Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Museum of Fine Arts main entrance with the ''[[Appeal to the Great Spirit]]'' statue in the foreground The Museum of Fine Arts (often abbreviated as MFA Boston or MFA) is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the 20th-largest art museum in the world, measured by public gallery area. It contains 8,161 paintings and more than 450,000 works of art, making it one of the most comprehensive collections in the Americas. With more than 1.2 million visitors a year, it is the 79th–most visited art museum in the world .

Founded in 1870 in Copley Square, the museum moved to its current Fenway location in 1909. It is affiliated with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 1995
A cemetery of palace attendants including G2084-2099, G2230+2231, and G2240 ; based upon the Recording of the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition : George And...

: based upon the Recording of the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition : George Andrew Reisner, Mohammed Said Ahmed, Norman de Garis Davis, William Stevenson Smith, and others (1905-1906 and 1936-1939) : xxvi, 175 pages, 210 pages of plates (some folded) illustrations (some color), plans 34cm : The series is edited by Peter Der Manuellian and William Kelly Simpson. Plans on lining papers. : 087-846-3852

Ancient Egypt as represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston /

: 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographic references.

Illustrated handbook.

: xiv, 389 pages : illustrations (pt. color) ; 23 cm.

Ancient glass in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston /

: 94 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. : Includes bibliographical references.

Published 1992
The offering chapel of Kayemnofret in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston /

: "Issued in portfolio". : ix, 32 page, 26 page of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 37 cm. + 7 folded plates : Bibliography : pages 23-32. : 0878463615

Published 1971
How to care for works of art on paper /

: "The publication of this guide was prompted by two exhibitions held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in the spring of 1971." : 46 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. : Bibliography : pages 45-46. : 0878460551

Published 1987
A table of offerings : 17 years of acquisitions of Egyptian and ancient Near Eastern art /

: viii, 110 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm. : Bibliography : pages 105-110. : 0878462805 (paberback)

Pharaohs of the sun : Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen /

: Catalog of an exhibition organized by and held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Novolume14, 1999-Feb. 6, 2000 ; and also shown at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 19-June 6 [i.e. 4], 2000; the Art Institute of Chicago, July 17-Sept. 24, 2000; and the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, Novolume23, 2000-Feb. 18, 2001. : 316 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-304) and index. : 0821226207 (cloth)
0878464700 (paper)

Published 1976
Romans & barbarians : [exhibition dates: december 17, 1976 - february 27, 1977].

: xvi, 255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. : Includes bibliographical references.

Published 1942
Ancient Egypt as represented in the Museum of Fine Arts /

: "Introduction" (bibliographical) ; pages [7]-9. : 175 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Published 1949
A history of Egyptian sculpture and painting in the old kingdom /

: 422 pages : illustrations, 63 plates (part color) ; 35 cm.

Corpus antiquitatum Aegyptiacarum. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston loose-leaf catalogue of Egyptian antiquities.

: Stelae II, the New Kingdom to the Coptic period. : volume <1> : illustrations ; 30 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 3805303394 (volme1)

Mummies & magic : the funerary arts of ancient Egypt /

: "Dates of the exhibition, September 14-December 11, 1988"--T.p. verso. : 272 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-265) and index.

Papyrus Reisner IV : personnel accounts of the early twelfth dynasty /

: Introductory matter in English ; each of the Egyptian Hieratic text facsims. is accompanied by a hieroglyphic transcription on the opposite page.
This papyrus, the 4th of 4 rolls now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, was found in tomb N408, subsequently renumbered N406, a Nag' ed Deir during excavations directed by George A. Reisner on behalf of the Hearst Egyptian Expedition of the University of California in 1904. : 47 pages, 33, [1] pages of plates : illustrations ; 41 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (page 26) and indexs. : 0878462619

Papyrus Reisner II : accounts of the dockyard workshop at This in the reign of Sesotris I. /

: Twenty-four of the plates constitute the facsimile ed. of the papyrus, the transcription is on opposite plates.
"The papyrus was found during excavations directed by George A. Reisner, and is now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston".
Translation given in "Analysis of sections" (pages 20-35) : 60 pages : illustrations, 48 plates (part folded) ; 41 cm. : Bibliography : pages 11.

Papyrus Reisner III : the records of a building project in the early twelfth dynasty /

: Introductory matter in English ; each of the Egyptian hieratic text facsims. is accompanied by a hieroglyphic transcription on the opposite page.
This papyrus, the 3d of 4 rolls now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, was found in tomb N408 at Nagʻ ed Deir during excavations directed by George A. Reisner on behalf of the Hearst Egyptian Expedition of the University of California in 1904. : 45 pages : illustrations, 21 Facsimiles (part folded) ; 41 cm. : Includes bibliographical references.

Papyrus Reisner I : the records of a building project in the reign of Sesostris I. /

: Thirty-one of the plates constitute the facsimile ed. of the papyrus, with plates of transcription interspersed.
The papyrus was found by George Andrew Reisner and is now in the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston.
"Translation" : pages 111-133. : 142 pages : 55 plates ; 41 cm. : Bibliography : pages 11-13.

Naga-ed-Dêr stelae of the first intermediate period /

: At head of title: Museum of fine arts, Boston. : vii, 124 pages, 1 leaf : illustrations (plans) XXXIV plates, diagrams ; 28 x 21 cm.

Country life in ancient Egypt /

: [32] pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm.

Annual report of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

: First 1876- : At head of title, 1876-1901 : Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts ; 1902-<30> Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Reports for 1902-08 have imprint : Cambridge, The University Press, 1903-09. : volumes : illustrations, plans ; 23 cm : Annual

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