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ADDISON GALLERY OF AMERICAN ART
Phillips Academy, Rte 28 and Chapel Ave, Andover, MA (map)
978.749.4015
http://www.andover.edu/addison

The museum's collection includes more than 13,000 works, including paintings, prints, works on paper, sculpture, decorative arts, and photography by American artists from Colonial times to the present. Open Tues through Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Sun from 1 to 5 pm. Closed in August.

ONGOING 75 Favorites: The Alumni Choose, Models of American Sailing Ships
THROUGH JULY 31 75 Years of Giving, Artist's Project: Type A, In Focus: 75 Years of Collecting American Photography

ART COMPLEX MUSEUM
189 Alden St, Duxbury, MA (map)
781.934.6634
http://www.artcomplex.org

A place for viewing and learning about art in an intimate and comfortable setting. Check Web site for updated schedule of exhibits and concerts throughout the summer. Open Wed through Sun from 1 to 4 pm. Free.

THROUGH JUNE 25 Complex Conversations: Tom and Carol Odell
JULY 2 THROUGH AUG 27 Clearly Cast, Glass Artists
THROUGH SEPT 10 Shaker Forward, watercolors by Sano Gofu

BERKSHIRE MUSEUM
39 South St, Pittsfield, MA (map)
413.443.7171
http://www.berkshiremuseum.org

Wally, a life-size stegosaurus, greets visitors to this 13-gallery museum. Ongoing exhibits include children's art in the Refrigerator Gallery, an aquarium, and exhibits of art, nature, and history. Open Mon through Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Sun from noon to 5 pm. Admission $8, $6.50 for seniors, $5 for children three to 18, free for children under three.

JULY 8 THROUGH OCT 29 Bug Out of the Box: A New Look at the Contemporary Art, History, and Science of Bugs

Brandeis University Rose Art Museum
415 South St, Waltham, MA (map)
781.736.3434
roseart@brandeis.edu
http://www.brandeis.edu/rose

The Rose houses the permanent collection of Brandeis University, which contains around 8000 works. Open Tues through Sun from noon to 5 pm. Admission $3.

THROUGH JULY 30 Erwin Wurm: I Love My Time, I Don't Like My Time, paintings by Sarah Walker

Cahoon Museum of American Art
4676 Falmouth Rd, Cotuit, MA (map)
508.428.7581
cmaa@cahoonmuseum.org
http://www.cahoonmuseum.org

Permanent collection includes 19th- and early-20th-century American marine paintings, landscapes, still lifes, and portraits, plus the paintings of Ralph and Martha Cahoon. Open Tues through Sat from 10 am to 4 pm, and on Sun from 1 to 4 pm. Admission $4, free for children under 12.

THROUGH JUNE 25 Past Perfect: The Landscapes of Thomas B. Higham
JUNE 20 THROUGH AUG 6 Heavy Machinery, Weber Grills and Dainty Things: New Works by Edith Vonnegut
AUG 8 THROUGH OCT 1 Consider the Source: Influences on Ralph and Martha Cahoon's Early Paintings

Cape Ann Historical Museum
27 Pleasant St, Gloucester, MA (map)
978.283.0455
http://www.capeannhistoricalmuseum.org/

Ongoing exhibition of the world's largest collection of paintings and drawings by Fitz Hugh Lane, as well as American decorative arts and furnishings and a period house built in 1804. Open Tues through Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Sun from 1 to 4 pm. Admission $6.50, $6 for seniors, $4.50 for students, free for children under six.

THROUGH JUNE 18 Intimate Portraits: New Work by Rob Amory, Oil and Watercolor: Cape Ann Paintings by Christopher Pullman, Whaling on Cape Ann, 1737-1938
JUNE 10 THROUGH SEPT 9 Jan Matulka -- a painter's eye on Cape Ann, Theresa Bernstein, American Modernist

Cape Cod Museum of Art
Box 2034 Rte 6A, Dennis, MA (map)
508.385.4477
info@ccmoa.org
http://www.ccmoa.org

The CCMOA illustrates the role that Cape Cod and the islands have played in American art from 1899 to the present. Open Mon through Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, on Thurs from 10 am to 8:30 pm, and on Sun from noon to 5 pm. Admission $7, free for children under 18. Closed June 11.

