The original museum collection consisted of 227 plaster casts of ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Renaissance sculpture, acquired in 1887–1888 with the assistance of Edward Robinson, the curator of classical antiquities at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.[6][7] These are still displayed in the main hall of the building, and together represent one of the largest surviving collections of plaster casts in the United States.[8] The original displays also included electrotype copies of ancient Greek coins and Renaissance medals, together with photographs of European art and architecture.[6] The collection has since expanded to include colonial and local historic artifacts, American and European paintings and decorative arts, African and Oceanic sculpture, and Native American objects.[8]
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