Boston’s Four Biggest Museums Close as Coronavirus Spreads: ‘We Feel It Is Our Ethical Responsibility’

With many American institutions weighing how long they can remain open while the coronavirus continues to spread, four major Boston-area museums closed on Thursday. The Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge, the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston have all shuttered. No reopening date for any of the institutions was immediately provided.
In a statement signed by their directors—Martha Tedeschi, Jill Medvedow, Peggy Fogelm