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Journey through the history of Western painting in one of the world’s finest collections of art. Home to the largest collections of Egyptian and Japanese art outside of those countries, the museum provides an infinite array of human expression. Our tour focuses on both art done by native Bostonians (John Singleton Copley, Homer Winslow), and the history of Western expression through painting. Starting with the Dutch Masters, we travel through the counter-reformation (Velazquez), Romanticism (JMW Turner), Impressionism (Monet), Expressionism (Picasso), and all the other isms that led to the modern era. We finish in the American Wing, admiring glass by Chihuly, Louis Tiffany, and John LaFarge, Copley portraits of John Hancock and Paul Revere, and the genius of John Singer Sargent. This tour is designed to teach the novice how to better appreciate art, or to show the veteran art historian a melange of the museum’s 30-40 best pieces. We’ve selected the paintings with the best stories that will delight even small children who thought museums were boring. ***Please note that museum admission is NOT included in the price of these tours. Guests will be required to pay their own admission for an additional modest fee. Our fee is for the tour guide’s services only***

Koch Gallery (El Greco, Velazquez)

Dutch Masters (Rembrandt)

Romantics (JMW Turner)

Pre-Impressionist/Realists (Manet, Regnault)

Impressionists (Monet, Pizzaro)

Post-impressionists (Van Gogh, Gaugin)

Homer Winslow

John Singer Sargent

John Singleton Copley

George Washington Paintings (T. Sully, Gilbert Stuart)

Mary Cassatt

John Lafarge vs Louis Tiffany

Museum admission is not included in the fee.

Private tours begin at $300, which covers up to 10 guests for up to two hours.

For tours longer than two hours, groups under 10 guests are $150 per hour per guide.

For customized tours in groups larger than 10, please  contact us  for pricing.

The Museum of Fine Arts offers many of their own docent-led tours , which are fantastic, and should be viewed as complementary to our tour. Their docents have studied the paintings in-depth, and can give comprehensive detail and history for each painting, though their tours tend to include 5-7 works, rather than 30-40. Their tours are FREE with admission. Visit their website for more information and tour schedules.

We are happy to handle admission for you, if you prefer to pay everything (tour fee and museum admission) in one lump sum.​

If there is a particular painting or genre that deeply interest you, and does not appear to be on our path, please let us know. We do not typically enter the Asian, Egyptian, or “Ancient Art” wings, which are immensely rich in fabulous artworks. We encourage you to ask for these!

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Museum of Fine Arts and its collection

The Museum of Fine Arts in Tours is housed in the city's old bishop's palace, which is a classified historical monument. This central location, near the cathedral, makes it easily accessible for tourists visiting the city.

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The Museum of Fine Arts in Tours boasts one of the most significant and extensive art collections in France, outside of Paris. This makes it a notable destination for art enthusiasts and tourists alike.

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Visitors to the Museum of Fine Arts in Tours can enjoy free access to the park and courtyard. This allows tourists to explore the outdoor attractions of the museum without any additional cost.

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In a former archbishop's palace (4th to 18th centuries) and listed as a Historic Monument, the Tours Fine Arts Museum houses collections that are among the richest in France, with masterpieces by Mantegna, Rubens, Rembrandt, Delacroix, Degas, Monet and Rodin. At the museum entrance, a majestic, two-century-old cedar tree looks down on the courtyard where the elephant Fritz, killed in 1903, is on display. Further on, the regular "French-style" garden was redesigned in 1911. Made up of two flower beds and featuring carpet bedding displays, it is encircled by U-shaped yew trees. At the end of the garden, in a more English style, there are a wide range of trees overlooking Rue des Ursulines, including hackberries, mulberries, horse-chestnuts, lime trees and hornbeams.

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Le 31/07/24 le musée sera exceptionnellement ouvert de 09h30 à 16h30 en raison de la canicule annoncée.

• Full adult price : 8,40 € - ticket valable toute la journée
• Discount rate : 4,20 € - Etudiants, plus de 65 ans
• Free rate : moins de 26 ans, demandeur d'emploi, étudiants en Histoire de l'Art et 1er DIM du mois
• Other rates : en cas de températures très élevées, le 2e étage du musée ne sera pas accessible à la visite : demi-tarif appliqué.

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The Shepherdess in the Alps   1763

The Flight into Egypt   1627

Untitled   1457

portrait of mademoiselle de Charolais   1710

Virgin and Child  

Perseus with Minerva Showing the Head of Medusa   1750

Perseus Freeing Andromeda   1865

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Judith Victorious   1873

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant   1629

The Five Senses: Taste  

Death of Saint Scholastica, Sister of Saint Benedict   1730

Un bras de Seine près de Vétheuil   1878

Apollo Revealing his Divinity before the Shepherdess Isse   1750

portrait of mademoiselle Prévost as a Bacchant   1723

Still-Life with Cheese   1650

Triumph of Neptune   1710

portrait of Étienne Benoist de la Grandière   1786

View of the Castle of Chanteloup from the Waterfall   1785

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Museum of Fine Arts (MFA)

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is one of the largest museums in the U.S., housing the second largest permanent museum collection in the Western Hemisphere. The museum is affiliated with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and the sister museum, the Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts, in Nagoya, Japan. The Museum of Fine Arts offers a fine permanent collection from the masters of American painting as well as a vast selection of works of art from all important periods; it also hosts special exhibits on loan from around the world.

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is a world-renowned institution housing one of the best art collections in the world. The wide range of captivating, priceless works displayed celebrates the talents of a variety of masters spanning the history of art from antiquity to the contemporary period. The collection encompasses more than 450,000 individual pieces dating from ancient Egypt until the 20th century. The family-friendly museum has several hands-on art programs geared toward children to make their visit fun and exciting. In addition to its permanent exhibits, the museum hosts temporary shows highlighting particular artists, styles and countries along with traveling exhibits from other museums around the world.

History of the MFA

Founded in 1870, the MFA opened to the public six years later with the majority of its assortment consisting of works taken from the Boston Athenaeum’s art collection. John Hubbard Sturgis and Charles Brigham designed the ornate Gothic Revival-style building on Copley Square that originally housed the MFA. The edifice was easily identifiable by its red brick and imported terracotta facade.

In 1907, it was determined that the museum would move to its present location in the Fenway-Kenmore section of Boston. Guy Lowell was hired to design a building that could be constructed in stages as funds became available. The first section of the neoclassical building was completed in 1909. The building featured a grand rotunda and a 500-foot-long granite facade. A new wing was added six years later that overlooked The Fens. From 1916 until 1925, noted artist John Singer Sargent produced the frescoes that adorn the colonnades, walls and ceiling of the rotunda. The Decorative Arts Wing was added in 1928. While I. M. Pei designed the West Wing that opened in 1981, the most recent addition, the Art of the Americas Wing, opened in 2010.

The Collection

From the core of paintings and sculptures once contained in the Boston Athenaeum , the collection has grown to include works by John Singleton Copley, Winslow Homer and John Singer Sargent. The second-largest museum collection in the world also features pieces by Gilbert Stuart, Fitz Henry Lane and Edward Hopper. The museum is home to a wealth of works by native New England artists, folk art and colonial portraiture as well. There are fine examples of abstract impressionists from the mid-20th century. The collection includes Egyptian artifacts along with French impressionist and post-impressionist works by Gauguin, Renoir and Manet as well as Van Gogh, Monet and Cezanne. There is an impressive array of Chinese and Japanese works. Notable works include John Singleton Copley’s portrait of Paul Revere , the unfinished portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart and Apollo and the Muses by Claude Lorrain. The museum houses the 13-foot-tall Juno, the country’s largest classical statue.

Exhibits and Galleries

You can journey through time from the first millennium B.C. to the 20th century as you explore the various galleries and exhibits. If your time is limited, browse the main central galleries of each wing. The side galleries and exhibits offer a more in-depth study of unique artists, periods and styles.

Featured Galleries

The Museum has several featured galleries. The Art of the Americas Wing displays works from the pre-Columbian period until the end of the 20th century. The Art of Europe includes masterpieces from the Middle Ages through the mid-20th century, especially the works of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish painters. The Art of Asia displays various works, including paintings, sculptures and ceramics dating from 4000 B.C., which reflect the culture of China, Japan, Korea and parts of Southeast Asia. The Art of Africa and Oceana Gallery reflects on the artistic creativity of the indigenous people of these areas of the world with its collection of bronze figurines and tribal masks. The Art of the Ancient World features a range of antique artifacts that date as far back as 6500 B.C. There are works of art from Egypt, Greece, Rome and Nubia. The Contemporary Art Gallery highlights works produced by artists after 1955 like Kathy Butterly and Andy Warhol.

