Art Museums PLUS: Cultural Excursions in New England

While most people are familiar with the Museum of Fine Arts and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, few are aware of the scores of other wonderful museums throughout New England. From the Colby College Museum of Art to the Museum of Russian Icons and the National Museum of American Illustration, the cradle of American art is home to a dazzling abundance of cultural opportunities.

Traute M. Marshall has written this smart and engagingly personal guidebook for curious travelers, brin…