Museum of Fine Arts

January 6, 2008

Boston Museum of Fine Arts - European Masters Room

The William I. Koch Gallery in the MFA houses European art from 1500-1700, and is one of the MFA's grandest galleries. The original part of the MFA, which includes this room, was opened in 1909 on Huntington Avenue ("Avenue of the Arts"). The central rotunda contains murals created by John Singer Sargent, who also painted the walls of McKim, Mead, & White's Boston Public Library in Copley Square.

The museum has been expanded numerous times over the years, and the building is currently undergoing a massive expansion that will provide much more gallery space for the now-crowded museum collections.