Paul Gauguin, Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (D'où venons-nous? Que faisons-nous? Où allons-nous?) (1897).

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the largest museums in the United States. The Museum was founded in 1870 and opened in 1876, with a large portion of its collection taken from the Boston Athenaeum Art Gallery. It moved to its current location on Huntington Avenue in 1909. Download high resolution version (1068x387, 116 KB)Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Gauguin The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of... Download high resolution version (1068x387, 116 KB)Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Gauguin The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of... Paul Gauguin (June 7, 1848 - May 9, 1903) was a leading Post-Impressionist painter. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Nickname: Beantown, The Hub, Athens of America Location in the state of Massachusetts Founded September 17, 1630 County Suffolk County Mayor Thomas Menino (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 232. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Boston Athenæum is an historical independent library and museum in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Admission to the museum is charged but members can visit the museum's general collection without any further charge.

Collection and exhibits

The museum contains an extensive collection of Egyptian artifacts including sculptures, sarcophogi, and jewelry. An artifact (also artefact) is a term coined by Sir Julian Huxley meaning any object or process resulting from human activity. ... A sarcophagus is a stone container for a coffin or body. ...

The museum also is home to a large collection of French impressionist works including Paul Gauguin's Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (D'où venons-nous? Que faisons-nous? Où allons-nous?) as well as works by Manet, Renoir, Degas, Monet, and others. Impressionism was a 19th century art movement, that began as a loose association of Paris-based artists who began publicly exhibiting their art in the 1860s. ... Paul Gauguin (June 7, 1848 - May 9, 1903) was a leading Post-Impressionist painter. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Édouard Manet - 19th century French painter Mobile_ad-hoc_network - A self configuring wireless network This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The name Renoir refers to more than one person. ... Edgar Degas (July 19, 1834 - September 27, 1917) was a French painter and sculptor. ... Oscar-Claude Monet (November 14, 1840 - December 5, 1926), French impressionist painter. ...

The Gund Gallery hosts temporary exhibits while a Japanese garden provides a quiet, contemplative space outside the museum itself. A spacious Japanese garden:Hosokawa Gyobu Tei, near Kumamoto Castle Japanese gardens (日本庭園) in the tradition of Japan can be found at private homes, in neighborhood or city parks, at Buddhist temples or Shinto shrines, and at historical landmarks such as old castles. ...

As of 2005, the museum is currently building a new wing and a number of standing exhibits are still in storage. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

See also

• School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Museum School is a division of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, and is affiliated with Tufts University. ...

External links

• Museum of Fine Arts - The official web site (http://www.mfa.org/)