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The Gallery at Atlantic Wharf

Nonprofit Gallery

Contemporary gallery programmed by the Fort Point Arts Community

13FOREST Gallery

Arlington

Commercial Gallery

Contemporary art and craft gallery in the Boston metro area

Abakus Projects

South End

Commercial Gallery

Alain Locke Gallery of African & African American Art at the Hutchins Center

Cambridge

University Art Center

Contemporary and historical exhibitions of African and African American art, archival materials, and historic objects

All She Wrote Books

Somerville

Shop

Intersectional, inclusive feminist, and queer bookstore

Alpha Gallery

South End

Commercial Gallery

The oldest continuously running contemporary art gallery in Boston

Anderson Yezerski

South End

Commercial Gallery

Contemporary art, painting, photography, and installation

Anthony Greaney

Somerville

Commercial Gallery

Contemporary art in a small, inviting space

Arlington Center for the Arts

Arlington

Nonprofit Community Art Space

A community arts center offering a dynamic mix of classes, camps, exhibits, and events

Armenian Museum of America

Watertown

Museum

Preserving Armenian heritage, history, art and culture

Artists For Humanity

Nonprofit Community Art Space

Nonprofit serving teens and young artists with paid work experience

Arts Collaborative Medford

Medford

Nonprofit Community Art Space

A gathering place for creative community

Asian Community Development Corporation

Chinatown

Nonprofit Other

Community hub serving Asian Americans in the heart of Chinatown

Atlantic Works Gallery

East Boston

Nonprofit Community Art Space

A colloborative artist-run gallery space in East Boston, showcasing local artist for over 20 years

BLKChip Gallery

Commercial Gallery

Creative exhibition space uplifting Black and Brown artists

Blue Triangle

Downtown

Nonprofit Gallery

Bonhams Skinner

Back Bay

Commercial Gallery

Well-known auction house offering 80+ annual sales of antiques, contemporary art, wine, and collectibles.

Boston Art & Music Soul Festival - Seasonal

Dorchester

Festival

Annual festival focused on building community, supporting independent artists, and providing fair and equal access to the arts in Greater Boston

Boston Athenaeum

Downtown

Museum

A unique combination of library, museum, and cultural center in a landmark building

Boston Center for the Arts

South End

Nonprofit Community Art Space

Visual and performing arts complex in the heart of the South End

Boston City Hall Galleries

Downtown

Nonprofit Gallery

Mayor's gallery exhibiting work by Boston artists who have received recognition for their artwork through grants, awards and residencies

Boston Cyberarts Gallery

Jamaica Plain

Nonprofit Gallery

Uniting the worlds of art and technology since the last millenium

Boston Figure Art Center

Somerville

Nonprofit Community Art Space

Studio and coworking space with a lineup of workshops and events

Boston Public Library

Back Bay

Iconic public library with over 23 million objects

Boston Sculptors Gallery

South End

Commercial Gallery

Cooperative sculpture gallery owned and operated by local, New England artists

Boston University Art Galleries

Fenway

University Art Center

A vibrant resource of learning and cultural engagement for BU and the city of Boston

Bow Market

Somerville

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An independent market of local food, art, and retail

Brandeis Alumni Gallery

University Art Center

Alumni art gallery opened in conjunction with Brandeis' 75th anniversary

Brick Island Studios

Hyde Park

Brickbottom Artists Building

Somerville

Studio Building

Live-work studios for over 150 artists

Bromfield Gallery

South End

Commercial Gallery

Established artist-run gallery focusing on contemporary work in all media by New England artists

Brookline Arts Center

Brookline

Nonprofit Gallery

Visual arts center with classes, exhibitions, and outreach

Brookline Booksmith

Brookline

Shop

Family-run since 1961 with an iconic used book basement

CAA @ Canal

Cambridge

Nonprofit Gallery

Satellite space engaging with Cambridge’s vibrant Kendall Square area

Cambridge Art Association

Cambridge

Nonprofit Gallery

Gallery highlighting local and regional contemporary art since 1944

Cambridge Community Television

Cambridge

Nonprofit Other

Community media center celebrating the voice and vision of Cambridge residents

Cambridge KiOSK

Cambridge

Nonprofit Community Art Space

Former Out of Town Newsstand now operated by CultureHouse and Cambridge Office for Tourism

