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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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  • 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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    Civil Rights Movement Series
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    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • Dutch Paintings: The Poetry of Everyday Life

    Thu, Jun 19, 2003
    Laura McPhee and Abelardo Morell share their responses to the range of works gathered from local collections for the exhibition *The Poetry of Everyday Life: Dutch Paintings in Boston Collections*. McPhee is renowned for her panoramic landscape vistas; Morell for his city views captured with a camera obscura, as well as magical still lifes. The work of both photographers offers parallels to the close and transforming attention 17th-century Dutch painters gave to the everyday world.
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    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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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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    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston