Goodbye? To All This?

There are two entrances to Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. The main entrance on Huntington Avenue is serviced by the E branch of the green line and swallowed by Northeastern University. The grandeur of the facade is almost entirely muted by its surroundings: dorm buildings, greasy pizza-cum-falafel shops, a few anonymous offices.

The other, more secluded entrance faces Fenway and offers a segmented glimpse of the Boston…