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Through June 24, "Olmstead's Emerald Necklace:

Art of the Urban Landscape." A celebration of Olmsted's landscape design and the current project for the restoration of the Emerald Necklace park system and the environs along the Muddy River.

Through July 15, "Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Meiji Prints from the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection," a selection of approximately 100 woodblock prints from the Meiji era (1868-1912), which reflects Japan's pride in the splendor of its new European-style imperial court and in the achievements of its military.

Through July 29, "From Head to Toe: Selections from the Costume Collection."

Through Aug. 5, "American Folk," the first major exhibition of folk art at the Museum of Fine Arts. The show features monumental family portraits and tiny watercolors, painted furniture, quilts, a barnful of weather vanes, a carousel greyhound, and a toy Noah's ark.

Through Sept. 3, "Takashi Murakami: Made in Japan," the first major American exhibition of the anime- and manga-inspired work of today's leading Japanese Pop artist.

Through Sept. 9, "Piranesi and Architectural Fantasy," an exhibition of the fantasy architecture of Giovanni Battista Piranesi.

Through Dec. 2, "Art of the Natural World: Recent Gifts from the Rosenblum Family Collection." Includes Chinese "scholar objects," naturally gnarled and eroded pieces of wood and stone.

Aug. 15 through Dec. 2, "A Studio of Her Own: Women Artists in Boston 1870-1940," a presentation of paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts created by women at the turn of the last century.