Capitol Theatre

Arlington

Performing Arts Venue

Historic cinema hosting film, live music, and special events

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

Cambridge

University Art Center

Harvard's center for contemporary art, housed in the only building in North America designed by Le Corbusier

Castle of our Skins

Roxbury

Performing Arts Venue

Currently transforming Gold Hall into a beacon for Black artistry and cultural connection

Cedric “Vise1” Douglas: Donna Summer (2024)

Roxbury

Public Art

Central Street Studios

Somerville

Studio Building

A community of over thirty artists in the heart of Somerville

Chez-Vous Roller Skating Rink

Dorchester

Park

A beloved Boston roller rink known for its vibrant, community-driven skating scene

Childs Gallery

Back Bay

Commercial Gallery

Chin Park on the Greenway

Chinatown

Park

Open plaza for community events and festivals with public art

Cloth Collaborative

Studio Building

Art-making space focused on textile practices

Coolidge Corner Theatre

Brookline

Film Venue

Nonprofit, independent cinema and community cultural center

Copley Society of Art

Back Bay

Nonprofit Gallery

Oldest non-profit art association in the United States offering auctions, exhibitions, scholarships, and residencies

Create Art in Community

Roslindale

Studio Building

Art studio offering pottery classes and community events

Cyrille Conan: Doujans D’al Hirhoal (2021)

Public Art

Davis Museum at Wellesley College

University Art Center

University art museum featuring a distinguished permanent collection

deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum

Lincoln

Museum

New England's largest outdoor sculpture park

Design Studio for Social Intervention

Dorchester

Nonprofit Community Art Space

Studio for co-imagining new community infrastructures that center aesthetic justice

Distillery Gallery

Nonprofit Gallery

A gallery and project space in South Boston

Dorchester Art Project

Dorchester

Nonprofit Community Art Space

Community cultural space co-led with Boston Little Saigon

Drive-By Projects

Watertown

Commercial Gallery

An ever-changing market and gallery featuring work by emerging and established artists

East End Books

Shop

A mainstay from Provincetown has landed in the Seaport

Ellen Miller Gallery

South End

Commercial Gallery

Contemporary art gallery

Example Location

Commercial Gallery

EXIT Galleries

Allston

Shop

Hybrid art space and event venue

Fenway Studios

Fenway

Studio Building

The oldest building designed for artists' studios in the country

FPAC Art Space

Nonprofit Community Art Space

Historic warehouse buildings housing 300+ painters, photographers, designers & performance artists

Frugal Bookstore

Roxbury

Shop

A focus on Black authors and subjects and a mission to encourage literacy in kids and adults

Gallery 263

Cambridge

Nonprofit Gallery

Nonprofit creative space advancing contemporary art through programming and exhibitions

Gallery 360 at Northeastern University

Fenway

University Art Center

Northeastern University's contemporary art space and a resource for teaching, learning, and programming across curricula

Gallery A2 at Artisans Asylum

Allston

Nonprofit Community Art Space

Contemporary art exhibition space powered by Artisans' members

Gallery NAGA

Back Bay

Commercial Gallery

Gallery located in neo-Gothic church focuses on paintings by Boston & New England-based artists

Gallery Very

South End

Commercial Gallery

Artist-run contemporary art space dedicated to supporting local and regional artists and slowing down for art

Gateway Arts

Brookline

Nonprofit Community Art Space

Studio art center, store, and gallery featuring adult artists with disabilities

GLEO: Ayote’s Garden (2022)

East Boston

Public Art

Godine Family Gallery

Fenway

University Art Center

Experimental exhibition space overseen by the Studio for Interrelated (SIM) department at MassArt

Goethe-Institut Boston

Back Bay

Nonprofit Other

German cultural hub located in a significant townhouse

Grolier Poetry Book Shop

Cambridge

Shop

The oldest continuously operated book shop dedicated solely to the sale of poetry books

