This list of museums in
Boston,
Massachusetts, is a list of
museums (including
nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private
business
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es) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace are not included. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries.
Museums
Defunct museums
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Boston Marine Museum
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Boston Museum (theatre)
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The Boston Museum
The Boston Museum was a proposed history museum for the city of Boston, Massachusetts.
The museum had chosen a nickname, "BoMu", before it was terminated.
Theme
The museum proposed to bring the region's 400-year history into focus, inspiring lo ...
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Chinese Museum (Boston)
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Columbian Museum The Columbian Museum (1795–1825) was a museum and performance space in Boston, Massachusetts, established by Daniel Bowen, and continued by William M. S. Doyle. The museum featured artworks, natural history specimens, wax figures, and other curio ...
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The Computer Museum, Boston
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Linnaean Society of New England
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Market Museum (Boston)
The Market Museum (1804-1822) of Boston, Massachusetts, was located in Market Square, adjacent to Faneuil Hall. Phillip Woods directed the enterprise. Also called the Boston Museum, it featured displays of "wax figures, pictures, natural and fanci ...
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New England Museum of Natural History
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New-England Museum (Boston)
The New England Museum (1818 – c. 1838) in Boston, Massachusetts, was established at 76 Court Street by Ethan A. Greenwood, Peter B. Bazin, John Dwight and Samuel Jackson. It featured displays of fine art, natural history specimens, wax fi ...
See also
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List of museums in Massachusetts
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Franklin Park Zoo
The Franklin Park Zoo is a zoo located in Boston, Massachusetts. It is currently operated by Zoo New England, which also operates the Stone Zoo in Stoneham, Massachusetts. The zoo is located in the northeast portion of Franklin Park, Boston's ...
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New England Aquarium
The New England Aquarium is a public aquarium located in Boston, Massachusetts. The species exhibited include harbor and northern fur seals, California sea lions, African and southern rockhopper penguins, giant Pacific octopuses, weedy seadra ...
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Sites of interest in Boston
References
City of Boston: Museums & Gallery Spaces
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