List of public art in Boston

This list features two sortable tables of art works on permanent public display in Boston, Massachusetts and its neighborhoods
It comprises works of public art, including sculpture, relief panels, tablets and fountains with sculptural features, accessible in an outdoor public spaces or inside state or federally owned public buildings. This does not include artwork visible inside museums or visible only on private property.
This table is not complete and most likely will not include recent installations. Please feel welcome to contribute/add these in the Additional Artworks area below.

Usage

The tables' columns are sortable by pressing the arrows symbols. The following gives an overview of what information is included in the table.

Name: The artwork's commonly used name or name as it has been entered on its Wikipedia page
Artist: name of the primary artist or designer if known.
Year: variously the artwork's installation date; date of creation; or date of reinstallation at its current location
Location: the street, park, intersection or plaza where the artwork is currently located
Material: the main material from which the artwork is constructed
Dimensions: the approximate dimensions of the artwork, where known
Notes: additional information, including ownership or known repairwork
Image: a picture of the artwork, where available

This page seeks to be an aggregate list of general facts. For information on individual sculptures, please visit the individual artwork's pages.

Artworks

City of Boston

Includes: Back Bay, Boston, North End, South End, Boston

Name	Artist	Year	Location	Material	Dimensions	Notes	Image
The Embrace	Hank Willis Thomas and MASS Design Group	2023	Boston Common	bronze	height: 6.7 m
	Peabody & Stearns	1912	Post Office Square, Boston Angell Memorial Plaza	terrazzo; gilded copper; steel.	h. 60 ft. x W. 10 ft.
Appeal to the Great Spirit		1908	Boston Museum of Fine Arts	bronze	sculpture: 290 cm × 250 cm × 300 cm	Boston Museum of Fine Arts
			Louisburg Square		height: 1.8 m
Army Nurses Memorial			Massachusetts State House		sculpture: 2.5 m
		1985	Quincy Market	bronze	5 ft. x 6 ft. x 2 ft. 3 in
Bagheera Fountain		1939	Boston Public Garden	bronze; granite	sculpture: 32" x 16" x 16" plinth: 57" high, 60" diameter.
		1949, 1977 copy	Boston Common	bronze; granite
Beacon Hill Monument		1898 rebuilt	Massachusetts State House, Ashburton Park	granite; slate, Bronze
Boston Common Tablet		1913	Boston Common	slate, granite	15 x 5 x 20 ft
Boston Irish Famine Memorial		1998	Washington Street and School Street plaza
Boston Massacre Monument		1889	Boston Common	bronze; granite
Boston Public Garden Flagpole Base		1921	Boston Public Garden	bronze; granite	sculpture: 6 x 4 x 4 ft plinth: 3.5 x 7 x 7 ft.
Boston Women's Memorial		2003	Commonwealth Avenue Mall	bronze; granite
Boy and Bird Fountain		1934, recast 1977, 1992	Boston Public Garden	bronze
Brewer Fountain		1868	Park Street and Tremont Street corner	bronze; granite	height: 22 ft
	; Frances Grimes	1910	Copley Square	bronze; granite; marble
		1920, relocated 1975	Back Bay Fens	bronze; granite	sculpture: 108" x 60"x 60" plinth: 56" x 48" x 62"
		1899	Boston Public Garden	bronze; granite	sculpture: 8 ft. x 2 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 4 in. plinth: 6 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. 8 in
		1903	Boston Public Garden, exterior wall	bronze; granite ; marble	sculpture: 8 ft. 5 in. x 45 in. x 46 in. plinth: 25 ft. x 24 ft. x 86 in.
Charlestown Civil War Memorial		1872	Winthrop Square	Granite
China Trade Gate		1988	Chinatown
City Carpet		1983	Old City Hall	Mosaic: ceramic; bronze; stone; brick; concrete
		1908	Commonwealth Avenue Mall	bronze; granite
		1850	Louisburg Square	marble
		1979	Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park	marble; granite
		2002	Copley Square	bronze
		1980	Faneuil Hall	bronze
		1924	Charles River Esplanade
		1980-1	Cardinal Cushing Memorial Park	Bronze; Granite
Declaration of Independence Tablet		1925	Boston Common	bronze; granite
		2012	North End	bronze
Democratic Donkey		1998 installed	Old City Hall	bronze
		1894	Charles River Esplanade	bronze; granite	sculpture: 7 x 3 x 3 ft plinth: 7 x 3 x 3 ft
Dolphins of the Sea		1977	New England Aquarium	bronze
		1959	Massachusetts State House	bronze; granite
Echo of the Waves		1981	New England Aquarium	painted steel; Teflon coated fiberglass
		1831	Charles River Esplanade	granite
		1936	Forsyth Park	granite
