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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is a museum in Boston, MA, part of the Boston guide. Cost: $25 to $50. Open year-round.
465 Huntington Ave · Boston, MA
Why you should go…
The MFA ranks among the finest art museums on the planet, with nearly half a million works spanning ancient Egyptian tombs, one of the best Monet collections outside Paris, and John Singer Sargent's murals. The soaring Art of the Americas wing alone is worth the trip. Give it three hours minimum, then wish you had six.
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