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5.0 of 5 stars.
Freakin' amazing place, and I'm sure it will be even better with the addition. I don't know the first thing about art, but I like to browse whenever I visit a new city, and this was certainly one of…
yelp.com - user review - 09/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I grew up with the MFA. And that's saying a lot, since I grew up in Florida. If you're going. Plan for the whole day.... it's so easy to get lost inside.
yelp.com - user review - 09/07/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place; it's a two hour trek from where I go to school but I try to visit at least twice a year. This is a beautiful museum, chock full of unfailingly traditional and old-school fine art.…
yelp.com - user review - 09/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Houses over 346,000 pieces of art collected from all over the world. From ancient to medieval to modern to: "I don't know what the heck it is but that's cool too!" Special**
yelp.com - user review - 08/29/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I try to go to the MFA once or twice a year. I usually go on the Monday holidays when admission is free, but sometimes I get a museum pass from my library. I like to check out their special exhibits,…
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
As much as I love the little city of Boston, it sure does not stand up to NY when it comes to museums. This place is a mini-Met, though I do still appreciate its vast and impressive collections. What…
yelp.com - user review - 08/21/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place supposedly has the biggest collection of Monets outside of France. It was cool. The architecture was really nice. 1 for FREE admission from using my bf's sister's student ID.
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Since there are already 140 reviews of this museum, there's not much I can say as a museum goer, but as a breast? Particularly a pair of breasts that feed a crying newborn? Well then, I have MUCH to…
yelp.com - user review - 08/03/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Love the special exhibits.
yelp.com - user review - 07/26/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I was here for the French Film Festival this weekend. For those of you going, I suggest you get there early (I was there half an hour early and the line was doubled.. as in.. it hit the back wall and…
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm going to add on to the recent reviews of the MFA for this summer- The regular collection is probably the best in New England and if you haven't seen it I highly recommend it.
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love the MFA as a whole, but this is a review specifically for the MUSIC! All during the summer, the MFA has a bunch of music shows in the courtyard. The groups brought in are almost all, across…
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I like the MFA. I went two days ago and really dug the Antonio Lopez Garcia exhibit that's on until 7/27. He's a Spanish realist and does cityscapes, portraits, these awesome pencil drawings that look…
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Considering its smallish size, I find this museum to be very expensive. I've been countless times in my life -- my parents brought me here as a kid and I'm usually here a few times a year on top of…
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i got to sit in a sam maloof chair here that was just hanging out amongst the exhibits. pretty sweet.
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
It was my first time to the MFA. The ticket was TWENTY-THREE DOLLARS ($17 general admission plus $6 for the special exhibit, "El Greco to Velzquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III"). Considering…
yelp.com - user review - 06/09/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Sorry Boston, I wanted to love this museum, but it's in need of an overhaul and update. It was just sloppy, from the staff to the layout. The art was good, even great, but not represented well. It…
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Go to the MFA on Wed nights 4-9:45pm when it's FREE. That's the best way to see this huge museum I think. It's known for it's Impressionist art. I didn't see it all, just the famous one that's on…
yelp.com - user review - 05/26/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I like the MFA for kind of strange reasons. Usually, I'll actually skip most of the collections as it can get very tedious if you don't have several hours to devote to browsing. They do have some…
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I know the unwritten rule on Yelp is that parks, museums and good causes all get between 4 and 5 stars from everyone but let's be realistic and put this into perspective... does the MFA really stand…
yelp.com - user review - 05/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Excellent museum, and great gift shop, too.
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
MFA has a overwhelmingly vast and impressive array of styles and time periods. We viewed ancient to modern and contemporary works. I was a little disappointed in the limited representation of modern…
yelp.com - user review - 04/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The only thing I have to say about the MFA is that if you go find the picture of Paul Revere you'll realize he looks just like Jack Black. Its the role that fat sloppy slob was born to play.
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love it here. I loved the fashion exhibit and the Napoleon one as well. But the best part of all about the MFA are the events! From Dean & Britta and Vampire Weekend to Michael Showalter comedy with…
yelp.com - user review - 04/01/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I loved the MFA until I actually moved to Boston. Then all of my professors started assigning projects that required a trip to here. And it got old pretty quickly. It seems like half of the galleries…
yelp.com - user review - 03/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm not a mueseum snob at all. I haven't even been to that many. I love this place, though. I could get lost (and I do) for hours in here. Always feel like there is something new for me to explore…
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I dragged my boyfriend on a Sunday. I get myself and a guest in for free, so price plays no part in my review. It was an unlikely trip. We weren't expecting much - just wanted a warm place to walk…
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I wore the wrong shoes to this event. I thought cocktail party and wore heels rather than standing around on marble floors and then wandering through the mfa...which is an activity for flats. On the…
yelp.com - user review - 03/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yes, it's wonderful, especially since I get in for free as a local college student. A small perk for paying nearly $50,000/year to go to school here. The exhibits are great, but don't forget about…
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I've been to a lot of museums - dare I say, more than most. I lived in Boston for nine years and though the MFA has changed, evolved, modernized and expanded; it's still the same Brahmin institution…
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
First Friday at the MFA. AKA
yelp.com - user review - 03/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Awesome. It's a whole hodge-podge of everything, from mummies to British prints to Korean arts, it's got a little of everything. It's a little overwhelming for the day tourist, but it looks like…
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love it here, and once they open all of the additional Art of the Americas galleries that they are working on, it is going to be that much more amazing! I totally plan on joining this week, this is…
yelp.com - user review - 02/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I like it. I like the really worried looking head of medusa up really super high on the wall. Well, I guess I'd look worried too if Perseus just cut off my head and stuffed me in a sack. And the…
yelp.com - user review - 02/17/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Spectacular Spectacular!!!
yelp.com - user review - 02/14/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
For me, the room filled with Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings was worth the visit alone. Some of the highlights that I enjoyed:
yelp.com - user review - 02/11/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The Museum of Fine Arts is not to be missed, as it is one of the great art museums in our country. It is small enough that you can see the entire collection in one visit, but I like to take two…
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The MFA is a pretty average art museum if you ask me. I enjoyed the exhibits greatly, but it didn't stand out from the crowd in any way, really. I hear the admission is $17, which I think is sort of…
yelp.com - user review - 02/06/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Wonderful art, overpriced admission. Yes, I know they've got to pay for their new acquisitions, upkeep and mega-expansion (Sir Norman Foster). But, $17 is steep.
yelp.com - user review - 02/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
How lucky we are to live in a city with such a great museum! I love to just wander through the halls and see everything from ancient crafts from the Ocean Islands to japanese furniture to modern…
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Very annoyed with these guys. I have been a "member" for over ten years and have really enjoyed the MFA and its exhibits. However, since the expansion project began, they have absolutely HOUNDED me…
yelp.com - user review - 01/25/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been to some amazing galleries and museums in Europe - namely the Prado and Reina Sofia in Madrid - the MFA cannot compare, but it's still a great art museum! You can spend days here and get lost…
yelp.com - user review - 01/22/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The MFA will always hold a place in my heart.... I worked in Visual Archives for a few years and still miss it like crazy. I've been to the Louvre and I've been to the Musee d'Orsay and they're…
yelp.com - user review - 01/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I worked here for over 7 years as a sales associate, asst manager, and finally as a visual and floor merchandiser for both the main and exhibition shops. and although sometimes I got bored with it…
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Beautiful. FREE for local college kids. They have an awesome and diverse instrument collection and a lot of great programs to teach about it. I agree with YiHwa about the guards. A pet peeve of…
yelp.com - user review - 01/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I like old things, and I really don't care if we had to rape and pillage to get them! Really, how can you not like walking through a museum looking at and exploring our history and culture. I used to…
