Visit Us Safely This Spring

Remember to bring your mask! The MFA continues to require all visitors to wear face masks regardless of vaccination status, and everyone needs an advance timed-entry ticket, including members and children.

Members get free tickets and preferred time slots for entry. Join today.

Changes to the Visitor Experience

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Advance Timed-Entry Tickets

Everyone needs to reserve a timed-entry ticket in advance and enter the building within your 60-minute entry window. No ticket sales at the Museum. No early entry allowed.

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Face Masks Required

Everyone must properly wear a mask at the Museum, both inside and outside on our grounds, regardless of vaccination status.

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New Hours

Were open Wednesday–Sunday, 10 am–5 pm

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Galleries

Open galleries have limited capacity and, as we reopen in phases, some galleries are temporarily closed.

Admission

All visitors and members must reserve advance tickets online for general admission or special exhibitions. No ticket sales at the Museum. Reserve your tickets today.

Members Free
General Admission $25
“Basquiat” + General Admission $32
“Monet: Legacy Illuminated” + General Admission
Opens April 17
$32
Youths 17 and under Free

See Tickets for information about free and discounted admission programs.

Exchanges and Returns

If your plans change, please see our policy regarding ticket return and exchange options.

Hours

Wednesday–Sunday 10 am–5 pm

Closed January 1, July 4, November 25, and December 25

Members-only hours (ticket required): Last Sunday of each month, 10 am–Noon

Reserved hours for high-risk visitors (ticket required): Thursdays, 10–11 am

On View

See masterpieces of Old Kingdom Egyptian sculpture, art of the Islamic world, treasures from the Chinese Song dynasty, and more. Temporarily closed galleries will continue to reopen as we reconfigure spaces and traffic routes for safe and socially distant visits.

On View | Gallery Updates | Map

Before Your Visit

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Buy or Reserve Tickets

Get your required timed-entry tickets in advance for everyone in your party to ensure plenty of time and space to enjoy the MFA.

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Bring Your Masks

Make sure everyone in your party has a mask.

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Health Check

Please don’t come if you don’t feel well or have a temperature.

At the Museum

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Arrival

There is no coat check available, so leave valuables at home and bring only those items you can comfortably carry. Please note your 60-minute entry window and arrive accordingly to reduce wait times. No early entry allowed.

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Check In

Please be prepared to present your tickets outside and to complete a health check for all members in your party.

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Follow Paths and Signs

Follow the paths indicated to have the space and time to visit open galleries and exhibitions. Some galleries have limited capacity or are temporarily closed.

Health and Safety

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Masks

All visitors and staff are required to wear a mask inside the building and outside on the grounds, regardless of vaccination status.

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Distance

Keep at least 6 feet apart from others.

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Hand Washing

Wash and sanitize your hands frequently at hand sanitizing stations.

Have Questions? Start Here

Tickets

All visitors including members and children need a timed ticket. For more information and to reserve tickets, visit Tickets.

Yes, all visitors regardless of age are required to have a timed-entry ticket. Timed-entry tickets help us maintain safe and mandated capacity limits set by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Ticket purchasers must present their ticket upon arrival for the time and date reserved for themselves and any guests, regardless of age. Tickets may be presented on a mobile device or printed on paper. All tickets will be scanned at the door. Tickets are only available in advance online or by phone.

Yes, if you let us know in advance, there are options for returning or exchanging tickets. See our Ticketing Policies for more information and how to contact us.

No, in order to create as safe and contactless an experience for visitors and staff as possible, we require tickets be purchased in advance on our website or by phone at 1-800-440-6975. There are no on-site, day-of purchases.

Group visits to the MFA are currently suspended. The largest ticketed group permitted to visit together is 6 people.

Health and Safety

MFA staff have worked to provide as safe an environment as possible. This includes limiting capacity, contactless timed-entry advance ticketing, requiring masks to be worn on MFA campus inside and out, promoting one-way traffic patterns and social distancing with clear signs and indicators throughout your visit, redesigning gallery spaces and interpretive materials, creating physical barriers where necessary, and deploying hand sanitizer throughout the building.