		1887	Commonwealth Avenue Mall	bronze; granite
Ether Monument	or John Quincy Adams Ward	1868	Boston Public Garden	granite	height: 12 m
		1866	Richardson Park	bronze; granite	sculpture: 7 x 4 x 2.5 ft. plinth: 7 x 5.5 x 5.5 ft
		1891	Marine Park	bronze; granite
		1984	Charles River Esplanade	aluminum, granite
	; Thomas Ball	1856	Old City Hall		sculpture: 100" x 26". x 26" plinth: 111" x 90" x 90"
		1930	Boston Common	bronze; granite
		1886	Commonwealth Avenue Mall	bronze; granite	sculpture: 7 ft. x 4 ft. x 6 ft. 4 in. plinth: 4 ft. 9 in. x 4 ft. x 6 ft. 4 in.
		1875	Commonwealth Avenue Mall	bronze; granite	sculpture: 8 ft. x 3 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 6 in plinth: 6 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. 6 in.
		1984	Boston Public Garden	granite
		1913	Boston Public Garden	bronze; granite
		1865	Commonwealth Avenue Mall	granite	sculpture:10 ft. x 3 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 4 in.
Harbor Fog		2009	Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway	steel; bronze; granite; LED lights
	; Edward Clark Potter	1903	Massachusetts State House, Ashburton Park	bronze; granite
Hotel Vendome Fire Memorial	; Peter White	1997	Commonwealth Avenue Mall	granite
Hungarian Revolution Memorial		1986	Liberty Square Park	bronze; granite; steel
		1915	Massachusetts State House	bronze; granite	sculpture: 98" x 52" x 30" plinth: 78" x 66" x 48"
Indian Hunter			Museum of Fine Arts, Boston	bronze; granite		Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
		1990	Massachusetts State House	bronze; granite	sculpture: 8 ft. 2 in. x 3 ft. x 18 in. plinth: 27 x 72 x 87.5 in
		1927	Boston Public Garden	bronze; granite	sculpture: 10 ft. x 32 in. x 27 in plinth: 6 ft. x 6 ft. x 5 ft. 7 in.
Japanese Lantern		1587	Boston Public Garden	granite		gifted to the city by Bunkio Matsuki in 1904
		1981	Boston Common	granite	53.5" x 32" x 8.25"
		1932	Massachusetts State House	bronze; granite	sculpture: 96 x 30 x 28 1/2 in., plinth: 73 x 56 x 53 1/2 in
Lotta Fountain	; J. W. Ames and E. S. Dodge	1939	Charles River Esplanade	granite
Make Way for Ducklings		1987	Boston Public Garden	bronze
		1865	Massachusetts State House	bronze; granite
Massachusetts Fallen Firefighters Memorial		2007	Massachusetts State House, Ashburton Park	bronze; granite
Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial		2004	Massachusetts State House, Ashburton Park	granite
		1982	Commonwealth Avenue Mall	bronze; granite
New England Holocaust Memorial		1995	Carmen Park	glass; steel
'		1996	Faneuil Hall, west side	granite		City of Boston
Oneida Football Club Monument		1925	Boston Common	marble	tablet: 198 cm x 76.2 cm x 17.78 cm
		1896	Back Bay Fens	bronze; granite
		2010	TD Garden	bronze
'		1983	South Boston waterfront	aluminum
		1953	Charles River Esplanade	bronze; granite
		1915	Boston Public Garden	bronze; granite
Poe Returning to Boston		2014	Boylston Street and Charles Street, Edgar Allan Poe Square
		1879	Old City Hall
		1885, cast 1940	Paul Revere Mall	bronze; granite
		2013	Boston City Hall Plaza	bronze
		1973	Commonwealth Avenue Mall	bronze; concrete	sculpture: 10 ft. x 4 ft. 1 in. x 3 ft. 3 in
		1897	Beacon Street	bronze; granite
Small Child Fountain		1929	Boston Public Garden	bronze; granite	sculpture: 28" x 21" x 17"
Soldiers and Sailors Monument		1877	Boston Common	granite; bronze	column: 126 ft plinth: 35 ft square
Statler Fountain		1930	Statler Park	bronze; granite
		1948	Charles River Esplanade	bronze; granite
		1878	Boston Public Garden	bronze; granite
		1675	Back Bay Fens	bronze, granite	sculpture: 91 cm x 61 cm diameter, plinth: 109 cm x 81 cm x 81 cm
		1966	Boston City Hall Plaza	bronze	sculpture:12 ft. tall and 16 ft. wide
		1958	Charles River Esplanade	bronze; granite
		1994	Copley Square	bronze
Triton Babies Fountain		1922	Boston Public Garden	bronze, granite
		1999	South End; Harriet Tubman Park	bronze
		1954	Charles River Esplanade	bronze; granite	sculpture: 8 x 3 x 3 ft.
		1869	Boston Public Garden	bronze; granite	sculpture: 22 x 6 x 15 ft plinth: 16 x 8 x 15 ft.
		1859	Massachusetts State House	bronze; granite
	; Henry Bacon	1924	Boston Public Garden	bronze; granite
		2006	Faneuil Hall	bronze
		1873	First Church in Boston	bronze; concrete	sculpture: 7 ft. x 2 ft. 5 in. x 2 ft. 3 in. plinth: 4 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. x 8 ft
		1922	Adams Square	granite	sculpture: 8 x 12 x 1 ft
World War II Memorial, Fenway - Kenmore		1948	Back Bay Fens	bronze; granite