Gropius House

Lincoln

Museum

Historic home of Bauhaus founder, Walter Gropius, viewable with tour

HallSpace

Dorchester

Commercial Gallery

Contemporary art by emerging and distinguished artists and designers

Hank Willis Thomas: The Embrace (2022)

Downtown

Public Art

Harmonia Rosales: Unbound (2025)

Downtown

Public Art

Harvard Art Museums

Cambridge

Museum

Over 50 galleries across three floors, with admission always free

Harvard Book Store

Cambridge

Shop

Landmark bookstore since 1932 with a famous used book basement

Harvard Ed Portal

Allston

University Art Center

Community center connecting Harvard with its Allston-Brighton & Cambridge neighbors

Harvard Film Archive

Cambridge

Film Venue

Archive of over 40,000 motion-picture prints and ephemera with regular film screening events

Harvard Radcliffe Institute

Cambridge

University Art Center

Harvard Institute that fosters interdisciplinary research across the humanities, sciences, social sciences, arts, and professions

Hatch Shell

Back Bay

Public Art

Hibernian Hall

Roxbury

Performing Arts Venue

Gathering place for music, dance, and theater in the heart of Nubian Square

Humphreys St. Studios

Dorchester

Studio Building

Historic home to over forty working artists' studios

ICA Watershed (Seasonal)

East Boston

Museum

Big warehouse-turned-gallery featuring video installations & other unique art exhibits, plus events

Institute of Contemporary Art

Museum

Boston's home for new art and ideas in a stunning waterfront museum

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Fenway

Museum

Art museum housing significant examples of European, Asian, and American art

Ishibashi Gallery

Concord

University Art Center

Gallery dedicated to cross-cultural visual literacy at Middlesex School

Jean Appolon Expressions Dance Center

Roxbury

Performing Arts Venue

Haitian folkloric and contemporary-infused dance organization

Johnetta Tinker: Deeply Rooted in the Neighborhood (2021)

Dorchester

Public Art

Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery

Cambridge

University Art Center

Joy Street Studios

Somerville

Studio Building

Home to makers, designers, and small businesses

JustBook-ish

Dorchester

Shop

A literary gathering space

Katherine Small Gallery

Somerville

Shop

Small exhibits about graphic design, typography, ephemera, and stamps

Kingston Gallery

South End

Commercial Gallery

Artist-run, cooperative gallery founded in 1982

Kniznick Gallery at Brandeis

University Art Center

Feminist exhibitions reflecting the activities of the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis

Krakow Witkin Gallery

Back Bay

Commercial Gallery

Conceptual, minimalist, and contemporary art

LaiSun Keane

South End

Commercial Gallery

Contemporary art gallery platforming non-mainstream voices at SoWa Art District

LaMontagne Gallery

South End

Commercial Gallery

Contemporary gallery featuring visual, sound, and performance artists based in Boston and beyond

Leica Store & Gallery Boston

Back Bay

Commercial Gallery

Workshops, exhibits, and retail

Long Wharf

Downtown

Park

Lonnie Holley: The Long Journey (2025)

Public Art

Loony Tunes

Allston

Shop

Down-to-earth owner with an encyclopedic knowledge of musical genres and a large collection of vinyl

Lucy Lacoste Gallery

Concord

Commercial Gallery

Contemporary ceramics on view and for sale

Lucy Parsons Center

Jamaica Plain

Shop

Radical bookstore and event space

Mags Harries: Asaroton (1976)

Public Art

Maria Molteni: A Sea Bird (2021)

Public Art

MassArt Art Museum

Fenway

Museum

Free museum showcasing rotating exhibits by established and emerging artists

MassArt Brant Gallery

Fenway

University Art Center

Forum for interdisciplinary, cross-cultural curriculum development

MassArt x SoWa Gallery

South End

University Art Center

Features graduate student work along with alumni exhibitions, student and faculty-curated shows, and community collaborations

Mattaya Fitts: The Joy of Growing (2022)