yelp.com - user review - 01/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love coming here. However, I'm not the type of person that likes to stand at one picture or item for a long time. I can appreciate something in one minute ya know! But kudos to the peeps that can…
yelp.com - user review - 12/11/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love the MFA. I usually end up going for an exhibit, then wandering around the rest. Check out the concerts and other special events here. While I have never been here on a date, last time I was…
yelp.com - user review - 12/08/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
you can never get enough of this place, i've been here at least 10 times and i'm still not sure if i've seen everything, and they always have cool special exhibits, my favorite recently was one on…
yelp.com - user review - 12/05/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I am a member of the MFA and visit several times a month (I work across the street at 400 Huntington), but I was somewhat disappointed with the Napoleon exhibition currently featured in the Gund…
yelp.com - user review - 12/01/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The exhibits here are great, definitely 5 stars. I went here on a field trip for my decipherment class, and it was really cool to be able to apply my limited hieroglyph understanding to the extensive…
yelp.com - user review - 11/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
So I went to First Friday last week and just wanted to give some info for anyone interested in the future. The food and drinks are not free, but reasonably priced. You get a good plate of food for…
yelp.com - user review - 11/07/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This past weekend I went to go see the Napolean exhibit. It is always interesting to see time pieces. It was also interesting in how Napolean put his mark on everything! However, I found the…
yelp.com - user review - 10/22/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I like art, the MFA has a lot of it. My one semester of art history has paid off! All I need now is to learn painting, not of the fingered-variety.
yelp.com - user review - 10/09/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
almost every room in the MFA holds a memory for me: that weekend my best friend and i camped out in the Egyptian rooms, taking notes and pictures all day for our History Fair project on the Great…
yelp.com - user review - 10/05/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
As with many museums, the MFA has its ups and downs. It is indeed a world class institution, and hosts many great works. They have had some really interesting exhibitions here, ranging from Gaugin's…
yelp.com - user review - 09/24/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I can't imagine anyone not loving, or at least liking the MFA. Unless they hate art and have no soul. But then, they probably wouldn't be visiting, would they?
yelp.com - user review - 09/22/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The MFA has brought culture to this cosmopolitan corner of the globe since 1870. They have many art history staples on display, from El Greco and Sargent to the more modern Rauschenberg and Pollack.…
yelp.com - user review - 09/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I am keeping a star because it's not a fair review. I've been to Boston but I never made it to MFA. That being said, I can't review their collection or their hours, BUT I have been a HUGE fan of…
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
expensive. bad hours.
yelp.com - user review - 08/22/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You don't know how happy I was to find out that the museum is open late (9:45pm) Wednesday through Friday. I'm all about going to museums at night. And at $15 with student ID, it's quite an affordable…
yelp.com - user review - 08/16/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I loove this place. My first introduction to MFA, was 7 years ago as a student, when i had to write a paper on a spanish portal. Btw, students get a discount, and some schools, i think Umass is one…
yelp.com - user review - 08/08/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I grew up going to the MFA and am rarely disappointed with my visits there. They have some fantastic exhibits. Last summer I dragged my fiance to the Degas to Picasso: Modern Masters exhibit. We…
yelp.com - user review - 08/08/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I can't think of anything more appropriate than visiting an Edward Hopper exhibit while traveling alone. Here's a guy who recognizes the simple poignancy of singular commonplace things. "His quiet, yet…
yelp.com - user review - 08/08/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
You could spend days here, but we had just a couple hours. So my Bostonian friend kindly led us on an excellent tour of his faves: - The John Singer Sargent paintings and colonnade murals. Sargent…
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I wanted to give this place 4 stars at first...because I'm a college student and a $2 discount for their special exhibits is not significant =( (from $23 to $21 for Edward Hopper). But I know that…
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I only had two days to spend in Boston and thought it would be good to visit at least one museum, and I was totally blown away by the Edward Hopper exhibit. They had all of his major works on display…