THROUGH JUNE 25 Rick Fleury, Paintings, Landscapes, Ocean Views
THROUGH AUG 20 paintings by Anne Packard
THROUGH AUG 27 William H. Littlefield (1902-1969): A Retrospective
JULY 1 THROUGH AUG 13 Chris Cook, Photography, Night views around Cape Cod
AUG 19 THROUGH OCT 1 Francis McLauglin, Painter, Landscapes

Concord Museum
200 Lexington Rd, Concord, MA (map)
978.369.9763
cm1@concordmuseum.org
http://www.concordmuseum.org

Concord's past is brought to life inside this museum, current home of the lantern that hung in the Old North Church on the night of Paul Revere's famous ride; Emerson's study; and the desk upon which Thoreau wrote Walden and Civil Disobedience. The Why Concord? galleries examine Concord's remarkable history from Native American settlement through the 20th century. Open daily from 9 am to 5 pm. Admission $8, $7 for seniors and students, $5 for children.

THROUGH JULY 4 The Purse & the Person: A Century of Women's Purses

Danforth Museum of Art
123 Union Ave, Framingham, MA (map)
508.620.0050
http://www.danforthmuseum.org

Permanent collection focuses on American art from the 19th and 20th centuries, and also includes works by Braque, Picasso, and Matisse. Open on Wed, Thurs, and Sun from noon to 5 pm, and on Fri and Sat from 10 am to 5 pm. Admission $8, $6 for students and seniors, free for children under 12.

THROUGH JUNE 30 New England Currents: Jessica Straus (Installation & Sculpture), Rhonda Pearle
THROUGH JULY 30 E.B. Lewis: Children's Book Illustrator
JULY 10 THROUGH AUG 31 Elizabeth Visvis

DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
51 Sandy Pond Rd, Lincoln, MA (map)
781.259.8355
info@decordova.org
http://www.decordova.org

The museum is open Tues through Sun from 11 am to 5 pm, and on selected Mon holidays. Admission $9, $6 for seniors, students, and children six through 12. The DeCordova Sculpture Park is a 35-acre park containing more than 75 sculptures, including works by George Rickey and Alexander Liberman. Open daily during daylight hours. Admission charged during museum-gallery operating hours. Free at other times.

ONGOING Nina Levy: Headlong and Big Baby, Social Studies: Documentary Photography
THROUGH AUG 20 The 2006 DeCordova Annual Exhibition

Fitchburg Art Museum
185 Elm St, Fitchburg, MA (map)
978.345.4207
http://www.fitchburgartmuseum.org

Permanent collection includes American and European paintings and prints, and Greek, Roman, Asian and pre-Columbian antiquities. Open Tues through Sun from noon to 4 pm. Admission $7, $5 for seniors and students, free for children under 12.

THROUGH JUNE 25 Puerto Rican Posters
JUNE 25 THROUGH SEPT 3 Kindred Spirits: Intimate Photographs by Robert Sargent Fay
JUNE 25 THROUGH SEPT 10 71st Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft

Fuller Museum of Art
455 Oak St, Brockton, MA (map)
508.588.6000
http://www.fullermuseum.org

The only museum in New England dedicated to contemporary craft, works in glass, metal, wood, ceramic, and fiber. Open daily from 10 am to 5 pm. Admission $8, $5 for seniors and students, free for children under 12.

THROUGH JUNE 18 The Beauty of Use: Japanese Mingei Pottery, Hilary Pfeifer: 's Warm, (No)Strings Attached
THROUGH SEPT 10 basket [r]evolution

George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum
220 State St, Springfield, MA (map)
413.263.6800
info@springfieldmuseums.org
http://www.springfieldmuseums.org/

Opened in 1896 and built in the style of an Italian palazzo, the museum's collection includes Japanese arms and armor, lacquerware, a Shinto wheel shrine, Islamic rugs and decorative arts, plaster casts of famous sculptures, and one of the largest collections of Chinese cloisonné outside the Far East. Open Tues through Fri from noon to 4 pm, and on Sat and Sun from 11 am to 4 pm. Admission $10, $7 for seniors, $5 for students, $3 for children six through 17. The admission fee provides entry to all four museums at the Springfield Quadrangle.

