine Arts, BostonFenway–KenmoreArtContains over 450,000 works of art
Museum of Science, BostonDowntown BostonScienceIncludes over 500 interactive exhibits, 100 animals, planetarium and IMAX theater
Museum of the National Center of Afro-American ArtistsRoxburyArtContemporary and historical expressive arts from the global Black world, located in Abbotsford house
Nichols House MuseumBeacon HillHistoric houseTurn-of-the-century townhouse with period rooms
Old North ChurchNorth EndHistoric site18th-century church, location from which the famous "One if by land, and two if by sea" signal is said to have been sent in 1775
Old South Meeting HouseFinancial DistrictHistoryOrganizing point for the Boston Tea Party, includes museum
Old State House MuseumFinancial DistrictHistoryOperated by The Bostonian Society, 18th-century Colonial state house, served as the first state house for the newly formed Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Otis House MuseumWest EndHistoric houseOwned by Historic New England, also known as Harrison Gray Otis House, post-Revolutionary house
Paul Revere HouseNorth EndHistoric houseLate 17th-century period house, home of American Revolutionary patriot Paul Revere, also adjacent Pierce–Hichborn House
Photographic Resource CenterFenway–KenmoreArtwebsite, photography and related media
Pierce HouseDorchesterHistoric houseOwned by Historic New England, 17th-century period house, open twice a year
Roxbury Heritage State ParkRoxburyHistoric house1750 Dillaway–Thomas House restored to show how it changed over two centuries
Russell Museum of Medical History and InnovationWest EndMedicalwebsite explores history of medicine and health care at Massachusetts General Hospital
Shirley-Eustis HouseRoxburyHistoric houseRestored 18th-century mansion of Royal Governor William Shirley
The Sports MuseumWest EndSportsCelebrates Boston sports, located in TD Garden
Suffolk University GalleryDowntown BostonArtwebsite, exhibition space for the New England School of Art and Design in the former Paine Furniture Building
Towne Art Gallery at Wheelock CollegeLongwood Medical and Academic AreaArtwebsite, work of New England artists in a variety of media
Trustman Art Gallery at Simmons CollegeLongwood Medical and Academic AreaArtwebsite, professional and student work
USS Cassin YoungCharlestownMaritimeWorld War II destroyer museum ship
USS ConstitutionCharlestownMaritime"Old Ironsides", wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy, launched in 1797
USS Constitution MuseumCharlestownMaritimePrivately run museum is located at the former Charlestown Navy Yard near the US Navy's USS Constitution
Vilna ShulBeacon HillEthnicBoston's center for Jewish culture
Warren Anatomical MuseumLongwood Medical and Academic AreaMedicalHoused in Harvard Medical School's Countway Library of Medicine
Waterworks Museum, BostonAllston–BrightonTechnologywebsite, late 19th-century former pumping station for the Chestnut Hill Reservoir
West End MuseumWest EndLocal HistoryWest End neighborhood history and culture
William Clapp HouseDorchesterHistoric house19th-century house, home of the Dorchester Historical Society
William Hickling Prescott HouseBeacon HillHistoric houseOperated by The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 19th-century home of author William Hickling Prescott

Defunct museums

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