Museum of Fine Arts

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2010 to Jun 30, 2011

Signed

May 15, 2012

Return Version

2010v3.4

Gross Receipts

$441,396,697

Major Activities

Activity 2

Exhibitions:with a collection of nearly 450,000 objects, the museum owns some of the most rare and important artistic treasures in the world. Such a collection enables the museum to present many special exhibitions with a balance between scholarly programs and those with broad public appeal. During fiscal year 2011, the museum presented more than 26 exhibitions. Some highlights include: luxuries from japan: cultural exchange in the 17th and 18th centuries (sept 30, 2009 - jan 17, 2011); patterns of long ago: cafe and cabaret: toulouse - lautrec's paris (nov 21, 2009 - aug 8, 2010); object, image, collector: african and oceanic art in focus (dec 12, 2009 - july 18, 2010); under the skin: tattoos in japanese prints (april 3, 2010 - jan 2, 2011); romantic interludes: woman in firdawsi's shanama (april 24, 2010 - jan 17, 2011); albrecht durer: virtuoso printmaker (nov 21, 2009 - july 5, 2010); nicholas nixon: family album (july 28, 2010 - may 2, 2011); new works: prints, drawings, collages (july 28, 2010 - may 1, 2011); avedon fashion 1044 - 2000 (aug 10, 2010 - jan 17, 2011); heaven and hell in japanse art (aug 14, 2010 - may 2, 2011); studio arts program (aug 2, 2010 - jan 30); chinese master paintings from the collection (sept 4, 2010 - feb 27, 2011); millet and rural france (sept 4, 2010 - may 30, 2011); scaasi: american couturier (sept 25, 2010 - june 19, 2011); kristin baker: new paintings (oct 2, 2010 - mar 27, 2011); embroideries of colonial boston: samplers (nov 20, 2010 - mar 13, 2011); fresh ink: ten takes on chinese tradition (nov 20, 2010 - feb 13, 2011); modernist photography (nov 20, 2010 - july 3, 2011); artists abroad: london, paris, venice and rome 1825 - 1925 (nov 20, 2010 - june 26, 2011); mirror of holland: drawings from the maida and george abrams collection (nov 20, 2010 - july 3 2011); flower and festivals: four seasons in japanese prints (jan 22 - june 6, 2011); conversations: photography from the bank of america collection (feb 9 - june 19, 2011), an unspoken dialogue with japanese tea (feb 12, 2011 - sept 23, 2012); students curate students: imaginary active (feb 19 - june 6 2011); embroideries of colonial boston: school girls pictures (april 2 - aug 28, 2011); chihuly: through the looking glass (apr 10 - aug 7, 2011); global patterns: dress and textiles in africa (april 13, 2011 - jan 8, 2012); community arts initiative: and their families (apr 23 - nov 27, 2011); the goddess of music and good fortune (may 21 - dec 31, 2011); alex webb and rebcca norris webb (may 25, 2011 - jan 16, 2012); two masters of fantasy: bresdin and redon (may 25, 2011 - jan 17, 2012); europe at mid-century: dubuffet, giacometti, picasso (june 25, 2011 - jan 22, 2012); etc.

Activity 3

School of museum of fine arts program:the school of museum of fine arts (the school) is a member of the national association of schools of art and design. (the school is not a separately incorporated organization and is a division of the museum). Courses are offered in ceramics, drawing, film and animation, foundations, glass, metals, painting, performance, photography, printmaking and papermaking, sculpture, sound, text and image arts, video, and visual and critical studies. The school awards a diploma, two types of certificates, and through its affiliation with tufts university, medford, ma, offers three undergraduate and two graduate degree programs. In addition, the school offers continuing education programs. During the 2010-11 academic year, the school had 1,366 students across all programs.

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EIN

04-2103607