Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Boston, home since the early years to some of our nation’s most prominent educational, medical, and research institutions, is equally famous for its cultural activities. Here you find important international museums including the Museum of Fine Arts and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. While each is very different from the other, they both have world-renowned art comparable to the best museums anywhere. In the Museum of Fine Arts, our favorite galleries would include those devoted to American and European art; but major collections of Asiatic, Egyptian, Nubian, and Near-Eastern artworks, as well as sculpture and photography, are there to enjoy. At the neighboring Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the art objects collected by Mrs. Gardner are displayed exactly as they were in her lifetime, making a tour of this museum a very intimate experience. At the heart of the museum, you find a renowned courtyard with plantings changed throughout the seasons, and concerts are held regularly in the Tapestry Room.