Public Art

McMullen Museum of Art

Brighton

University Art Center

Teaching museum highlighting faculty scholarship

Menino Arts Center

Nonprofit Community Art Space

Home of Hyde Park Art Association

MFA Boston

Fenway

Museum

Museum with over 100 galleries and 450,000 works of art

Middle East Restaurant and Club

Cambridge

Music Venue

Enduring rock venue featuring underground & indie bands

Midway Artist Studios

Studio Building

Live-work studio building with rotating exhibitions

MIT List Visual Arts Center

Cambridge

University Art Center

MIT's creative laboratory, providing artists with a space to freely experiment across three gallery spaces

MIT Museum

Cambridge

University Art Center

More than one million objects depict the wide interests of the MIT community from its founding in 1861 to today's cutting-edge current research

MIT Press Bookstore

Cambridge

Shop

Bookshop focusing on art, architecture, and technology

More Than Words

South End

Nonprofit Other

Nonprofit bookstore that donates 100% of proceeds to vulnerable young adults in Greater Boston

Multicultural Arts Center

Cambridge

Nonprofit Community Art Space

Venue for visual and performing arts, including concerts, and dance performances, in a historical space

Museum of African American History

Downtown

Museum

New England's largest museum dedicated to preserving, conserving and interpreting the contributions of African Americans

Museum of Modern Renaissance

Somerville

Museum

Chapel and exterior by Nicholas Shaplyko and Ekaterina Sorokina

Music Research Library

Downtown

Shop

Beacon Hill's only record shop with listen-before-you-buy stations

National Center of Afro-American Artists

Roxbury

Museum

New England’s most revered institution celebrating the arts heritage of the African-American and African diasporan cultures

Nave Gallery

Somerville

Nonprofit Gallery

Nesto Gallery at Milton Academy

University Art Center

University gallery featuring New England-based artists

New Art Center

Nonprofit Community Art Space

Art education space offering workshops, classes, exhibitions, and more

Nick Cave: Augment (2019)

Dorchester

Public Art

Nicole Eisenman: Grouping of Works from Fountain (2019)

Public Art

North American Indian Center of Boston

Jamaica Plain

Nonprofit Community Art Space

Hub for indigenous art, culture, learning and advocacy

Palm Press

Medford

Shop

Fine art photographic atelier with a public photo book store and archive

Pao Arts Center

Chinatown

Nonprofit Community Art Space

Chinatown's first arts and cultural center

Parkside Bookshop

South End

Shop

A general interest bookstore embracing the history of the South End

Paul Dietrich Gallery

Cambridge

Nonprofit Gallery

Non-profit gallery presenting quarterly shows of art, architecture, and design

Pellas Gallery (Coolidge Corner Location)

Brookline

Commercial Gallery

New Coolidge Corner location

Pellas Gallery (Newbury Location)

Back Bay

Commercial Gallery

Local and global contemporary art

Photographic Resource Center at Lesley University

Cambridge

Nonprofit Gallery

Non-profit organization devoted to the exploration and celebration of photographic art and lens-based media

Piano Craft Gallery

South End

Nonprofit Gallery

Making diverse art accessible to the communities of Boston

Porter Square Books

Cambridge

Shop

Employee-owned bookstore with Page & Leaf cafe inside

Praise Shadows Art Gallery

Downtown

Commercial Gallery

Contemporary gallery with a focus on exceptional artists working in all artistic disciplines, plus a retail shop and mentorship program

Project Hustle

South End

Nonprofit Community Art Space

Project space supporting emerging artists

Pucker Gallery

Back Bay

Commercial Gallery

Eclectic collection of contemporary and modern art by local and international artists

Rixy: Pa*Lante (2022)

Roxbury

Public Art

Rixy: Rita’s Spotlight (2022)

Public Art

Rob “Problak” Gibbs: Breathe Life 3 (2017)

Roxbury

Public Art

Rob “Problak” Gibbs: Breathe Life I (2017)

