The sole beneficiary of a will by Cornelius Gurlitt, the son of celebrated German art historian Hildebrand Gurlitt, the museum became home to more than 1,400 beautiful, well-preserved works of art after the shocking 2012 Munich artworks discovery scandal, which unveiled that Gurlitt’s estate housed several exquisite pieces of art with questionable origin, including some that were believed to have been stolen from European Jews by the Nazis. In 2014, the extensive collection of relics and masterpieces was accepted by the museum’s board of directors, after ensuring that due diligence would be made in ensuring that restitution was given towards the heirs of the original owners of these remarkable paintings.

Today, the Museum of Fine Arts is a renowned art and cultural hotspot within Europe, and is home to works by highly revered and beloved artists such as Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Ferdinand Hodler, and Meret Oppenheim. Art aficionados and museum lovers will fall in love and enjoy getting lost within the marbled maze of exhibitions and galleries that display alluring, thought-provoking pieces of art dating from the Middle Ages to the present.