Stay : A Week of Culture, from Boston to Washington

Between the Museum of Fine Arts and the Venetian Palace of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Boston open the dance with grace. Then, come New York and its MET and MOMA, then Philadelphia, including the Barnes Foundation. We end the stay in Washington, where you can discover the museums of the Smithonian Institution.

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Detail of the stay : A Week of Culture, from Boston to Washington - 7 days

  • MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (MOMA)
  • NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM
  • WASHINGTON MONUMENT
  • NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN
  • FREER GALLERY OF ART
  • PHILLIPS COLLECTION
  • MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS (MFA)
  • ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM
  • FANEUIL HALL
  • PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART
  • BARNES FOUNDATION
  • UNITED STATES CAPITOL
  • NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART

Day 1: Arrival in Boston

Steps: Boston

We usually end up at the end of the day, take time to enjoy dinner in Faneuil Hall.

Places of interest :
FANEUIL HALL

Day 2: FAM and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Steps: Boston

The Boston's centre gives you the opportunity to see beautiful museums. Starting with the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), in which the visitor will be delighted by the collections of African, Asian, European and American art... Temporary exhibitions are often very interesting. In addition, the museum is brand new after years of renovation. It is not far from the Venetian Palace of Isabella Stewart Gardner (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum). This great 20th century collector decorated her sublime remains of paintings purchased worldwide (including Italy, France...).

Day 3: Head to New York

Steps: New York (Manhattan)

Early in the morning, take the train to New York, you arrive late in the morning in the Big Apple. Enjoy the afternoon to visit the MET. Spend your evening in or .

Day 4: MOMA and evening in Broadway

Steps: New York (Manhattan)

Today, discover the in New York (MOMA), it will take half a day. Book a Broadway show to complete the New York experience.

Places of interest :
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (MOMA)

Day 5: Philadelphia, the Art Museum and the Barnes Foundation

Steps: Philadelphie

In an hour by train from New York, you will easily reach the centre of Philadelphia. Start first by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which towers on the Benjamin Parkway at about 10 minutes by bus from the city centre or a 20-minute walk. We could spend many days there, so plan at least two afternoons to see everything. The Barnes Foundation in Merion (approximately 45 minutes by train from the centre of Philadelphia), welcomes thousands of visitors from all over the country and abroad each year. It is one of the world's most important collections, renowned for its many impressionist, post-Impressionist, and exceptional works of Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso, Modigliani and Renoir. The collection of African sculptures is also superb. Note that you must reserve in advance. The museum might move in the downtown in the years to come.

Day 6: Direction Washington D.C.

Steps: Philadelphie, Washington Dc

Leave Philadelphia early in the morning to be in Washington in the morning (1h40 by train), where the 18 museums of the Smithonian Institution await you! Note that they are free. Native American art, African art, Asian art, Air and Space museum, portrait galleries..

They are almost all on the National Mall, between the Capitol and the Washington Monument

Day 7: Conclusion of the stay with the Phillips Collection

Steps: Washington Dc

In the Phillips Collection (this is paid), renovated a few years ago. The paintings (some unforgettable paintings by Degas, Matisse, Hopper, Kandinsky...) are located in the former mansion of the collector Duncan Phillips.

Places of interest :
PHILLIPS COLLECTION

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