Museum of Fine Arts

Education programs: the Museum maintains an ongoing series of education programs and activities in order to further the mission of the Museum and provide educational opportunities in art. Education programs cover a wide spectrum of topics and include studio art classes and workshops for children, teens and adults, lectures, films, concerts, a variety of other courses, free demonstrations and talks, free workshops for educators, school group tours, partnerships with local area schools, after-school programs and community groups to engage youth in Arts and programs for family visits to the Museum. Approximate 120,000 visitors participated in these various programs.

Enterprise: the Museum's retail operations offers a wide variety of merchandise related to the Museum's collections and special exhibitions, which contribute importantly to the achievement of the Museum's exempt educational purpose by making works of art familiar to a broader segment of the public. Offerings at shop include art books, posters, cards, glass, textiles, jewelry and sculpture. Merchandise is for sale in the physical shops or through retail's web-based outlet.the Museum is exempt as an educational organization on the basis of its ownership, maintenance, and exhibition for public viewing of works of art. The sales of such items contributes importantly to the achievement of the Museum's exempt educational purposes by stimulating and enhancing public awareness, interest, and appreciation of art. Moreover, a broader segment of the public may be encouraged to visit the Museum itself to share in its educational functions and programs as a result of seeing the items ...

Exhibitions: with a collection of nearly 500,000 objects, the Museum owns some of the rare and important artistic treasures in the world. Such a collection enables the Museum to present many special exhibitions with a balance between scholarly programs and those with broad public appeal. During fiscal year 2019, the Museum presented near 30 exhibitions. Some highlights include: casanova's europe: art, pleasure, and power in the 18th century (july 8 - oct 8, 2018); 10,000 miles along the yangzi river (july 21 - sept 30, 2018); conservation in action: japanese buddhist sculpture in a new light (dec 15, 2018 - june 30, 2019); graciela iturbide's mexico (jan 19 - may 12, 2019); made visible: contemporary south african fashion and identity (feb 2 - may 14, 2019); winnie-the pooh: exploring a classic (sept 22, 2018 - jan 6, 2019); frida kahlo and arte popular (feb 27 - june 19, 2019); gender ...