Category: historical (60)
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 : Daily & Weekly
The Green Dragon Pub in Boston
Road To Revolution
Ideal for history lovers and those interested in our nation’s Revolutionary past.
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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!
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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
Private Tours : Additional Tours by Request
Scollay Square new
Reinventing Boston
Discover how Boston’s urban landscape has changed as you uncover the clues left behind
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Old State House Boston
Heart of the Freedom Trail
The perfect introduction to Boston’s Revolutionary history
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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 : Monthly & Quarterly
Samuel Adams statue
Sam Adams' Boston
New for 2024! Explore the life and influence of patriot Samuel Adams
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Boston Public Library
Becoming Back Bay
Learn why Boston's Back Bay is considered a marvel of 19th Century engineering
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Boston's old city hall
Decline and Rebirth of a City
Boston in the Early 20th Century
Private Tours : Additional Tours by Request
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
Boston Common
Boston Common: Past Lives and Hidden Stories
New for 2024! Join us to discover the many lives of Boston Common and its people
Walking Tours : New for 2024
Commonwealth Avenue
Visit the heart of Victorian Boston while strolling along the city's Grand Boulevard
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Woman gluing posters to wall 19th century
Remarkable Women of Jamaica Plain
Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood was home to remarkable women who changed the course of the history
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Tall Ship in Boston Harbor
A Sail Through Time
Step aboard the Liberty Star schooner for a guided sailing adventure on Boston Harbor
Sails & Cruises :
Shaw Memorial
Slavery and Abolition in Massachusetts
New for 2024! Explore Massachusetts' long and complex history of slavery
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Boston City Hall
Boston's City Hall
New for 2024! Explore the ins and outs of Boston's historic City Hall
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Betances Mural
Art Introspective: Copley Square to the South End
New for 2024! Discover a trove of unknown and underappreciated works of art
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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
Walking Tours : Monthly & Quarterly
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)
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view of a graveyard by day
Johnny Tremain’s Boston
Relive a young boy's adventures in Colonial Boston based on the prize-winning, coming-of-age novel
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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
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Middlesex County Courthouse
East Cambridge
Travel across the Charles and visit a fascinating neighborhood called one of America's industrial powerhouses
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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
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Bullfinch Triangle
Bulfinch Triangle
Find out how this transportation and entertainment hub is also becoming a thriving residential neighborhood
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re-enactors of British loyalists in boston
Boston’s Loyalists
Hear the stories of Bostonians who remained loyal to the British crown
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victorian women in affectionate pose.
Boston’s LGBTQ Past
Travel in the footsteps of Boston’s 19th and 20th century gay and lesbian friends
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Boston's Great Fire of 1872
Boston's Great Fire of 1872
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 from 6:30pm EST to 7:30pm EST
Virtual : 2024 Winter Programming
Innovation Trail
Boston's Innovation Trail
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 from 6:30pm EST to 7:30pm EST
Virtual : 2024 Winter Programming
Susan Dimock
The Trailblazing Life of Susan Dimock, M.D.
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 from 6:30pm EST to 7:30pm EST
Virtual : 2024 Winter Programming
Immigrants taking the pledge of allegiance
Preservation of the Charles Street Meeting House
Wednesday, January 17, 2024 from 6:30pm EST to 7:30pm EST
Virtual : 2024 Winter Programming
Let's Meet at the Park Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway Boston
Trinity Church: Revolutionary Church in Copley Square (2-Part Series)
Wednesday, January 3, 2024 & Wednesday January 10, 2024
Virtual : 2024 Winter Programming
waterfront
The Downtown Waterfront: Boston's Forgotten Redevelopment Project
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 from 6:30pm EST to 7:30pm EST
Virtual : 2024 Winter Programming
Women's suffrage poster 1915
