Institute of Contemporary Art
100 Northern Avenue
617-478-3100
$15 general, $10 students and seniors
10-5 Tues/Wed/Sat/Sun, 10-9 Thurs/Fri
T: Courthouse or World Trade Center
Formerly located in a cramped and tiny building next to a firehouse in the Back Bay, the ICA moved to its new home in 2006. The modernist building is the first new art museum to be built in Boston in over 100 years, and allowed the ICA to launch its first permanent collection. The permanent collection is small, but there are always temporary exhibitions taking place with works from up-and-coming artists. The Water Cafe in the building features food by Wolfgang Puck Catering.
Year round, a visitor can find residents strolling up and down Broadway doing their shopping and greeting their neighbors.