Music, Textiles, Jewelry & Photography

In addition to prints, drawings and photography, there are also galleries dedicated to musical instruments, textiles and jewelry. The musical instruments come from around the world and range from ancient times until the 20th century. Textiles on display include haute couture fashion, needlepoint embroidery and tapestries as well as Middle Eastern rugs and African Kente cloths. Featuring Egyptian broad collars to contemporary studio pieces, the jewelry collection comes from almost every culture. The Printing and Drawing Collection is one of the finest in the world with works dating from the 15th century as well as an extensive grouping from the American Civil War. MFA was one of the earliest museums to collect photographs. There are works by Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keefe.

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Hours of Operations & Admission

The MFA is located on Huntington Avenue. Opening at 10 a.m. each day, the museum closes at 5 p.m. Saturday through Tuesday and remains open until 10 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. The MFA is closed on Patriot’s Day, which is the third Monday in April, July 4, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. Crowds are most prevalent on holidays and school vacation weeks. Children under six are admitted free of charge. Those aged 7 to 17 receive complimentary admission during non-school hours. You are asked to stay at least 1 foot from the artwork and to only eat and drink in designated areas.

Getting to the Museum

To reach the museum, hop aboard Old Town Trolley for a sightseeing adventure around Boston. Get off at Christian Science Plaza stop to visit the museum and see everything else Beantown has to offer as you travel to many stops. Situated along multiple bus routes, the MFA is also easily accessible by the T, Boston’s subway system. You can use the Museum of Fine Art stop on the Green Line or the Ruggles stop on the Orange line. Self and valet parking options are limited near the museum.

Nearby Attractions

The Fens , also called Back Bay Fens, is a parkland and urban wild established in 1879. It was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted as part of the city’s Emerald Necklace of green spaces. The park is home to a variety of memorials and monuments as well as landscaped gardens and public artworks. The Victory Garden is one of only two remaining in the country that date back to World War II.

Symphony Hall

Because of its renowned acoustics, Symphony Hall is one of the top concert venues in the world. The concert hall was a collaborative project between Harvard physics professor Wallace Sabine and the architects McKim, Mead and White. Featuring Roman and Greek statues, it is home to the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops orchestras.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was started by its namesake in 1903. A patron of the arts, Gardner commissioned the museum, which is styled after a 15th-century Venetian palazzo, to house her growing collection. She chose the open, natural light design with garden views to make the museum more inviting. Covering three floors and the garden courtyard, the collection of paintings, sculptures, furniture and decorative arts from around the world covers a period of more than 300 years.

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While the capital of Touraine is the gateway to the Loire castles, it also has a few treasures of its own. A short walk from the banks of the Loire and the Gothic cathedral, don't miss the Museum of Fine Arts based in the former Archbishop's Palace, which is now a listed Historic Monument.

Tours Museum of Fine Arts opened in 1801 thanks to an initial donation of 30 paintings from the future Louvre Museum, and has several masterpieces on display: the Ex-voto by Rubens, panels by Mantegna dating from the Italian Renaissance, and a large collection of French paintings from the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, including works by Champaigne, Delacroix, Monet, Degas, Debré and Peinado, as well as furniture and art objects from various eras.

It also has one of the largest collections of Italian Primitives after the Louvre Museum and the Petit Palais museum in Avignon.

Be sure to take a stroll in its French-style garden, where a Lebanese cedar stands proudly as a listed "Remarkable Tree of France", and take a look at a curiosity: Fritz, a stuffed elephant that once belonged to the Barnum circus and was killed in Tours in 1902 after becoming uncontrollable…

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Among the most beautiful sites of the Val de Loire is the former palace of the Archbishops of Tours, classified Historic Monument, today Museum of Fine Arts.