Before entering the building, a member of each party will be required to confirm that none of the ticket holders in their group has symptoms of COVID-19. MFA staff will ask ticket purchasers and their guests about any symptoms they are experiencing and for phone contact information in the event that contract tracing is necessary.

If you or a guest are unwell on the day of your visit or are quarantined due to exposure to COVID-19, we ask that you stay home and contact the MFA at tickets@mfa.org or 617-369-9300 for assistance with rescheduling your visit.

In accordance with CDC guidelines and state regulatory orders, all staff and visitors above the age of 2 are required to wear a face mask or covering while on MFA property, including outside on Museum grounds. If you forget your mask or don’t have one, a mask will be provided for your visit.

The health and safety of all staff and visitors is our first priority. In order to allow for appropriate social distancing and prevent anyone who is symptomatic from entering the building, the ticket and health check verification must be completed outside the Museum’s entrance.

Preparing for Your Visit

No, the MFA has closed its coat checks. We advise leaving valuables at home and bringing only those items that you can comfortably carry during your visit.

Bags smaller than 11 x 15 inches are welcome (no luggage please). Backpacks must be carried as a handbag or worn on the front side of the body. Bags in excess of 11 x 15 inches containing needed medical equipment, or for use in nursing or baby care, are allowed in the Museum if tagged at arrival.

The Linde Family Wing Bookstore and Shop on Level 1 is open. Other retail operations are temporarily closed.

Pre-packaged grab-and-go items, including an assortment of beverages, are available at New American Café, Wednesday–Sunday, 9:30 am–4 pm. All other dining venues in the Museum are temporarily closed. See Dining for more information.

In order to maintain safe and socially distant visits, visitor capacity is limited and only a select group of galleries are open. Additional galleries will reopen in phases. Please see Gallery Updates for the latest information about what’s on view.

Your ticket is valid until the Museum closes, but once you exit the building, you cannot be readmitted.

In-person guided tours are suspended at this time.

Members

For more member information, visit Membership FAQ.

Yes, all visitors (members and nonmembers) need to reserve a timed-entry ticket in advance and answer questions for a health check outside to enter the Museum for any reason.

No, membership cards alone will not be accepted at the door. All visitors need to reserve a timed-entry ticket in advance.

Yes. We know sometimes plans change—if yours do, please help more people in our community enjoy the Museum by rebooking, exchanging, or canceling your tickets ahead of time. We hope you come to the Museum as planned, but if you decide not to, other visitors might miss out if you don’t use your timed-entry tickets. Remember, to protect your health and that of our entire creative community, only a limited number of time slots are available.

Members, if you need to reschedule:

  • To reschedule free Museum Admission tickets, please contact us in advance of your visit date by calling 1-800-440-6975 so we can release the tickets. You can then rebook your tickets online for a different day.
  • To reschedule timed-entry special exhibition or any paid tickets, contact us in advance of your visit date by calling 1-800-440-6975 to exchange your tickets for another date. Tickets are non-refundable, but can be exchanged prior to the visit date. A $4 exchange fee applies.
  • If you do not arrive for a special exhibition at your ticketed time, you will forfeit your limited free exhibition ticket(s) and we will not be able to reschedule you for another time slot.

Yes, but you must get a timed-entry ticket in advance. Due to the limited capacity allowed in our building to comply with state guidelines, all visitors require a timed-entry ticket in advance and a health check to enter for any reason.

Please contact your representative at the associated university or company for details on how to access free or discount tickets.

Not yet. Please join or renew online or send a check by mail to:

Membership
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

Accessibility

The Museum is committed to accessibility for all visitors. For general access information, call 617-267-9300 or e-mail access@mfa.org.

Yes, sanitized wheelchairs will be available to borrow on a first-come, first-served basis. See Accessibility for more information.

Yes, sanitized gallery stools will be available to borrow on a first-come, first-served basis from the Sharf Visitor Center.

Yes, the Museum is fully wheelchair accessible.

Yes, the MFA welcomes service dogs.

Please visit Accessibility to see if your request is addressed. If not please contact 617-267-9300 or e-mail access@mfa.org for more information.

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