Planned for wheelchair riders
Green Line E trains stop here, at street level on Huntington Avenue. The stop is named for the Museum of Fine Arts, a short trip outside. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is a longer route into the Fenway.
Written for riders taking Green Line E to the museums.
Station place-mfa
Why this stop exists
Huntington Avenue · Museum of Fine Arts door
This is a streetcar platform at street level. Boarding the train and the route along the sidewalk matter as much as elevators.
Disability & mobility
Museum of Fine Arts is a Green Line E stop at street level. Low-floor cars and bridge plates (ramps between the platform and the train) are part of access here. Then a short trip along Huntington Avenue takes you to the museum’s published accessible entrances. The Gardner Museum is farther: same stop, a longer trip outside.
MFA
This is the museum the station is named for. The building covers a wide block, so check which entrance is step-free for your visit before you leave the platform.
Accessibility page for Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Best for the galleries · short trip outside
Gardner
Head west toward the Fenway. The New Wing has the accessible entrance; the historic palace still has limits. Plan for a longer trip outside, both ways.
Accessibility page for Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Best for the Gardner Museum · Fenway route
On Green Line E, an “accessible trip” means you could board the streetcar and the sidewalk route works for the museum entrance you picked.
If the Museum of Fine Arts stop or Green Line E service is disrupted, the Northeastern or Symphony stops may still get you to Huntington Avenue, but the trip outside changes. Check before you switch. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) elevator and accessibility status: mbta.com/elevators.
On the ground
Three steps: boarding, the sidewalk, the museum door.
01
This is a street-level stop. Bridge plates and which train door you use matter. If the car or stop is a problem, turn back before you are stuck partway through the Fenway.
02
A short trip along the sidewalk after you leave the platform. Weather and traffic on Huntington Avenue still matter. Inside, the museum’s own elevators take over.
03
It shares this station on the subway map, but the trip outside takes more energy. Use the New Wing entrance guidance on the Gardner’s accessibility page.
Why this stop feels like this
Museum of Fine Arts station lives up to its name when Green Line E and the sidewalk both work for you.
The stop exists so riders on Huntington Avenue can reach the Museum of Fine Arts with a short trip after the streetcar. Access here depends on boarding and the sidewalk, not on a deep set of elevators.
The Gardner Museum is farther into the Fenway. This page covers both, so you can decide how far you want to go before you leave home, not after you are already on Huntington Avenue.
On the street
Museum of Fine Arts station
Huntington Avenue · Fenway–Kenmore
Boston, Massachusetts
Huntington Avenue Green Line E · near the Museum of Fine Arts and Gardner Museum
Green Line E
Nearby on a normal day: the Museum of Fine Arts entrances on Huntington Avenue, then the Gardner Museum’s New Wing farther west. When Green Line E has problems: check other Huntington Avenue stops before you head down the whole avenue.
Open Museum of Fine Arts on the live mapLive elevator status at Museum of Fine ArtsAfter the elevator
Sorted shortest first. Times are hand-set for a chair or stroller pace after you leave the platform — not live routing.
At the venue
We copied these by hand from each venue’s own pages. They may be out of date or wrong, so confirm on the venue’s page before you go.
Source: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Source: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Last look
Four things to check before you go.
Check Green Line E service and any listed elevator or accessibility problems before you ride into the Fenway.
The Museum of Fine Arts or the Gardner Museum. Same stop, different time outside. The Gardner is not “right there” for every wheelchair trip.
If this stop is hard to board at, Northeastern or Symphony may still serve the avenue, but the trip outside changes.
Each museum’s website covers its ramps and elevators. Our map covers subway status. Check both.
About this guide. We put these guides together by hand. Travel times are our own estimates, and venue details are copied from their websites, so either can be wrong or out of date. Check the venue’s page before you go. For elevators, trust the live map and the transit agency.