yelp.com - user review - 07/09/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Being an out-of-towner and having an afternoon to kill, I decided to take in a couple of museums. After hitting the ICA, I decided to head over to the Museum of Fine Art. I didn't realize how huge…
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The impressionist gallery here is my favorite out of any museum I have been to in the US! I am a huge fan of Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, & Pierre-Auguste Renoir... and I really like to wander and see…
yelp.com - user review - 06/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
the only real 'big' museum that i am familiar with. been to the Guggenheim and MoMa but was overwhelmed by the experience of the first walk through. the MFA is comfortable. i like going on a cold…
yelp.com - user review - 06/20/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is an impressive museum. It's pretty big so if you come, choose a couple of exhibits to really explore. Their impressionist collection is probably one of the best in the US. I did see the…
yelp.com - user review - 06/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yay, got my daily dose of culture. MFA was pretty rad. Went during the Edward Hopper exhibition. Other highlights included the joint Harvard MFA 1905 archaeological expedition finds from the Great…
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Well, other than the incredibly overpriced entrance fee (whatever happened to making art a public right?) and the fact that all the boston drivers I hate are let loose in droves here, pulling the same…
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The MFA is one of the finer establishments in Boston, trailing just behind The Boston Public Library. As a Northeastern student, I receive free admission and love to take advantage of that. I wouldn't…
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Recommended for: Art lovers, history buffs. Collection 4, Ooooooh Factor 4.
yelp.com - user review - 06/05/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have to agree with Sean. The MFA is the perfect retreat on a rainy day. However, compared to other museums in the country (Met, Frick, even Isabella Stewart Gardner), it does not really compare.…
yelp.com - user review - 06/05/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The MFA is great! Especially in the month of May--as it is free all month with a Bank of America card! I went last night, when it was open late and actually found it to be less crowded than on the…
yelp.com - user review - 05/17/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
would like to see less furniture (who looks at that anyway?) and more modern/contemporary art. but i still love this museaum, and go everytime i get a chance.
yelp.com - user review - 05/05/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
We are lucky people -- the MFA is a treasure trove. The painting collection is amazing and I highly recommend the art classes, much cheaper than the MFA school. The film series is great. This is a…
yelp.com - user review - 04/26/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I LOVE this museum! The Egyptian collection is on par with the Louvre, if not better (in terms of intrigue).
yelp.com - user review - 04/23/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I came here once, for a Vincent Van Gogh exhibit, and i was surprised by how small the museum is. Maybe because I'm from new york/new jersey I'm used to the huge museums like the MOMA or museum of…
yelp.com - user review - 04/14/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
i love museums. in fact, i'm a museum whore. i'll try any museum once. but the MFA is just "meh." Big pluses for:
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
not a big fan of this museum..... It's boring.
yelp.com - user review - 03/28/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What a beautiful space to retreat to. The building is a classic and worth a visit in itself; I only hope that the new structure they are planning is half as impressive. The collections aren't huge…
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Sadly underwhelming, and with very lean pickings. I was expecting much more from the MFA but was shocked at how small the collections of the museum were. I agree with everybody else that the Egyptian…
yelp.com - user review - 02/26/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I used to come here every Wednesday evening when they stayed open late and it was free to BU employees and students. There's way too much to see in one visit. Stick to what you like and come back some…
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Sadly, MFA is the only real jewel of Boston (Isabella is open to discussion) when NYC has so many! Yet, MFA never fails to satisfy me or my visitors every time we go. What is so special about it?
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The Paris Fashion Week exhibit is amazing!! The couture is what brought me to the MFA but I ended up spending the afternoon checking out the other exhibits. The exhibit is $23 but you can get a student…
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I went to the MFA this past weekend with a friend to scope out the Paris Collections. Ah, a fashionistas dream....except I wish this dream could have gone on a little longer. The exhibits they had…
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've gone to the MFA quite a few times. To be honest, I do not quite understand art well. However, I am appreciative and open minded to all that I see there. Recently, I went to temporary exhibit on…
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