Griffin Museum of Photography
67 Shore Rd, Winchester, MA (map)
781.729.1158
photos@griffinmuseum.org
http://www.griffinmuseum.org

The museum is named for Arthur Griffin, New England's Photographer Laureate. Open Tues through Thurs from 11 am to 5 pm, on Fri from 11 am to 4 pm, and on Sat and Sun from noon to 4 pm. Admission $5, $2 for seniors, free for children and students. Free admission on Thursdays.

THROUGH AUG 13 12th Annual Griffin Museum Juried Show

Harvard University Art Museums
32 Quincy St , Cambridge, MA (map)
617.495.9400
http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu

Open Mon through Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Sun from 1 to 5 pm. Admission is $7.50, $6 for seniors and students, and free for children under 18, visitors with valid Harvard University ID, persons visiting on Sat until noon, and all Cambridge Public Library cardholders. One admission allows entrance to all three Harvard art museums.

ONGOING Art and Design from Central and Northern Europe since 1880, Extra Ordinary Every Day: The Bauhaus at the Busch-Reisinger
THROUGH JUNE 11 Evocative Creatures: Animal Motifs and Symbols in East Asian Art
THROUGH JUNE 25 American Watercolors and Pastels, 1875-1950, at the Fogg Art Museum
THROUGH JULY 23 The Tablet and the Pen: Drawings from the Islamic World
THROUGH JULY 30 The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance
THROUGH NOV 19 Objects for a Kunstkammer: Early European Collecting, 1550-1700

Heritage Museums and Gardens
67 Grove St, Sandwich, MA (map)
508.888.3300
info@heritagemuseums.org
http://www.heritagemuseumsandgardens.org/

Celebrating the rich history of the American spirit by preserving and sharing exhibitions related to industry, art, and horticulture. Open Thurs through Tues from 9 am to 6 pm, and on Wed until 8 pm. Admission is $12, $10 for seniors, $6 for children six to 16, free for children five and under, free for members, $9 for guests of members.

ONGOING Nature's Treasures: The Shellwork of Evelyn Way Kendall
THROUGH LATE OCT Saving Our Ships: The Sea-Paintings of Charles Robert Patterson

Institute of Contemporary Art
955 Boylston St, Boston, MA (map)
617.266.5152
info@icaboston.org
http://www.icaboston.org

Founded in 1936, the ICA is the oldest non-collecting contemporary-arts institution in the United States. The ICA is closed for the summer and will reopen in its new waterfront location at 100 Northern Ave on Sept 17, 2006.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
280 The Fenway, Boston, MA (map)
617.278.5156
information@isgm.org
http://www.gardnermuseum.org

The museum, designed in the style of a 15th-century Venetian palace, is famous for its courtyard and flower display on the ground level. The museum also houses a remarkable permanent collection of paintings, sculpture, textiles, furniture, ceramics, metalwork, rare books, manuscripts, and drawings. Open Tues through Sun from 11 am to 5 pm. Admission $10 ($11 on weekends), $7 for seniors, $5 for students, free for children under 18.

JUNE 24 THROUGH SEPT 10 Work by Henrik Hakansson, artist-in-residence

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
87 Marshall St., North Adams, MA (map)
413.662.2111
info@massmoca.org
http://www.massmoca.org

A 13-acre museum housed in a converted 19th-century factory. MASS MoCA's enormous, unobstructed indoor spaces, irregular courtyards, elevated walkways, and industrial buildings are ideal for displaying pieces that are seldom exhibited because of their large size. Open through June 30 from 11 am to 5 pm. Closed Tuesdays. From July 1 through Sept 5, open from 10 am to 6 pm. Admission $10, $8 for seniors and students, $4 for children six through 16.

