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Interior of the Japanese House at Boston Children's Museum, a two-storey wooden Kyoto townhouse with tatami rooms, a hanging kimono and a bicycle in the street outside

Boston Children's MuseumFort Point / Seaport

Japanese House

Now showingPermanent collection$24

Take off your shoes and step into Kyo-no-Machiya, a two-storey Kyoto silk merchant's house rebuilt inside the Museum by Japanese carpenters — a gift from Boston's sister city.

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Installation view of To My Best Friend at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, with Lorna Simpson's To My Best Friend

To My Best Friend

Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston

Installation view of Cynthia Daignault: Valley at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston

Cynthia Daignault: Valley

Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston

Sculpture by Leilah Babirye from Embaga ya Naki ne Naki (Wedding of Naki and Naki) at the ICA Boston

Leilah Babirye: Embaga ya Naki ne Naki (Wedding of Naki and Naki)

Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston

All exhibitions in Boston this month Coming up in November

Nearby

The cantilevered glass and steel Institute of Contemporary Art building by Diller Scofidio + Renfro on the Boston Harbor waterfront

Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston

Architecture7 min walk
The brick facade and entrance of the 1713 Old State House on Washington Street in downtown Boston, framed by modern office towers

Old State House

Architecture12 min walk
The sandstone Beacon Street facade of the Boston Athenæum at 10½ Beacon Street

Boston Athenæum

Art15 min walk
Exterior of the Paul Revere House, a two-storey timber-framed dwelling with overhanging upper floor, at 19 North Square in Boston's North End

Paul Revere House

Architecture16 min walk

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