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GARDINER MUSEUM

Prestigious museum in a thoroughly modern building displays historical and contemporary ceramic art. Internationally respected collection includes pottery from the Ancient Americas, Italian maiolica, English delftware, 17th-century English pottery, 18th-century European porcelain, 19th-century Minton and Chinese and Japanese porcelain. Open daily.

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