ONGOING Joseph Beuys: Lightning with Stag in Its Glare, Natalie Jeremijenko: Tree Logic
THROUGH JULY 30 Kamrooz Aram: Realms and Reveries
THROUGH THE END OF SUMMER Early work by Don Gummer
THROUGH FEB 2007 House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective
THROUGH MARCH 2007 Ahistoric Occasion: Artists Making History
AUG 5 THROUGH OCT 1 Gunnar A. Kaldewey: Artist Books for a Global World -- Four Collaborations in Depth

Mead Art Museum
Box 5000 Amherst College, Amherst, MA -- Rtes 9 and 116, Amherst, MA (map)
413.542.2335
mead@amherst.edu
http://www.amherst.edu/~mead

The Mead has six galleries devoted to displaying highlights of its permanent 16,000-piece collection. Open Tues through Sun from noon to 4 pm. Free.

THROUGH AUG 20 Dutch Masters of the Seventeenth Century, The Print, the Pear, and the Prostitute: Art, Politics and Society in 19th-Century France, Pop!

MIT List Visual Arts Center
20 Ames St, Building E15, Atrium Level, Cambridge, MA (map)
617.253.4680
http://web.mit.edu/lvac

LVAC seeks to explore challenging, intellectually inquisitive, contemporary art-making in all media. Open Tues through Thurs and on Sat and Sun from noon to 6 pm. Open Fri from noon to 8 pm. Free.

THROUGH JULY 9 9 Evenings Reconsidered: Art, Theatre, and Engineering, 1966, Choreographic Turn

Museum of Bad Art
Dedham Community Theater, 580 High St, Dedham, MA (map)
781.444.6757
moba@museumofbadart.org
http://www.museumofbadart.org

Featuring art too bad to be ignored. The pieces on display here range from works by talented artists who have gone awry to works of exuberant execution by artists barely in control of the brush. What they have in common is a special quality that sets them apart, in one way or another, from the merely incompetent. Open Mon through Fri from 6 to 10 pm, and on Sat, Sun, and holidays from 1 to 10 pm. Free.

Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA (map)
617.267.9300
http://www.mfa.org

The permanent collection includes masterpieces by El Greco, Rubens, Poussin, Rembrandt, Boucher, Tiepolo, Millet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Gauguin, van Gogh, Picasso, and Matisse. You can also find Greek, Roman, and Egyptian art, as well as works by American masters such as John Singer Sargent, John Singleton Copley, and Winslow Homer. Open on Mon, Tues, Sat, and Sun from 10 am to 4:45 pm, and on Wed, Thurs, and Fri until 9:45 pm. Only certain galleries and special exhibitions remain open after 5 pm on Thurs and Fri. Admission $15, $13 for seniors and students, $6.50 Mon through Fri until 3 pm and free all other times for children under 17. Pay as you wish on Wed from 4 to 9:45 pm ($15 minimum donation suggested).

THROUGH JULY 9 Contemporary Cloth: Stoles by Minagawa Makiko, Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century
THROUGH JULY 23 Degas to Picasso: Modern Masters
THROUGH AUG 13 Light My Fire: Rock Posters from the Summer of Love
THROUGH SEPT 17 Laura McPhee: River of No Return
THROUGH NOV 9 Tradition and Transformation: Japanese Art 1860-1940
THROUGH JAN 27 On Stage in Osaka: Actor Prints from the MFA Collection
JUNE 25 THROUGH SEPT 24 Americans in Paris, 1860-1900
JULY 8 THROUGH JAN 2 Understanding the Master: Dong Qichang and His Circle
JULY 26 THROUGH JAN 21 Designing the Modern Utopia: Soviet Textiles from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection
AUG 1 THROUGH NOV 12 Recent Acquisitions: African Printed Textiles
AUG 19 THROUGH JULY 6, 2007 Japanese Baskets, Japanese Tsutsugaki Textiles from the Collection of David Paly

National Center of Afro-American Artists
300 Walnut Ave, Boston, MA (map)
617.442.8614
http://www.ncaaa.org/museum.html

Paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures are on permanent display, as is Aspelta: A Nubian King's Burial Chamber, an installation of objects from the 2600-year-old pyramids. Open Tues through Sun from 1 to 5 pm. Admission $4, $3 for seniors and students.

