Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Fenway, Boston, United States
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts offers the breadth that justifies giving a museum most of a day. American painting sits within a much wider encounter with Asian, Egyptian and European art, making it useful both for a first overview and a tightly focused return visit. The strongest approach is selective: choose the collection that most interests you, leave time for an unexpected room, and resist the temptation to turn the building into a checklist.