Dorchester

Public Art

Robert Klein Gallery

Back Bay

Commercial Gallery

Prestigious showroom of fine art photography

Rose Art Museum at Brandeis

University Art Center

Rotating exhibitions plus a permanent collection of 9,000 objects

Roxbury Community College

Roxbury

Public Art

Community college with a commitment to arts and culture in Greater Roxbury

Rozzie Bound Co-op

Shop

Roslindale's community-owned bookstore with an emphasis on books by historically marginalized authors

RSM Gallery at Bentley University Library

Commercial Gallery

A jewel-box of a gallery held within Bentley's library

Shaw-Roxbury Library

Roxbury

A neighborhood branch of the BPL offering community programs, a Spanish language collection, and an extensive African American collection

ShowUp

South End

Nonprofit Gallery

Contemporary exhibition, education, and engagement space

SIDE Presents

Dorchester

Event production studio focused on uplifting underrepresented voices through art

Silvia López Chavez: Patterned Behavior (2017)

Back Bay

Public Art

SoWa Artists Guild

South End

Studio Building

Studios for over 80 artists

SPOKE

Southie

Nonprofit Gallery

Steven Zevitas Gallery

South End

Commercial Gallery

Contemporary gallery

Storefront Art Projects

Watertown

Commercial Gallery

Artist-run gallery with occasional pop-ups

Strand Theatre

Dorchester

Performing Arts Venue

A restored vaudeville house in Upham's Corner, now a multicultural community and cultural hub

The Artist Building at 300 Summer Street

Studio Building

Live-work studio building

The Brattle Theatre

Cambridge

Film Venue

Classic, cutting-edge, foreign, and art-house films

The Center for the Arts at the Armory

Somerville

Performing Arts Venue

Operates the Performance Hall and Rooted Café

The Foundry

Cambridge

Nonprofit Community Art Space

Community hub equipped with maker spaces, a dance studio, theater, and a rotating cafe pop-up

The Gallery at Jameson & Thompson

Jamaica Plain

Commercial Gallery

Gallery space and picture framers

The Lilypad

Cambridge

Music Venue

Home for avante-garde music and art

The Museum Of Bad Art

Dorchester

Museum

The Puppet Free Library

Back Bay

A lending library for larger-than-life puppets located in the basement of Emmanuel Church

The Station in Fenway

Fenway

Park

Former gas station turned into an outdoor venue

The Substation

Performing Arts Venue

Event space, bar, and co-working community

The Umbrella Arts Center

Concord

Nonprofit Community Art Space

1920s schoolhouse repurposed as a vibrant community art space

Tres Gatos

Jamaica Plain

Shop

Boston's only full-service restaurant, book, and music store

Trident Booksellers & Cafe

Back Bay

Shop

Indie bookstore with a robust lineup of events and a bustling cafe

Trustman Art Gallery at Simmons University

Fenway

University Art Center

Learning gallery exhibiting professional artists and student work

TUAG / Boston (SMFA at Tufts)

Fenway

University Art Center

Academic art center where learning and visual arts intersect at every level

TUAG / Medford (Aidekman Arts Center)

Somerville

University Art Center

A dynamic learning space with exhibitions, events, collections, and scholarship

Unbound Visual Arts

Brighton

Nonprofit Community Art Space

Exhibitions, community programs, and residencies

University Hall Gallery at UMass Boston

Dorchester

University Art Center

Academic gallery and visual arts program making artists and artworks accessible to students, faculty, and the public

Vernon Street Studios

Somerville

Studio Building

Studios for over 100 artists

Veronica Robles Cultural Center

East Boston

Nonprofit Community Art Space

Home for Latin American Arts

Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Souledad (2022)

Public Art

Wally's Cafe Jazz Club

South End

Music Venue

A beacon for jazz since 1947 where pros and students share the stage

Waltham Street Studios

South End

Studio Building

A vibrant community of South End artists

Wareham St Studios

South End

Studio Building

Home to artist studios, galleries, and project spaces

Waterworks Museum

Waltham

Museum

Nineteenth-century water pumping facility with occasional art exhibitions on view among the engines

Western Avenue Studios

Cambridge

Studio Building

New England's largest artist community home to nearly 400 artists

Zone 3

Allston

Nonprofit Community Art Space

Creative programs, events, experimental retail, and public art