Category: historical (63)
Large Beacon Hill residence Boston
Notable Women of Beacon Hill
Walk the streets of Beacon Hill, where many notable women artists, abolitionists and authors lived and worked
Walking Tours : Boston Social History
Scollay Square new
Reinventing Boston
Discover how Boston’s urban landscape has changed as you uncover the clues left behind
Walking Tours : Architecture, Art & Infrastructure
Maureen donkey
Boston By Little Feet
This child's-eye view of the Freedom Trail is specially designed for young walkers (ages 6-12)
Walking Tours : Children & Family
The Green Dragon Pub in Boston
Road To Revolution
Ideal for history lovers and those interested in our nation’s Revolutionary past.
Walking Tours : Revolutionary History
Night view of the north end Boston
The Dark Side of Boston
Hear tales of misery, misfortune and murder - all based on true historic events!
Walking Tours : Boston Social History
Old State House Boston
Heart of the Freedom Trail
The perfect introduction to Boston’s Revolutionary history
Walking Tours : Revolutionary History
Boston Aquarium during construction
Rethinking Boston Brutalism
Explore the historical and social context of an architectural style that has put Boston on the international map
Private Tours : Additional Tours by Request
Emily Greene Balch
Remarkable Women of Jamaica Plain
Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood was home to remarkable women who changed the course of the history
Private Tours : Additional Tours by Request
Kendall Square
Kendall Square's Innovation Transformation
Learn the history of this innovative neighborhood
Private Tours : Additional Tours by Request
Painting of a woman in ballet pose
Fierce and Feminine: Great Women of Boston
Meet some of the great women in Boston history who made the city and the nation what they are today
Private Tours : Additional Tours by Request
Middlesex County Courthouse
East Cambridge
Travel across the Charles and visit a fascinating neighborhood called one of America's industrial powerhouses
Private Tours : Additional Tours by Request
Commonwealth Avenue
Visit the heart of Victorian Boston while strolling along the city's Grand Boulevard
Private Tours : Additional Tours by Request
Boston Harbour viewed from above the custom house
Change and Response: Boston’s Architecture
Take an in-depth look at the people, trends and events that led to Boston's architectural evolution
Private Tours : Additional Tours by Request
Bullfinch Triangle
Bulfinch Triangle
Find out how this transportation and entertainment hub is also becoming a thriving residential neighborhood
Private Tours : Additional Tours by Request
Gilded Age photo
Boston's Gilded Age
Learn about Boston's upper-class during the late 19th century - their favorite haunts and their social activism
Private Tours : Additional Tours by Request
Front of the Boston Art Museum
Art, Architecture and Gardens
Stroll along a section of the Emerald Necklace designed by landscape architect Fredrick Law Olmsted
Private Tours : Additional Tours by Request
Old South Church
Back Bay By Little Feet
New for 2025! This child's-eye view of Boston's Back Bay is specially designed for young walkers (ages 8-12)
Walking Tours : New for 2025
The Old State House Boston
Adams Family in Boston
Follow the words and history of the Adams Family over four generations
Walking Tours : Revolutionary History
Samuel Adams statue
Sam Adams' Boston
Explore the life and influence of patriot Samuel Adams
Walking Tours : Revolutionary History
Statue of Paul Revere in front of the Old North Church Boston
North End By Little Feet
This child's-eye view of Boston's North End is specially designed for young walkers (ages 6-12)
Walking Tours : Children & Family
Johnny Tremain book cover
Johnny Tremain’s Boston
Relive a young boy's adventures in Colonial Boston based on the prize-winning, coming-of-age novel
Walking Tours : Children & Family
Shaw Memorial
Slavery and Abolition in Massachusetts
Explore Massachusetts' long and complex history of slavery
Walking Tours : Boston Social History
Women's suffrage poster 1915
Road to the Vote: Boston Suffragists
Bostonians Fight for Change Series
Walking Tours : Boston Social History
view from Pickney Street Boston
The Hub of Literary America
Journey to Victorian Boston and see where writers and poets including Emerson, Alcott and Thoreau gathered
Walking Tours : Boston Social History
victorian women in affectionate pose.
