Culture Vulture

The Harvard Art Museums comprise three museums into one single building with a collection ranging in date from antiquity to the present and originating in Europe, North America, North Africa and Asia. And if you feel like exploring Harvard Graduate School of Design, it is just one block away from the Museums and it’s architecture is breathtaking.

Completed by MIT alumnus IM Pei in 1985, MIT’s Visual Art’s center is home of a public art collection that includes works by Alexander Calder, Sol LeWitt and Pablo Picasso. Most are housed in Pei’s tile-covered, metal-framed building; often the target of ridicule for its rather sterile aesthetic.

Barbara Krakow’s Gallery is widely considered to be among the best art spaces in Boston. Showcases paintings and photographs, drawings and prints. Therefore, if you feel like experiencing something different from mainstream museums, this gallery is the perfect option for this occasion.

The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is an exhibition space with a stunning architecture right next to the bay. On display are some illustrious pieces from the permanent collection as well as seasonal temporary exhibitions.

Founded in 1870 MFA has more than 140 galleries displaying its collection, representing a wide variety of art movements and cultures. Therefore, if you feel like getting inspired by Monet’s or Renoir’s master pieces, this Museum is going to be one of the highlights of your visit in Boston.

Isabella Stewart Museum houses an art collection of world importance, including significant examples of European, Asian, and American art, from paintings and sculpture to tapestries and decorative arts. The Gardner awakens the senses and transports you away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

The Boston Public Library, founded in 1852, is a municipal public library that contains approximately 23 million books, making it the third-largest public library in the United States behind only the Library of Congress and the New York Public Library.

Harvard’s visual arts hub, completed in 1963, is America’s only building designed by Le Corbusier, a famous French architecture. It is a seamless blend of concrete shell and slim columns, cast in concrete masonry and dominated by a curved ramp. The centre houses the Department of Visual Arts studies of Harvard and two public galleries.