Fidelity Works With Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to Sponsor Exhibition in Japan; Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts Presents Japanese and Chinese Masterpieces

Business Wire, Oct 5, 1999

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 1999--

Fidelity Investments(R) and the Fidelity Foundation are pleased to sponsor Okakura Tenshin and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, an exhibition of more than 100 Japanese and Chinese masterpieces spanning 5,000 years, selected from the world-renowned Asian collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA). The exhibition, which explores the legacy of Okakura Kakuzo at the MFA, will be on view from October 23, 1999, through March 26, 2000, at the MFA's sister museum in Japan, the Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

"We are pleased to be working with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and its sister museum in Nagoya to help bring these Asian masterpieces to Japan, and to support the MFA in its continuing East-West collaborative efforts," said Anne-Marie Soulliere, Foundation Director, Fidelity Investments.

"Fidelity is one of our most valued partners -- both in Boston and in our sister city of Nagoya, Japan," said Malcolm Rogers, Ann and Graham Gund Director of the MFA. "For over 20 years, Fidelity has generously supported the MFA and now, in Nagoya, Okakura Tenshin and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is the third exhibition they have helped us mount. We are honored to work with Fidelity Investments on another important project to advance Japanese-American cultural exchange."

Fidelity Investments, through the Fidelity Foundation, has had a long and productive partnership with the MFA. This partnership extends across the Pacific to the N/BMFA, where the Fidelity Foundation is a sponsor of both current and past exhibitions: Okakura Tenshin and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (October 23, 1999 - March 26, 2000); Art of the Ancient Mediterranean World (April 17, 1999 - March 2004); and Monet, Renoir, and the Impressionist Landscape (April 17 - September 26, 1999).

Since its inception, Fidelity, through the Fidelity Foundation, has been strongly committed to charitable giving, notably by participating in the communities in which it resides. Founded in 1965, the Fidelity Foundation is the endowed philanthropy of Fidelity Investments. This is the fourth exhibition the Fidelity Foundation has supported in Japan.

In addition to the three exhibitions at the N/BMFA, Fidelity is sponsoring an exhibition this fall at the Edo-Tokyo Museum in Tokyo, which features artworks from the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts.

The Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts is located at 1-1-1 Kanayama-cho, Naka-ku, Nagoya (adjacent to the Kanayama train station). The Museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended evening hours on Fridays until 9 p.m. The N/BMFA is closed on Mondays. (However, during weeks when a national holiday or substitute holiday falls on a Monday, the Museum will be open Monday and closed on Tuesday instead.) The N/BMFA has a website located at www.nagoya-boston.or.jp.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is one of the world's most comprehensive art museums, recognized for the quality and scope of its collection. In addition to Art of Asia and Africa, the Museum's collection includes Art of the Americas; Art of Europe; Art of the Ancient World; Prints and Drawings; Contemporary Art; Photography; Textiles and Costumes; and Musical Instruments. The MFA has an estimated 500,000 objects among its permanent holdings including: some of the finest 19th-century French paintings and 18th-century silver, one of the foremost collections of 18th- and 19th-century American paintings and decorative arts in the country, a world-famous collection of Egyptian art, and the finest collection of Japanese art outside of Japan.

The Fidelity Foundation contributes to a wide range of non-profit organizations both in the United States and overseas. The foundation's principal funding interests are arts and cultural organizations, education, community service, and medical research. Special attention is paid to projects which strengthen the management of non-profit organizations.

Fidelity Investments is the nation's largest mutual fund company and a leading provider of financial services. Fidelity offers investment management, retirement, brokerage and shareholder services directly to individuals and institutions, and through financial intermediaries. The firm also is the No. 1 provider of 401(k) retirement savings plans, the second largest discount brokerage firm and the third largest provider of 403(b) retirement plans for not-for-profit institutions in the United States. At August 31, 1999, Fidelity had total managed assets of $846.0 billion.