THE FOGG ART MUSEUM

 

32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, Ma
(617) 495-9400

You need not apply to Harvard University to enjoy the benefits of their oldest art museum. Opening to the public in 1895, this museum originally contained only art reproductions, but in 1927 when the museum moved to its current location it began collecting both American and European originals. At present, the museum contains over 2300 paintings, 2,100 decorative art objects and 1,300 works of sculpture which are displayed in its galleries on a rotational basis.

The Fogg Art Museum is one of three Harvard art museums. Western art from the Middle Ages to the present, as well as Modern and Contemporary Art from 1900 to present are on display here, with an emphasis on early Italian Renaissance, British pre-Raphaelite, and the French art of the nineteenth century.

The Western painting collection of the Fogg Art Museum is considered to be the finest of any college or university art museum in the United States. Its American painting selection includes the largest collection of Copley in the country. The museum also contains one of the best collections of Impressionist and post-impressionist work in America.

The Fogg Art Museum has a magnificent two-story courtyard based on the sixteenth-century Church of the Madonna de San Biago in Montepulciano, Italy. Masterpieces by Fra Angelico, Ingres, Rembrant, Renoir, Rodin, Rothko, and Whistler fill the galleries and halls surrounding the courtyard.

A world-renowned collection of 60,000 prints, 8,000 photographs and 10,000 drawings by American and European artists from the fourteenth century to present are housed at the museum’s Agnes Mongan Center.

The Fogg Museum continues to be an important source for art education. The Straus Center for Conservation, the oldest research center for scientific study of works of art in the United States, is also located in the museum.

A gift shop is located in the courtyard and offers reproductions of many of the masterpieces displayed in the museum’s collection, catalogues and art books. Slides of the collections are also available through the Museum’s Photographic Services.

Special exhibitions and events on the museum’s paintings, drawings, photographs and sculptures occur throughout the year and it is best to contact the Museum for updated showings.

Hours:

Museum

Closed all national holidays

Monday – Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Sundays 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Study room at Agnes Mongan Center

Open to public Tuesday – Friday 2 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Or by appointment call (617) 495-2325

Museum Shop

Open daily

No admission fee required

Additional information call (617)-496-5698

Admission:

Adult: $5.00

Senior citizen: $4.00

Children under 18: Free

Admissions free to all individuals all day Wednesday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

Note: fees include admission to all three Harvard University art museums: The Fogg, The Arthur M. Sackler, and The Busch-Reisinger museums.

Tours:

September – June: Monday through Friday at 11 a.m.

July and August: Wednesday at 11 a.m.

Groups of seven must schedule in advance by calling (617)-496-8576.

Location:

The Fogg Art Museum is located on Harvard University’s campus at the intersection of Quincy and Broadway Streets adjacent to Harvard Yard.

It is one block east from Harvard Square MBTA subway stop.

Parking:

Limited parking available weekends only at 94 Prescott Street. Sign in at the Art Museum’s admission desk.

Limited parking at Broadway Garage located on Felton Street between Cambridge and Broadway Street weekdays only for a $5.00 charge with ticket stamped at Museum’s front desk. The museum is wheelchair accessible by entering through the Fine Arts Library on Prescott Street.