Mfa Programs

Museums

The "MFA" (465 Huntington Ave., ) was established in 1909 and is one of the most prestigious and important museums of the United States. It has one of the best collections of American art of the 18th and 19 Century Apart from high-quality exhibits in the field of decorative arts (mainly furniture and dishes) are the paintings of artists such as John S. Sargent, Winslow Homer, the Hudson River School or J. Singleton Copley worth seeing. Signed by Gilbert Stuart hangs here, the unfinished portrait of George Washington, who served the one-dollar note as a template. However, the MFA also offers an excellent collection of ancient art, the best collection of Egyptian art outside Cairo of the Old Kingdom and the world's most comprehensive collection of Asian art.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Just steps away from the MFA Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (280 The Fenway, ), the equally imaginative as splendid palace (* 1903), the eponymous eccentric millionaire. Inspired by Venetian palaces of the 15th Century left Gardner in 1899 to build a multi-storey building with a glass-covered courtyard. In the galleries round about on three floors is their extensive collection of works of art of various genres and eras issued - more than 2, 500 paintings, sculptures, tapestries, furniture, manuscripts, rare letters, books and decorative arts. Titian, Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, Manet, Degas and Whistler are represented, the focus of the collection is on Italian Renaissance painting and American Art of the 19th It also hosts concerts century uaVeranstaltungen.

Fenway Park

North of the museum is located in the Fenway neighborhood of the legendary Fenway Park in the stadium built in 1912, the oldest ballpark still in operation in the world, are the Boston Red Sox, the beloved baseball team in the city, at home. Babe Ruth, the famous baseball player of all time, until 1920, proudly wore the jersey, but after his transfer to the hated New York Yankees a curse was on the team that could be broken only in 2004 with the first title win after 1918. Within the ball park there during the 82 home games while partying inside the slogan "Go Red Sox!" Is.

There are even special features such as a hand-operated scoreboard and the infamous "Green Monster", the most famous part of Fenway Park, an approximately 11 m high and 73 m long wall that forms the left outer wall of the outfield since 1934. Another curiosity is the "Lone Red Seat" (right outfield, Section 42, Row 37, Seat 21): It marks the point at which auftraf the longest ever beaten at Fenway Park home run. The trick succeeded Ted Williams, on 9 June 1946 hit the ball 153 m wide. 2006 Fenway Park was the way chosen in the updated edition of the Monopoly game. After New York's Times Square is where he has the second most expensive place.