Famous Museums in Boston

Let's explore the finest collection of museums in Boston:

1. The Museum Of Fine Arts

   4.8 (6200 Votes)
   

   Art And Culture, Art Museum, Educational Site

   The Boston Museum of Fine Arts could be acknowledged as an intriguing mixture of two other internationally celebrated vaults of fine symbolization: the Musee d'Orsay of Paris, and the British Museum of London. It’s one of the largest museums in the country, boasting a collection of almost half a million items, and attracts over a million visitors every year.  The Museum Of Fine Arts...Read more

2. Boston Tea Party Ships And Museum

   4.5 (3481 Votes)
   

   Museum, Specialty Museum

   Be a part of the popular event that changed the face of American history for a lifetime. The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum is a floating museum that comes with an out of the world experience. At the museum you witness a drama enacted by interactive actors that explain the story of the 'Boston Tea Party'. While you take a dip into history, you practice historic acts like flipping the tea ...Read more

3. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library And Museum

   4.6 (1558 Votes)
   

   Library, Museum, Specialty Museum

   The John F. Kennedy Presidential Museum & Library brings the Kennedy era back to life. The museum is home to displays of the Kennedy family, Kennedy Nixon, the space program, the Cuban missile crisis and a lot more. The museum is indeed interesting and impressive. It is filled with history and a guided tour is best to know about the historic details. A visit to this museum is suitable for ...Read more

4. Beacon Hill

   

   Museum, Cafe, Restaurant, Entertainment

   Beacon Hill is a historic area in the city of Boston. The streets are well decorated and is replete with museums, galleries, cafes, restaurants, bakeries and more. The area is pretty entertaining and busy. The elegant street is quite pricey but worth it. The flower shops add to the beauty and color of the area. Live the true flavor of Boston at beacon hill with family and friends when in the ci...Read more

5. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

   4.7 (967 Votes)
   

   Art Museum, Museum, Restaurant, Architecture

   In the heart of the Fenway area somewhere around the museum of fine arts lies this beautiful museum of Isabella Stewart Gardner. The museum is home to art that was collected by an amateur who was really wealthy and had quite a great taste. There are new additions to the museum which include more gallery space, restaurant and a shop. If art and architecture interests you, the Isabella Stewart Ga...Read more

6. Museum Of Science

   

   Museum, Science Museum, Natural History Museum

   Boston museum of science tickets - The Science Behind Pixar Adult (12+): USD 29 Senior (60+): USD 27 Child (3 - 11): USD 26 Members (all ages): USD 5 Exhibit Halls tickets - Adult (12+): USD 25 Senior (60+): USD 21 Child (3 - 11): USD 20 Members (all ages): free Mugar Omni Theate and Charles Hayden Planetarium Adult (12+): USD 10 Senior (60+): USD9 Child (3 - 11): USD 8 Members (all ages):...Read more

7. USS Constitution Museum

   4.7 (1778 Votes)
   

   Museum, History Museum, Historical Site

   Built in 1797, the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat, the USS Constitution, is most famous for her actions in 1812, the defeat and capture of several warships, one of the battles earning her the nickname of Old Ironsides. It was turned into a museum in 1907. Beautiful restored and preserved, going thourhg the ship and museum is enchanting.

8. Charlestown Navy Yard

   

   History Museum, Port

   This is a significant port depicting the history of Boston. The old ship features interesting pieces of history dating back to the 18th century. The navy yard is tiny dark and congested. Although the yard is not all the tourist friendly it is pretty historic and original. To get the real feel of historic times a visit to the Charlestown Navy Yard would indeed be a great idea. There is a torpedo...Read more

9. Massachusetts Institute Of Technology

   4.6 (1162 Votes)
   

   Art And Culture, Museum, Educational Site, Architecture

   The MIT is renowned as one of the heading private universities and schools in Cambridge, provincially situated in Massachusetts. Five schools and one school involving 33 scholastic streams are the prime centres in the premises of the institute. That said, the university is a tourist delight quite apart from it’s academic focus. Walk the Infinite Corridor, a busy indoor pedestrian steet th...Read more

10. Museum Of African American History

    4.4 (28 Votes)
    

    Museum, History Museum

    The Museum of African American History is an African meeting house where a slavery speech was once delivered by Frederick Douglas. The house is rich with historic facts and happenings. It tells about the story of the Afro-American community. The guides are pretty informative and more or less happy to answer your questions relevant to the museum. The museum although small, is impressive and inte...Read more

11. Old South Meeting House

    4.6 (259 Votes)
    

    Museum, Historical Site, Heritage Building

    The Old South Meeting House is a historic building that features a museum too. Which was once the biggest building in the city of Boston, was the place where the organization of the famous ‘Boston Tea Party’ was planned back in 1773. The house was saved from the ruins that could be caused in the Great Boston Fire of 1872. The house today is often used as a wedding venue as well.

12. Paul Revere House

    

    Museum

    If you know about Paul Revere, the famous American patriot and care to know even more about him, then you can pay a visit to the Paul Revere House. It is the same home from which Paul Revere started off for the major goal of his life. According to the records, the wooden house was established around the year 1680. This 17th century building is now a historical landmark and a museum too where yo...Read more

13. Boston Children's Museum

    4.7 (354 Votes)
    

    Museum, Children Museum, Entertainment

    The Boston Children's Museum is more like a kid's paradise. It is educative, informative yet entertaining. The interactive museum focuses on physics while kids are exposed to laws in the form of stories and interesting exhibits. The museum is a vast ground pertaining to science where you have the 'new balance climb', a massive bubble making room with appropriate tools and more. Make this a...Read more

14. Skywalk Observatory

    4.5 (52 Votes)
    

    Museum

    The breathtaking point offering panoramic views of Greater Boston and Beyond, Skywalk Observatory is like standing on top of a skyscraper and exploring the past, present, and future of the city. The stunning architecture of this magnanimous building and rich global culture of the Dreams Of Freedom Museum will give you Goosebumps. On a clear sunny day, you can see up to 100 miles of the city an...Read more

15. Boston Tea Party Ship & Museum

    4.5 (8 Votes)
    

    Museum

    The Boston Tea Party was a political protest on December 16,1773whichh arose as a result of the twin issues faced by the British Empire. The first being the financial problem of British East India Company and the other was the extent of parliamentary authority on British American colonies. The Tea Party became an event which triggered the American Revolution as the Americans had destroyed the ...Read more

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