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We went a few weekends ago (Sunday morning around 11am). The Chihuly show was PACKED. If you can, by all means go on Monday morning, assuming it's not a holiday Monday.
Definitely go on Monday or early (when the museum opens) on Saturday or Sunday. The MFA has been mobbed on weekends since the opening of the new American wing, which is well worth seeing.