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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is one of the great art museums of the world. The MFA houses approximately 350,000 objects including some of the world's greatest collections of 19th-century French paintings, American paintings, English and French silver, prints and drawings, Egyptian art, American decorative arts, Asian art, and photographs. The Museum also hosts a variety of lectures, films, musical performances and an array of activities for families throughout the year.

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  • Rembrandt's Journey: Painter, Draftsman, Etcher

    Sun, Oct 26, 2003
    Ms. Martin gives an overview of a major Rembrandt exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and suggests ways to look at the works of this master artist.
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  • Civil Rights Movement on Film

    Mon, Jan 19, 2004
    Ernest C. Withers talks about his photojournalism career, which took him on travels with Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers, and other figures in the civil rights movement. As a freelance journalist for African American newspapers, he captured on film the momentous events of the 1950s and 60s as they unfolded. Withers shares his experiences and images of events that altered the course of American history in a memorable Martin Luther King Jr. Day presentation.
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    Ancient Olympics: Gods and Athletes

    Sun, Mar 21, 2004
    Donald Kyle discusses the origins, setting, operation, and events of the games and includes recent developments in the archeology and interpretation of athletics at Olympia, as the summer of 2004 marks the return of the Olympics to Greece and the opening of the MFA exhibition "The Greek Athlete: Games for the Gods."
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