• The main wing of the former palace of the Archbishopric, built in 1767, is a large classical building with pediment and attic with, to the east, a terrace overlooking the gardens and the park. This sober architecture preserves the traces of edifices which succeeded from Antiquity until the eighteenth century. Gallo-Roman rampart and tower (4th century), vestiges of the church Saint Gervais - saint Protais (4th-12th centuries), room of the General States (XII e -XVIII e centuries), former palace of the XVIIth century. On the eve of the Revolution, the courtyard was closed by a hemicycle preceded by a monumental gate forming a triumphal arch, while the former Salle des Etats was transformed into a chapel with an antique colonnade.
• After 1789, the palace of the archbishops became theater, central school, library and depots of confiscated works of art. During the Empire and throughout the 19th century, the buildings were once again assigned to the archbishop's palace. It was not until 1910, when the town became the owner of the site, that the collections were reinstated in the old archiepiscopal palace.
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• The oldest collection of the museum consists of works seized in 1794, in churches and convents, in particular the great abbeys of Marmoutier, Bourgueil and La Riche , as well as paintings and furniture from the castles of Chanteloup and Of Richelieu . Among the most famous are Blanchard, Boucher, Boulogne, Houel, La Fosse, Lamy, Le Sueur, Parrocel, Restout.
• Established officially in 1801, the museum benefits from the sending by the Central Museum, future Louvre, of thirty paintings including a series of reception pieces from the Royal Academy of Painting. It is at this time that the museum receives the Ex-Voto from Rubens and the masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance which are the two panels of Andrea Mantegna.
• During the 19th century, the city of Tours acquired two important lots of paintings where the French and Italian eighteenth century is well represented. State deposits, bequests and gifts enrich the museum throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with furniture, paintings, art objects from various periods, increasing collections with Rembrandt, Champaigne, Corneille, Coypel, Lagrenée, Nattier, Perronneau.
• Throughout the 20th century, important legacies and donations completed the collection of the Museum of Tours, its strong identity. In 1963 the museum received the legacy of the painter and collector Octave Linet, thus constituting an exceptional collection of Italian Primitives after the Louvre Museum and the Museum of the Petit Palais in Avignon.

The nineteenth century is also well represented, from neoclassical school (Suvée, Taillasson), romanticism (Vinchon), orientalism (Belly, Chassériau, Delacroix), realism (Bastien-Lepage, Cazin, Gervex). Impressionism, post-impressionism and symbolism are present thanks to the works of Monet, Degas, Henri Martin, Le Sidaner.

• The collection of works from the 20th century includes Asse, Besse, Calder, Davidson, Debré, Denis, Vieira da Silva and Zao Wou-Ki.
• In 2003, the Musée des Beaux-Arts received the Musée de France label, awarded by the Ministry of Culture.
• With its historical, architectural and exceptional collection, the Museum of Fine Arts in Tours is one of the most important in France. Opened on a French garden and under the shade of a cedar classified "Remarkable Tree of France" the museum knows how to combine the charm of a palace and the beauty of a collection.
• Discovery and dissemination of culture, the Museum of Fine Arts in Tours offers a wide choice of courses: permanent collections, temporary exhibitions, conferences, concerts, library, documentation and an educational service for schoolchildren.
• The Musée des Beaux-Arts offers guided tours of the permanent collections, Passport to art every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. As well as one Saturday per month of guided tours of a particular work An hour, a work.
• Library :
• With approximately 15,000 French and foreign volumes, it brings together catalogs of exhibitions, museums and sales, general works, academic works and a large collection of periodicals. This series of publications refer to the history of art, plastic arts, decorative arts, photographs, archeology and museology on the Touraine and covers a period from antiquity to the present.
• Consultation is possible on site and by appointment, by phone on +33 2 47 05 72 54.
• Useful information :
• Address: 18 place François Sicard - 37000 Tours.
• Tél. : +33 2 47 05 68 73 - Email: [email protected]
• The museum is open every day except Tuesdays from 9 am to 6 pm during the temporary exhibitions and from 9 am to 12.45 pm and from 2 pm to 6 pm excluding exhibitions. It is closed on 1 January, 1 May, 14 July, 1 and 11 November and 25 December.
• Full price 4 € - Reduced 2 €, group of more than 10 people, students, people over 65 years. Free: job seekers, Art History and Fine Arts students, children under 13 years old.

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To visit the museum you need to purchase an e-ticket online for a specific date and time (a session). A session is a 30-minute interval (e.g. from 12:00 pm until 12:29 pm) when you can enter the museum. Please be sure to arrive on time! If you are late, the museum reserves the right to deny admission. To avoid the formation of lines, we ask that you do not arrive earlier than the time specified on the ticket. You can buy a ticket online on the date of your visit, but we recommend that you do so in advance because the number of tickets to each session is limited. 

All categories of admission tickets are available, including reduced-fare and free tickets. Ticket orders for any category can be placed on the museum website. Please make sure to bring a document confirming your eligibility for the discount . You may need to present it at a checkpoint.

Ticket purchase, payment and refunding processes are regulated in accordance with terms and conditions of the  User Agreement . To return your ticket, please complete the online refund form .

Should you have questions about ticket purchases, e-mail us at  [email protected] .

