Click here to skip to main content
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Tickets Shop Join Give
My MFA Members Corporate Press
About the MFA
Building the New MFA
Image Gallery
About the Campaign
Architectural History
About the Architects
Press Releases
MFA Mail
Employment
Volunteer + Intern
MFA Images
Libraries + Archives
Mission Statement
Museum School/SMFA
FAQs
NCAAA
Become a member of the MFA!
give to the mfa
Subscribe to MFA Mail and receive special offers and updates via e-mail!
home > about the mfa > building the new mfa
Building the New MFA
Huntington Entrance on the Avenue of the Arts reopens April 23.
Changes Are Coming!
The Huntington Entrance on the Avenue of the Arts reopened April 23, restoring the Museum's north-south axis as originally designed by architect Guy Lowell, and giving visitors two ways to access the heart of the Museum and Sharf Visitor Center. Explore some of the key entrance improvements.

Learn more about where to enter during construction, purchasing tickets, and availability of services.
New Galleries Opening
Other changes around the Museum include new gallery openings and some installations of American art.

Now Open
  • Herb Ritts Gallery
  • New installation in the
    Lee Gallery: Colonial Highlights
  • Modernism in the Rabb Gallery
  • Italian Renaissance Gallery
  • Sargent's Mural Decoration
  • Greek and Roman Sculpture
    • Building Progress
    A lot of exciting transformations are taking place at the Museum. Here are some of the major milestones in Building the New MFA:
  • Openings of the State Street Corporation Fenway Entrance and the Sharf Visitor Center in June 2008.
  • West Wing entrance closed in March 2009.
  • Reopening of renovated Huntington Entrance on the Avenue of the Arts in April 2009.
  • The new American Wing opens in November 2010.

    View the Image Gallery
    		•
    This time-lapse video shows progress on the Museum's new American Wing. See more images of the MFA's building project.
    accessibility accessibility | contact | sitemap | privacy policy | © 2009 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston RSS RSS Feed