ONGOING What We Collect: Works from the Permanent Collection

NATIONAL HERITAGE MUSEUM
33 Marrett Rd (off Rte 2A), Lexington, MA (map)
781.861.6559
info@monh.org
http://www.monh.org

Founded and supported by 32° Scottish Rite Freemasons and featuring permanent and traveling exhibits devoted to Americana, American history, and culture. Open Mon through Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Sun from noon to 5 pm. Free admission and parking.

ONGOING Lexington Alarm'd, The Clocks of George McFadden, Made in Massachusetts, To Build and Sustain: Freemasons in American Community
THROUGH SEPT 17 Gershwin to Gillespie: Portraits in American Music
THROUGH DEC 3 American Family Treasures: Decorative Arts from the D.J. and Alice Shumway Nadeau Collection
THROUGH DEC 4 Collection Gems: Rare Books and Maps from the Van Gorden-Williams Library

Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square, Salem, MA (map)
978.745.9500
http://www.pem.org

One of the largest museums on the East Coast. Known for its collections of Asian art, it also boasts the nation's earliest collections of Native-American, African, and Oceanic art, as well as examples of three centuries' worth of New England art and architecture. Open daily from 10 am to 5 pm. Admission $13, $11 for seniors, $9 for students, free for children 16 and under and for Salem residents.

ONGOING Exposing the Source: the Paintings of Nalini Malani, All of My Life: Contemporary Works by Native-American Artists, Yin Yu Tang
THROUGH JULY 23 Taj Mahal: The Building of a Legend
THROUGH AUG 13 Carved by Nature: Untamed Traditions in Chinese Decorative Art
THROUGH SEPT 24 Painting Summer in New England
THROUGH NOV 5 Owls in Art and Nature

Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum
One High Pole Rd, Provincetown, MA (map)
508.487.1310
http://www.pilgrim-monument.org/

Open daily from 9 am to 4:15 pm. In July and Aug, open from 9 am to 6:15 pm. Admission $7, $5 for seniors and students, $3.50 for children. Free Sun mornings from 9 am to noon.

THROUGH OCT 10 Net Working: The Portuguese Community and the Arts -- Inspiration, Sustenance and Support, an exploration of the relationship between the P-Town Portuguese and the local artists community over the past century

Porter-Phelps-Huntington House Museum
130 River Drive, Hadley, MA (map)
413.584.4699
http://www.pphmuseum.org

The Porter-Phelps-Huntington House, known as Forty Acres, is an 18th-century farm that interprets life in rural New England over three centuries. Open for guided tours Sat through Wed from 1 to 4:30 pm, all other times by appointment only. Admission $4, $1 for children under 12.

Provincetown Art Association and Museum
460 Commercial St, Provincetown, MA (map)
508.487.1750
http://www.paam.org

Established in 1914, the museum has a permanent collection of close to 2000 works by more than 500 artists. It also hosts established and emerging artists throughout the year in its four galleries. Open daily from noon to 5 pm, and on Fri and Sat from 8 to 10 pm. From July 4 through Labor Day, open daily from noon to 5 pm and from 8 to 10 pm. Free.

THROUGH JUNE 25 Nancy Webb: Mysterious Power
THROUGH JULY 2 Penelope Jencks: Beach Series II, Wolf Kahn in Provincetown

Smith College Museum of Art
Northampton, MA (map)
413.585.2760
artmuseum@smith.edu
http://www.smith.edu/artmuseum

The permanent collection consists of works from 2500 BC to contemporary times, with emphasis on 19th- and early-20th-century European and American art. The galleries are open Tues through Sat from 10 am to 4 pm, and on Sun from noon to 4 pm. Admission $5 adults, $4 seniors, $3 students (13+ with ID), $2 children ages six to12. Free on the first Saturday of the month from 10 am to noon.

