A list of Museums and Art Galleries in the United States
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A list of Museums and Art Galleries in Massachusetts
Massachusetts - Museums and Art Galleries in Massachusetts, including non-profit art centers and galleries, government entities, and private businesses.
| NAME | LOCATION | TELEPHONE & WEBSITE | SUMMARY |
| Addison Gallery of American Art | 180 Main St, Andover, MA 01810 | Telephone: 978-749-4015 http://www.andover.edu/ |
Part of Phillips Academy. The Addison Gallery’s collection of American art is one of the most comprehensive in the world, including more than 17,000 objects spanning the 18th century to the present. |
| Amherst Center for Russian Culture | Amherst College 220 South Pleasant Street Amherst, MA 01002 | Telephone: 413-542-8204 https://www.amherst.edu/ |
Includes gallery for the display of over 50 works of Russian art, Russian manuscripts, rare books, journals, newspapers, and art for over 30 years |
| Animagic | 135 Main St, Lee, MA 01238 | Telephone: 413-841-6679 http://www.mambor.com/ |
Animagic Museum in the Berkshires that showcases the local talent and their role in animation and special effects |
| Art Complex Museum | 189 Alden St, Duxbury, MA 02332 | Telephone: 781-934-6634 http://www.artcomplex.org/ |
European and American paintings and Asian art. American painting collection include works by Sanford Gifford, Charles Burchfield and George Bellows. |
| Arthur M. Sackler Museum | 32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138 | Telephone: 617-496-9268 harvardartmuseums.org |
Part of Harvard, include American, European, Pre-Columbian, Native American, Ancient Near Eastern and Asian art. |
| Attleboro Arts Museum | 86 Park St, Attleboro, MA 02703 | Telephone: 508-222-2644 attleboroartsmuseum.org |
Contemporary visual and performing arts, largest gallery spaces between Boston and Providence |
| Beebe Estate | 235 W Foster St, Melrose, MA 02176 | Telephone: 781-720-9343 beebeestate.com |
Painting, Photography, Stained Glass, Fiber Arts. Features changing exhibits of local art |
| Busch-Reisinger Museum | 32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138 | Telephone: 617-495-9400 harvardartmuseums.org |
Part of Harvard, dedicated to the study of art from the German-speaking countries of Central and Northern Europe in all media and in all periods |
| Cahoon Museum of American Art | 4676 Falmouth Rd, Cotuit, MA 02635 | Telephone: 508-428-7581 http://cahoonmuseum.org/ |
American Art. Collection include the works of Cape Cod artists Ralph Cahoon and Martha Cahoon and other prominent 19th Century American artwork by Blakelock, Bradford, Buttersworth, Enneking, Fisher, Prentice and Prior. |
| Cape Cod Museum of Art | 60 Hope Ln, Dennis, MA 02638 | Telephone: 508-385-4477 http://www.ccmoa.org/ |
Collection of artists with regional association |
| Clark Art Institute | 225 South St, Williamstown, MA 01267 | Telephone: 413-458-2303 http://www.clarkart.edu/ |
Its collection consists of European and American paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, photographs, and decorative arts from the fourteenth to the early twentieth century. |
| Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum | 611 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA 02474 | Telephone: 781-641-0747 http://dallin.org/ |
Museum is to advance the legacy of the celebrated American sculptor, Cyrus E. Dallin, who lived and worked in Arlington, Massachusetts |
| Danforth Museum | 14 Vernon St, Framingham, MA 01701 | Telephone: 508-620-0050 www.danforthart.org |
The museum's permanent collection focuses on American Art from the 19th-Century to the present. Contemporary Photography, American Art, |
| Davis Museum and Cultural Center | Wellesley College Science Center, 106 Central St, Wellesley, MA 02481 | Telephone: 781-283-2051 http://www.wellesley.edu/ |
Part of Wellesley College, collections include ancient to contemporary sculptures, paintings, decorative objects, and works on paper. 11,000 objects ranges from antiquity to the present day |
| DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park | 51 Sandy Pond Rd, Lincoln, MA 01773 | Telephone: 781-259-8355 https://decordova.org/ |
DeCordova's mission is to foster the creation, exhibition, and exploration of contemporary sculpture and art through exhibitions, learning opportunities, collection, and a unique park setting. |
| Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art | 125 W Bay Rd, Amherst, MA 01002 | Telephone: 413-658-1100 www.carlemuseum.org |
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is a museum devoted to the art of the picture book and especially the children's book. |
| Fitchburg Art Museum | 185 Elm St, Fitchburg, MA 01420 | Telephone: 978-345-4207 fitchburgartmuseum.org |
20,000 square feet of exhibition space, features exhibitions from its art historical collections and special loan exhibitions focused on regional contemporary art. |
| Fogg Art Museum | 32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138 | Telephone: 617-495-9400 harvardartmuseums.org |
The Fogg Museum is renowned for its holdings of Western paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, photographs, prints, and drawings from the Middle Ages to the present. |
| Fuller Craft Museum | 455 Oak St, Brockton, MA 02301 | Telephone: 508-588-6000 http://fullercraft.org/ |
Collection at Fuller Craft Museum includes studio furniture, as well as glass, ceramics, jewelry and wood or textiles, sculpture features materials from nature |
| George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum | 21 Edwards St, Springfield, MA 01103 | Telephone: 413-263-6800 springfieldmuseums.org |
Japanese lacquer, arms and armor, ceramics and bronzes; one of the largest collections of Chinese cloisonné outside of Asia; Chinese jade and ceramics; and a superb collection of 19th-century Middle Eastern carpets. |
| Hopkinton Center for the Arts | 98 Hayden Rowe St, Hopkinton, MA 01748 | Telephone: 508-435-9222 https://hopartscenter.org/ |
Visual and performing arts center, fine art, dance, music, theater, filmmaking, photography, acting, and creative writing |
| Leslie University Galleries | 29 Everett Street Cambridge, MA 02138 | Telephone: 617-349-8800 http://www.lesley.edu/ |
Leslie University Galleries includes the Roberts Gallery and Raizes Gallery in the Lunder Arts Center, VanDernoot Gallery in University Hall, Marran Gallery. works of alumni, students, faculty, and artists from the community. |
| List Visual Arts Center | 20 Ames St, Cambridge, MA 02142 | Telephone: 617-253-4680 https://listart.mit.edu/ |
Contemporary art museum at MIT, the List Center presents a dynamic program of six to nine special exhibitions in its galleries annually, including a program of evolving site-specific work by emerging artists known as List Projects |
| Marblehead Arts Association | 8 Hooper St, Marblehead, MA 01945 | Telephone: 781-631-2608 www.marbleheadarts.org |
Located in historic Robert "King" Hooper Mansion, features four galleries for changing art exhibits |
| Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art | 1040 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams, MA 01247 | Telephone: 413-662-2111 http://massmoca.org/ |
MASS MoCA. Contemporary visual and performing arts: music, sculpture, dance, film, painting, photography, theater, and new, boundary-crossing works of art that defy easy classification. |
| McMullen Museum of Art | 2101 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02135 | Telephone: 617-552-8587 http://www.bc.edu/ |
History of art from Europe, Asia and the Americas, and has significant representation of Gothic and Baroque tapestries, Italian paintings of the 16th and 17th centuries, and American paintings of the 19th and early 20th centuries. |
| Mead Art Museum | 41 Quadrangle Dr, Amherst, MA 01002 | Telephone: 413-542-2335 https://www.amherst.edu/ |
Part of Amherst College, collection includes American art, Russian Modernist works, decorative arts |
| Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts | 21 Edwards St, Springfield, MA 01103 | Telephone: 413-263-6800 springfieldmuseums.org |
Includes a comprehensive collection of American, Asian and European paintings, prints, watercolors and sculpture and representative examples of drawing, furniture, metalwork, textiles, glass and ceramics |
| Milton Art Museum | 900 Randolph St, Canton, MA 02021 | Telephone: 781-821-2222 www.miltonartmuseum.org |
Located at Massasoit Community College, collections include fine art, limited prints, sculpture, photography and Asian art |
| Mount Holyoke College Art Museum | Lower Lake Rd, South Hadley, MA 01075 | Telephone: 413-538-2245 artmuseum.mtholyoke.edu |
