# The best museums in Boston

From the MFA and the Gardner heist to the Tea Party ships.

- 703 votes · 11 items
- Aug 25, 2022 · suitcase.happy
- https://even.best/en/l/3352/the-best-museums-in-boston

## Top 11

1. **Museum of Fine Arts, Boston** (72 · ▲80 ▼8) — Encyclopedic collection from Egypt to Sargent.
2. **Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum** (69 · ▲75 ▼6) — Venetian palazzo with the empty frames of the 1990 heist.
3. **Institute of Contemporary Art** (51 · ▲59 ▼8) — Cantilevered building over the Seaport waterfront.
4. **Museum of Science** (45 · ▲58 ▼13) — Hands-on science across the Charles River dam.
5. **Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum** (43 · ▲53 ▼10) — Throw the tea overboard yourself.
6. **John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum** (40 · ▲52 ▼12) — I. M. Pei building on Columbia Point.
7. **USS Constitution Museum** (35 · ▲46 ▼11) — Next to 'Old Ironsides' in Charlestown.
8. **Boston Children's Museum** (33 · ▲40 ▼7) — On Fort Point Channel, with the giant milk bottle.
9. **Harvard Museum of Natural History** (29 · ▲43 ▼14) — The Glass Flowers.
10. **Harvard Art Museums** (28 · ▲44 ▼16) — Three museums under one Renzo Piano roof.
11. **Museum of African American History** (28 · ▲38 ▼10) — On Beacon Hill's Black Heritage Trail.

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