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Skywalk Observatory
The
Skywalk is Boston’s only observatory. Located on the 50th
Floor of Prudential Center. The Skywalk offers a 360º panoramic view of
Boston on clear days one can see as far as the mountains of New
Hampshire and Cape Cod, that is about 50 miles as the crow flies.
The
Prudential Center under the Skywalk has a lot to offer in terms of
shopping, dining and Entertainment, so that can be bundled with the
visit to the Skywalk.
The
Skywalk is open daily from 10 am to 10 pm and admission is charged at $8
for adults.
Museum of Fine Arts
This
is one of the greatest international art museums with treasures from all
of the world's major civilizations. The Museum has one of the largest
collection of Monets outside Paris. The Museum has renowned collections
of European and American paintings, Egyptian, Asian, and Classical art,
sculpture and drawings. A Few highlights of their collection are
“Rooms from Oak Hill” – 3 rooms of an 1800’s Mansion
designed my McIntire, with original furnishing, Portraits of Paul Revere
and other patriots by JS Copley, Abstracts by Stuart Davis, “The
Daughters of Edward D. Boit” by JS Sargent, Rembrandt’s “Artist in
His Studio”, “Dance at Bougival” by Renoir, “The Madonna in the
Clouds” in Relief in Marble by Donatello, A Roman marble head of
Augustus Caesar “Posthumous Portrait of Augustus”, “King Mycerinus
& Queen Kha-merer-nebty II” - Egyptian sculptures from the
pyramids of Giza, “Guanyin” – a lacquered wood sculpture from the
Jin Dynasty of China, an 11th Centure Sandstone sculpture
“Ganesha and His Wives”.
The
Museum has many activities such as films, concerts, artist lectures, and
family programs. The museum is open from 10 am to 4:45 pm from Saturday
to Tuesday; and 10 am to 9:45 pm on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the
Gund Gallery for special exhibitions is closed 15 minutes before the
Museum. The museum offers a very interesting general admission fees; $15
for 2 visits within 30 days of each other and it includes gallery talks
and guided tours.
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