Collection includes contemporary works from Asia, Europe, and the United States, as well as classical Egyptian, Greek, and Roman works. Other periods include medieval and Renaissance art. |
| Museum of American Bird Art at Mass Audubon | 963 Washington St, Canton, MA 02021 | Telephone: 781-821-8853 www.massaudubon.org |
Museum and nature center with collections of natural history art and photography |
| Museum of Bad Art | 46 Tappan St, Brookline, MA 02445 | Telephone: 781-444-6757 www.museumofbadart.org |
The Museum Of Bad Art (MOBA) is a community-based, private institution dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art in all its forms and in all its glory. |
| Museum of Russian Icons | 203 Union St, Clinton, MA 01510 | Telephone: 978-598-5000 museumofrussianicons.org |
The Museum of Russian Icons inspires the appreciation and study of Russian culture by collecting and exhibiting icons and related objects |
| New Bedford Art Museum | 608 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA 02740 | Telephone: 508-961-3072 http://newbedfordart.org/ |
Changing exhibits of art, no permanent collections, exhibitions include a wide range art for all tastes |
| Norman Rockwell Museum | 9 Glendale Rd, Stockbridge, MA 01262 | Telephone: 413-298-4100 http://www.nrm.org/ |
574 original works of art by Rockwell, the museum also houses the Norman Rockwell Archives, a collection of over 100,000 various items, which include photographs, fan mail, and various business documents. |
| Peabody Essex Museum | 161 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970 | Telephone: 978-745-9500 http://www.pem.org/ |
The museum holds one of the major collections of Asian art in the US. Its total holdings include about 1.3 million pieces, as well as twenty-two historic buildings |
| Polish Center of Discovery and Learning | 33 South St, Chicopee, MA 01013 | Telephone: 413-592-0001 http://polishcenter.net/ |
The Polish Center of Discovery and Learning is a living monument that celebrates the many contributions, both past and present, made to the economy, arts, and sciences of nation by Polish people and their descendants. |
| Provincetown Art Association and Museum | 460 Commercial St, Provincetown, MA 02657 | Telephone: 508-487-1750 https://www.paam.org/ |
PAAM presents an ever-changing lineup of exhibitions, lectures, workshops and cultural events that seek to promote and cultivate appreciation for all branches of the fine arts for which Provincetown is known |
| Rose Art Museum | Brandeis University, 415 South St, Waltham, MA 02453 | Telephone: 781-736-2028 http://www.brandeis.edu/ |
Part of Brandeis University. Educational and cultural institution dedicated to collecting, preserving and exhibiting the finest of modern and contemporary art |
| Smith College Museum of Art | 20 Elm St, Northampton, MA 01063 | Telephone: 413-585-2760 http://www.smith.edu/ |
Collections include paintings, sculptures, works on paper (prints, drawings, photographs, and books), antiquities, decorative arts, and non-Western art |
| Whistler House Museum of Art | 243 Worthen St, Lowell, MA 01852 | Telephone: 978-452-7641 |
The Whistler House Museum of Art, birthplace of the artist James McNeill Whistler. The museum maintains its permanent art collection and organizes contemporary and historical fine arts exhibitions in the adjacent Parker Gallery |
| Williams College Museum of Art | 15 Lawrence Hall Dr #2, Williamstown, MA 01267 | Telephone: 413-597-2429 wcma.williams.edu |
Growing collection encompasses more than 14,000 works, with particular strengths in contemporary art, photography, prints, and Indian painting |
| Worcester Art Museum (WAM) | 55 Salisbury St, Worcester, MA 01609 | Telephone: 508-799-4406 http://www.worcesterart.org/ |
Houses over 35,000 works of art dating from antiquity to the present day, representing cultures from all over the world; American and European art, Asian art, Greek and Roman sculpture and mosaics, and Contemporary art |
| Worcester Center for Crafts | 25 Sagamore Rd, Worcester, MA 01605 | Telephone: 508-753-8183 www.worcester.edu |
Is one of Worcester’s oldest cultural institutions and was one of the first organizations of its kind in the United States. Founded in 1856 by the Worcester Employment Society, the Center provided women with the skills needed to make and sell handcrafts. |