Boston’s LGBTQ Past
Travel in the footsteps of Boston’s 19th and 20th century gay and lesbian friends
Walking Tours : Boston Social History
Boston Common
Boston Common: Past Lives and Hidden Stories
Join us to discover the many lives of Boston Common and its people
Walking Tours : Boston Social History
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, Josephine St. Pierre Rupin, Martin Robinson Delaney, William Cooper Neil, Frederick Douglas
Black Voices: Writers for a 19th Century Revolution
Discover stories of Boston’s Black writers who were laser-focused on the great topic of the era - slavery
Walking Tours : Boston Social History
Boston Public Library
Becoming Back Bay
Learn why Boston's Back Bay is considered a marvel of 19th Century engineering
Walking Tours : Boston Social History
Lincoln Street, Leather District
Leather District
Discover what was once the hub of New England’s leather and shoe industries at the turn of the 20th century
Walking Tours : Boston Neighborhood
Wang Theatre
Theater District
Experience the colorful history of theater in Boston!
Walking Tours : Architecture, Art & Infrastructure
Boston Freight Terminals
Fort Point and Seaport: The Evolution of the South Boston Waterfront
Explore two waterfront neighborhoods with the same roots but a completely different look and feel
Walking Tours : Architecture, Art & Infrastructure
Burned buildings and homes in boston after the great fire
Boston Reborn: After the Great Fire of 1872
Explore Boston's rebirth after the Great Fire of 1872, a more costly disaster than the Chicago Fire the year before
Walking Tours : Architecture, Art & Infrastructure
victorian buildings in boston's back bay
Back Bay’s Victorian Architecture
Explore Boston’s Back Bay, home to one of the United States’ richest collections of art and architecture
Walking Tours : Architecture, Art & Infrastructure
Betances Mural
Art Introspective: Copley Square to the South End
Discover a trove of unknown and underappreciated works of art
Walking Tours : Architecture, Art & Infrastructure
Boston City Hall
Boston City Hall
New for 2025! Explore both the inside and outside of Boston's historic City Hall
Walking Tours : New for 2025
Gravestone reading Memento Mori
Grave Undertakings
Explore Boston's burying grounds and learn about the customs surrounding death in Puritan New England
Walking Tours : Boston Social History
re-enactors of British loyalists in boston
Boston’s Loyalists
Hear the stories of Bostonians who remained loyal to the British crown
Walking Tours : Revolutionary History
Painting of Benjamin Franklin
Ben Franklin: Son of Boston
Celebrate the life of Boston-born Benjamin Franklin by visiting his homes and haunts in Colonial Boston
Walking Tours : Revolutionary History
Map of old Shawmut Peninsula overlayed on Modern Boston
Before Boston: Shawmut Peninsula through 1630
Explore 12,000 years of human activity on Shawmut Peninsula, the lands we now call Boston
Walking Tours : Boston Social History
Ralph Adams Cram Chapel
The History and Influence of Architect Ralph Adams Cram - MEMBER EXCLUSIVE!
Thursday, February 20, 2025 from 6:30pm EST to 7:30pm EST
Virtual : 2025 Winter Programming
Boston and the Making of a Global City
Boston and the Making of a Global City - MEMBER EXCLUSIVE!
Monday, February 10, 2025 from 6:30pm EST to 7:30pm EST
Virtual : 2025 Winter Programming
Copenhagen
Exploring Copenhagen: A Flansburgh Travel Fellowship Presentation - MEMBER EXCLUSIVE!
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 from 6:30pm EST to 7:30pm EST
Virtual : 2025 Winter Programming
Shirley Eustis House Association
Uncovering Shirley Place: Stories from the Stable
Thursday, January 23, 2025 from 6:30pm EST to 7:30pm EST
Virtual : 2025 Winter Programming
Kalimah Redd Knight
The League of Women for Community Service: Honoring the Past, Building the Future
Thursday, February 27, 2025 from 6:30pm EST to 7:30pm EST
Virtual : 2025 Winter Programming
Nawn Factory
The Nawn Factory: A Keystone in Roxbury’s Past and Future
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 from 6:30pm EST to 7:30pm EST
Virtual : 2025 Winter Programming
Daniel Dain
Author Talk: History of Boston with Dan Dain
Thursday, January 16, 2025 from 6:30pm EST to 7:30pm EST
Virtual : 2025 Winter Programming
Boston's Tallest Buildings
Boston’s Tallest Buildings Over Time
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 from 6:30pm EST to 7:30pm EST
Virtual : 2025 Winter Programming
Paul Revere's house in Boston's North End
The North End: Boston's Immigration Gateway
Explore Boston’s oldest neighborhood and discover the charm of this unique, compact city space
Walking Tours : Boston Social History
Boston's Harbor
Historic Waterfront
Take in the spectacular views of Boston Harbor as you wind your way among wharves both old and new
Private Tours : Additional Tours by Request
Tall Ship in Boston Harbor
