Entry No. 5 — the Boston file — filed under: bad art

Museum of Bad Art (MOBA)

The world's only museum built entirely around sincerely-attempted, seriously-wrong art — a collection that began in 1993 when an antique dealer pulled a painting called 'Lucy in the Field with Flowers' out of the trash in Roslindale. Curators reject nine of every ten submissions for not being bad enough; the 700-piece permanent collection rotates 25-35 works at a time inside a working brewery taproom.

The move: Grab a flight of Dorchester Brewing beer and do a slow, argumentative lap of the collection — pick a favorite disaster, hunt down the founding piece 'Lucy in the Field with Flowers,' then debate whose taste is worse over another round.

• 📍 Dorchester, Boston
• 💸 $
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Indoors

Where: 1250 Massachusetts Ave (inside Dorchester Brewing Co.), Boston, MA 02125

Hours: Added 2026-07-20 — confirm current hours before you go.

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Further reading: Official site · Wikipedia

last checked: 2026-07-20