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Mobile Wallpapers
Miniature masterpieces, available on the go. Personalize your cell phone with MFA Mobile wallpapers.
Interactive Online Tours
Take a tour of selected collections highlights, recent MFA exhibitions, or just browse popular themes. Each of these new tours features "zoomable" high-resolution images.
Podcasts
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is excited to present a new approach to the Museum experience—podcasting. Using the latest technology available, you can download audio tours related to our collections and exhibitions.
My MFA Gallery
Create your own Art Galleries from our searchable database of over 300,000 objects from ancient Egyptian sculptures to European paintings. A valuable resource for scholars, art lovers, and school children, providing access to collections information across the MFA's curatorial areas.
An Agreement with the Italian Ministry of Culture
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) transferred 13 antiquities to Italy and signed an agreement with the Italian Ministry of Culture marking the beginning of a new era of cultural exchange on Thursday, September 28. The agreement includes the creation of a partnership in which the Italian government will loan significant works from Italy to the MFA’s displays and special exhibitions program, and establishes a process by which the MFA and Italy will exchange information with respect to the Museum’s future acquisitions of Italian antiquities. The partnership also envisages collaboration in the areas of scholarship, conservation, archaeological investigation and exhibition planning.
Art of the Japanese Postcard:
The Leonard A. Lauder Collection at the MFA, Boston
In March 2002 Leonard A. Lauder donated his collection of more than twenty thousand Japanese postcards to the Museum of Fine Arts. You can explore over 5000 of these works online.
Giza Archives Project
This evolving resource will serve as a centralized online repository for all archaeological activity at the Giza Necropolis, beginning with the Harvard University - Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavations.
Explore Ancient Egypt
Learn about Egyptian Art, and go behind the scenes of spectacular excavations. Developed in conjunction with our "Pharaohs of the Sun" exhibition, this Web site won a New England Web Design award for Best E-zine/Content Site!
Holocaust/WWII Provenance Research
These pages present the results of research undertaken by the MFA on the history of ownership (provenance) of its collection of European paintings.
CAMEO
A searchable encyclopedia of information on over 10,000 historic and contemporary materials used in the conservation, preservation, and production of artistic, architectural, and archaeological materials.
Acquisitions and Provenance Policy
Read the MFA's policy on acquiring art and determining provenance. |
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