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The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University (SMFA at Tufts) is where talented and curious students become artists with purpose. Our students work across mediums, disciplines, and techniques to produce art that provokes thought and inspires change.
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University is where talented and curious students become artists with purpose. For generations, our graduates have worked across mediums, disciplines, and techniques to produce art that provokes thought and inspires change.
Create in the shadow of giants. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is home to the second largest collection of art in North America. All SMFA students have free access to the museum, located next door to our main building.
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University (Museum School, SMFA at Tufts, or SMFA; formerly the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) is the art school of Tufts University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.
Our students have unlimited, free visits to see the second largest art collection in North America. The Museum houses everything from ancient Greek sculpture to contemporary video art, to a surprisingly large collection of bagpipes – as well as the work of many SMFA alumni.
Key Moments. 1876 – The School of Drawing and Painting opens within the Museum of Fine Arts at its first location in Copley Square. 1879 – Enrollment climbs to 160 students (120 women and 40 men). The Art Student Association, which later becomes The Copley Society, is founded.
You’ll do it all in a city where art—and art making—is everywhere. The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University offers undergraduate students a BFA degree or 5-year combined degree (BFA + BA/BS).