THROUGH JUNE 4 The Golden Age: Dutch Prints and Drawings
THROUGH JUNE 25 A Genius for Place: American Landscapes of the Country Place Era
THROUGH JULY 30 Alexander Archipenko: Vision and Continuity

Springfield Museum of Fine Arts
220 State St, Springfield, MA (map)
413.263.6800
info@springfieldmuseums.org
http://www.springfieldmuseums.org/

Permanent collections include American art from the 18th through 20th centuries, as well as European paintings from the 15th through 20th centuries, including paintings by Degas, Pissarro, Gauguin, and Monet. Open Tues through Fri from noon to 4 pm, and on Sat and Sun from 11 am to 4 pm. Admission $10, $7 for seniors, $5 for students, $3 for children six through 17. The admission fee provides entry to all four museums at the Springfield Quadrangle.

THROUGH SEPT 10 Currier & Ives: An American Panorama
THROUGH SEPT 17 Wanderlust: Artists and Their Travels, New England Vistas: Paintings by Carolyn Avery

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
225 South St, Williamstown, MA (map)
413.458.2303
http://www.clarkart.edu/

Permanent collection includes art from the Renaissance to the 20th century, with an emphasis on works by French Impressionists. Open Tues through Sun from 10 am to 5 pm. Open daily from 10 am to 5 pm, in July and Aug. Admission $10, free for children under 18 or with student ID.

ONGOING The Clark: Celebrating 50 Years of Art in Nature
THROUGH JUNE 18 Pastels: Special Installation
THROUGH SEPT 4 The Clark Brothers Collect Renoir to Matisse, Homer to Hopper

Whistler House Museum of Art
243 Worthen St, Lowell, MA (map)
978.452.7641
mlally@whistlerhouse.org
http://www.whistlerhouse.org

The Whistler House, built in 1823, was the birthplace of artist James McNeill Whistler. The permanent collection includes etchings by Whistler, and 19th- and 20th-century American paintings by New England artists. Open Wed through Sat from 11 am to 4 pm. Admission $5, $4 for seniors and students, free for children under 16 when accompanied by an adult.

THROUGH JUNE 24 Monotype Guild of New England Presents: Methods in Monotype

Williams College Museum of Art
15 Lawrence Hall Drive, Rte 2, Williamstown, MA (map)
413.597.2429
wcma@williams.edu
http://www.wcma.org

Featuring a permanent collection of 12,000 works, with an emphasis on American art, modern and contemporary art, and the art of Asia and other civilizations. Open Tues through Sat from 10 am to 5 pm, and on Sun from 1 to 5 pm. Free.

THROUGH JULY 16 A Visual Biography of an Artist's Book: Gunnar A. Kaldewey and His Press
THROUGH OCT 1 Jackson Pollock at Williams College: A Tribute to Kirk Varnedoe '67
THROUGH OCT 29 Jacqueline Humphries: New Work
JUNE 10 THROUGH SEPT 10 Works by Rhoda Holmes Nicholls
JUNE 17 THROUGH JULY 1 Zhan Wang: Urban Landscape

Worcester Art Museum
55 Salisbury St, Worcester, MA (map)
508.799.4406
webmaster@worcesterart.org
http://www.worcesterart.org

Permanent collection includes paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, photography, prints, and drawings, dating from antiquity to the present, with special emphasis on early-American painting. Plus, the largest display of Roman mosaics (from Antioch) in America. Open on Wed, Fri, and Sun from 11 am to 5 pm, on Thurs until 8 pm, and on Sat from 10 am to 5 pm. Admission $8, $6 for seniors and students, free for children under 17. Free for all on Sat before noon.

THROUGH JUNE 25 Biographical Landscape: The Photography of Steven Shore, 1968-1993
THROUGH AUG 13 David Thorpe: A Meeting of Friends
THROUGH AUG 19 Surrealist Works on Paper
THROUGH MARCH 2007 Mountain Harvests: Chinese Jades and Other Treasured Stones