Boston Neighborhoods

Includes: Charlestown, East Boston, and Jamaica Plain

Title	Artist	Year	Location	Material	Dimensions	Notes	Image
Death and the Sculptor		1889	Jamaica Plain Forest Hills Cemetery	bronze
Firemen's Memorial		1909	Jamaica Plain Forest Hills Cemetery	bronze; granite
Madonna, Queen of the Universe	Arrigo Minerbi	1954	East Boston	bronze, copper	height: 10.6 m
Massachusetts Korean War Memorial	; Moisey S. Altshuler	1993	Charlestown Charlestown Naval Shipyard Park	bronze; granite; brick
		2005	East Boston Bremen Street Park	bronze; granite
		1881	Charlestown, Monument Square	bronze; granite	sculpture: 8 ft. x 4 ft. x 5 ft. 10 in. plinth:74" x 64" x 70"
		2009	Charlestown Green Street	granite
		1857	Charlestown Monument Square
		1946	Charlestown City Square Park	granite	height: 15 ft.

Additional Artwork

Split Dodecahedron, 2012, Don Tellalian, Rose Kennedy Greenway
Citgo sign, 1965, Kenmore Square
Giant Milk Bottle by Arthur Gagner, 1934
“Bunker Hill Monument” by Solomon Willard, 1842, Charlestown
Rainbow gas tank by Corita Kent, 1971, Dorcester
Roxbury Love Mural by Ricardo "Deme5" Gomez and Thomas “Kwest” Burns, 2014, spray paint, 17 ft. x 100 ft., Roxbury. Removed 2020.