We spent the afternoon in the MFA, seeing and admiring the new wing devoted to the Art of the Americas, designed by Norman Foster and opened in November 2010.
In the basement, there are displays relating to Central America, including an early Olmec mask:-
On the third floor is the great Sargent portrait of The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, which came to London for the exhibition Americans in Paris and is shown in a gallery flanked by the two great Chinese urns which Boit had in his apartment in Paris:-
| Charles | Saumarez | Smith | 
Lovely to be visiting my hometown. Don’t forget to visit the Boston Athenaeum, both for their collections but for the building as well……
Robert