The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts was founded in 1870 and was located on the top floor of the Boston Athenaeum. It moved to a building on Copley Square at Dartmouth and St. James Streets in 1876. Its current Classical Revival building on Huntington Avenue in the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood was built in sections as funding became available. The initial section, on Huntington Avenue, was designed by Guy Lowell and was built in 1907-09. The wing on the Fenway opened in 1915, and the decorative Arts Wing was built in 1928 and expanded in 1968. An addition designed by Hugh Stubbins a‹›
Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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Exterior · Boston, United States · 1870

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The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts was founded in 1870 and was located on the top floor of the Boston Athenaeum. It moved to a building on Copley Square at Dartmouth and St. James Streets in 1876. Its current Classical Revival building on Huntington Avenue in the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood was built in sections as funding became available. The initial section, on Huntington Avenue, was designed by Guy Lowell and was built in 1907-09. The wing on the Fenway opened in 1915, and the decorative Arts Wing was built in 1928 and expanded in 1968. An addition designed by Hugh Stubbins a

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