“Streetcar Scene” by John Wilson (1922-2015) at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts depicts a young black man on his way to work at the Boston Navy Yard where the war effort had opened up new opportunity. The only figure to confront the viewer directly, he shares a seat with white passengers, but appears separate from their reality. Wilson later referred to this print as a reflection of his own anxiety about finding work as a black artist. Aug. 16, 2017

“Streetcar Scene” by John Wilson (1922-2015) at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts depicts a young black man on his way to work at the Boston Navy Yard where the war effort had opened up new opportunity. The only figure to confront the viewer directly, he shares a seat with white passengers, but appears separate from their reality. Wilson later referred to this print as a reflection of his own anxiety about finding work as a black artist. Aug. 16, 2017

Another gorgeous room of the in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Aug. 16, 2017

An ornate fireplace and the art above it in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Aug. 16, 2017

One of several sumptuous art-filled rooms in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Aug. 16, 2017

Built in Boston to evoke a 15th-century Venetian palace, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was opened in 1903 incorporating various architectural elements from European Gothic and Renaissance structures near the marshy Back Bay Fens to house Gardner’s growing art collection. Gardner (1840–1924) was an American art collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Inside the museum, three floors of galleries surround this garden courtyard. In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, a pair of thieves disguised as Boston police officers entered the museum and roamed its galleries, stealing 13 works of art. Aug. 16, 2017

Another view of the garden courtyard of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Aug. 16, 2017

Isabella Gardner collected many paintings and sculptures of Mary holding the infant Jesus, including this early work by Italian painter, Sandro Botticelli, which was painted in the early 1470s. This painting and more than 2,500 paintings, sculptures, furniture, textiles, architectural elements, rare books, photographs and more can be seen at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Aug. 16, 2017

An 1888 portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner by John Singer Sargent at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Aug. 16, 2017

The ornate floors inside the

Me at Harriet Tubman Park, also known as Harriet Tubman Square, located in the South End neighborhood of Boston honors the life of abolitionist Harriet Tubman. I saw this memorial yesterday while riding on the trolley tour and had no clue that during my walk to the museums, I would come to this memorial again. Tubman was an American abolitionist, humanitarian, and an armed scout and spy for the United States Army during the American Civil War. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue enslaved people, family and friends by using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. Aug. 16, 2017

Me at the ground level of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s garden courtyard which is surrounded by three floors of art galleries in Boston. Aug. 16, 2017

Ended the day with an evening stroll and dinner at the Quincy Market in Boston. Aug. 16, 2017

Ended the day with an evening stroll and dinner at the Quincy Market in Boston. Aug. 16, 2017