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The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts is located on Volkhonka Street across from the Cathedral of Christ the Savior . It houses the largest collection of European art in Moscow, and it was named in honor of one of Russia's premier poets, Alexander Pushkin.

You don't go here to read sonnets, though. Instead, you should look to find art spanning a wide range of eras and movements, from ancient Greece to the Renaissance to French Impressionism. Masterpieces from the likes of Renoir, Cézanne, Picasso and Van Gogh easily make this museum deserving of a visit.

Admission is approximately $10 USD (300 rubles) for adults and $3 USD (100 rubles) for students. The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m (last admission is at 6 p.m.); you'll find it's accessible from the Kropotkinskaya and Borovitskaya metro stations. For more information, check out the Pushkin Museum website .

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DURHAM -- A special fall art exhibit brings local galleries together in effort to breathe new life into the University of New Hampshire's former Museum of Art .

The exhibit Not for Sale will be the inaugural show to be held at the art gallery at UNH, located in the Paul Creative Arts Center at 30 Academic Way. The exhibit, which will showcase the work of more than 40 artists, runs from Aug. 26 through Oct. 11, is a collaboration of area galleries, Katzman Contemporary Projects (Dover), the RMFA (Rochester Museum of Fine Arts) and See Saw Gallery in Manchester.

The exhibition marks a significant milestone following the closure of the UNH Museum of Art last year due to a $14 million budget cut, a setback that was deeply felt by the greater New Hampshire art community.

In an attempt to revive the space, Benjamin Cariens, chair of the Department of Art and Art History at UNH, contacted the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts and Katzman Contemporary Projects to produce an independent exhibition in hopes of ushering in a new era of programming focused on art accessibility, community engagement, and sustainability.

"It’s pretty cool," said Matthew Wyatt of the RMFA. "We are working with a Dover gallery to essentially re-open the art museum after closing last year due to budget cuts. To be clear, we are just opening it up by doing one temporary exhibit until October. Then, it’s our hope, that organizers will continue it in the same way as our methods are sustainable, affordable, and accessible.

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Wyatt said the NFS: Not For Sale exhibition invites artists to present works of personal significance, whether newly created or from their past. In order to foster a diverse and introspective collection, each artist was asked to submit 3-5 pieces, without knowing what others would bring. Additionally, the curatorial team asked each participant to look back at the time when they were emerging artists and ponder the question: What insight would you share with your younger self?

“This show is a small sampling of contemporary artists connected to the Northeast brought together by curators from New Hampshire,” said Eric Katzman of Katzman Contemporary Projects. “For me, the excitement is the interplay of the personal works that each artist brings. The emotional aspect of nostalgia, combined with exhibiting pieces with personal significance, makes this show compelling in a current landscape of rapid change.”

Wyatt said, “We’re happy to volunteer our time to curate an exhibition with Eric and Julee Katzman in the Museum of Art at UNH. We look forward to bringing artists and art enthusiasts together to celebrate such an important art space in New Hampshire.”

Amy Regan of See Saw Art and the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts, added, “Our respective organizations represent a new wave of art initiatives that are artist-focused and financially sustainable. We appreciate the University’s efforts to move in a new direction, reopen to the public, and give curators like us a chance to extend our reach to a greater audience.”

Invited artists include Alex Leith, Alicia Ethridge, Ashley Page, Bethany Engstrom, Brett Marcel, Chris Thibault, Claudia Rippee, Cozette Russell, Damion Silver, Dave Pettengill, Dean McCrillis, Douglas Breault, Edgar Paredes, Forrest Elliott, Forrest Knight, Hannah Hirsch, Heather Morgan, Holden Willard, Jackie Brown, Jason Bagatta, Kerri Kimura, Kevin Kintner, Kevin Xiques, Kristy Cavaretta, Lauren Karjala, Lydia M. Kinney, Marcus Greene, Matt Demers, Meg Hahn, Mike Howat, Miles Warner, Ned Roche, Rachelle Beaudoin, Raquel P. Miller, Richard Yu-Tang Lee, Ryan John Lefevbre, Sean Weare, Steven Cabral, Susan Schwake, Tara Lewis, and Tracy Hayes.

NFS: Not For Sale will be on display Aug. 26 to Oct. 11, with a reception on Friday, Sept. 6 from 6 to 9 p.m. Visit katzmancontemporaryprojects.com , rochestermfa.org , and seesaw.gallery for information and updates.

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