The largest museum in Boston is the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). This week the museum unveils its massive new Art of the Americas wing, celebrating the completion of a $504 million expansion that took place during one of the country's worst economic downturns.More than 25,000 people made donations to make this wing a reality. The success of the MFA and widespread support is all the more impressive when you consider other, much larger cities such as Los Angeles and Chicago that have fallen shy of their own fund raising expansion campaigns.
The new addition is a striking four-story glass and granite structure filled with thousands of precious American artifacts and artworks and includes 53 new galleries with 51,000 square feet of new space.The Boston Globe has included a floor-by-floor interactive map showcasing the new expansion which you can check out here. Definitely put visiting the new wing on your short list of "must see" during this winter when going outside is no fun.
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Looks like it's time for another museum trip to Boston MFA. Last time I was there was about six months ago.
I love a lot of the artworks there. Matter of fact one of my favorites is Automedon and the Horses of Achilles.
And I do love the works of John Singer Sargent too.
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