Boston Art Galleries

Great for Gifts

1. Museum of Fine Arts

Excellent museum, and great gift shop, too....

2. Artful Hand Gallery

Neighborhood: Back Bay

I've gotten so many beautiful gifts here.  In fact, it's one of my go-to places for gifts, be it birthday, wedding, anniversary, housewarming, shower... you get the idea. The staff is helpful...

3. Isabella Stewart…

suggest taking advantage of a guided tour or audio guide. The gift shop was pleasant, with a wide array of books (but none about the ISG Museum, from what I saw) and postcards, including postcards...

4. SOWA Artists Guild

Neighborhood: South End

SOWA would definitely make a great cultured date spot (free to enter but art pieces are soooo expensive, but tempting nonetheless).  Followed by a dinner date nearby, how suiting?!  BIKE THERE You're...

5. Shake the Tree…

Neighborhood: Charlestown

This store is lovely.  They had great clothes, cute.  But they also have wonderful gifts, soaps, bags, cards, etc.  The people workign there are also so helpful.  I gave 4 stars because...

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1. Flamepoeira

Neighborhood: Charlestown

walked in with my friend one weekend to an empty shop. While in deep thought contemplating between quickly robbing  the gallery (yes the pieces are amazing)  or their baked good selections, I...

2. Martin Lawrence Art…

Neighborhood: Back Bay

Lichtensteins, Picassos, Chagalls, Warhols and many many more!  This chain art gallery (with other locations in Beverly Hills, Chicago, New York, SF, LA, Dallas, etc.) has a great selection of pieces...

3. Hurst Gallery

Neighborhood: Harvard Square

a wonderful selection of objects both in three D and works on paper from Japan and China. To make matters even more interesting they also feature works from small scaled societies in Sub Saharan Africa...

4. Museum of Fine Arts

museum right across the street demonstrates plainly, size doesn't have much to do with the quality of the museum.  I'd say the MFA's selection -- aside from the Japanese and French impressionist...

5. Isabella Stewart…

of the work hard to view, aids visitors in their escapism.  Each piece was meticulously selected and placed within the structure of this building. The building itself was designed around her collection...

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