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Boston Massachusetts Attractions

Amusements

  • Museum of Science
    Science Park • Boston, MA 02114
    617-723-2500
    With over 550 interactive exhibits, Boston's only 180-degree wrap-around movie screen, the Charles... more...

Historic Homes & Buildings

  • Abiel Smith School (circa 1834)
    46 Joy Street • Boston, MA 02114
    617-739-1200
    This historic structure housed the first public school for African American children.  more...  map

  • African Meeting House (circa 1806)
    8 Smith Court • Boston, MA 02114
    617-742-5415
    Built to house the first African Baptist Church of Boston and the first African American Baptist... more...  map

  • George Middleton House (circa 1787)
    5 Pinckney Street • Boston, MA 02114
    A Site Along the Black Heritage Trail
    An early leader in Boston’s African American community, activist George Middleton began... more...  map

  • Harrison Gray Otis House
    141 Cambridge Street • Boston, MA 02114
    617-227-3956
    Tours are offered at this late Eighteenth Century home that was designed by Charles Bullfinch. The... more...  map

  • John C. Smith House
    86 Pinckney Street • Boston, MA 02110
    John J. Smith, a barber, abolitionist and a state legislator, lived here from 1878 to 1893. During... more...  map

  • King's Chapel (circa 1754)
    Corner of Tremont and School Streets • Boston, MA 02116
    617-227-2155
    King’s Chapel was the first Anglican Church established in Boston; the original structure was... more...  map

  • Lewis & Harriet Hayden House, The
    66 Phillips Street • Boston, MA 02108
    A Site Along the Black Heritage Trail
    "One of Boston’s most visible and militant African American abolitionists," Lewis Hayden and his... more...  map

  • Massachusetts State House (circa 1795)
    Beacon Streets • Boston, MA 02115
    617-727-3676
    Weekday Tours of the Massachusetts State House are conducted.  more...

  • Old Corner Bookstore
    1 School Street • Boston, MA 02108
    617-367-4000
    Now a Boston Globe store, this is one of the oldest surviving structures in Boston, having been... more...  map

  • Old North Church (circa 1723)
    193 Salem Street • Boston, MA 02113
    617-523-6676
    Boston’s oldest church that is still in use, this church is famed for being the church where the... more...  map

  • Old South Meeting House
    310 Washington Street • Boston, MA 02108
    617-482-6439
    Lectures and concerts are frequently offered at this historic meeting house that was an early... more...  map

  • Old State House (circa 1713)
    Corner of State and Washington Streets • Boston, MA 02109
    617-720-3290
    The oldest public building in Boston, this structure was the seat of the Colonial government and... more...  map

  • Park Street Church
    1 Park Street • Boston, MA 02108
    617-523-3383
    This historic church is the site where William Lloyd Garrison gave his first anti-slavery addresses... more...  map

  • Paul Revere House (circa 1680)
    19 North Square • Boston, MA 02113
    617-523-2338
    One of the oldest buildings in Boston, this structure was the home of American patriot and... more...  map

  • Phillips School, The (circa 1823-1825)
    Corner of Pinckney and Anderson Streets • Boston, MA 02114
    A Site Along the Black Heritage Trail
    617-742-5415
    Prior to becoming a private residence, this building was used by the English High School before... more...  map

  • Smith Court Residences
    Smith Court • Boston, MA 02114
    617-742-5415
    "The historic homes on Smith Court, along with the African Meeting House and the Abiel Smith... more...

Historic Sites & Monuments

Libraries & Research Centers

  • Boston History Library
    15 State Street, Third Floor • Boston, MA 02109
    617-720-1713
    Run under the aegis of the Bostonian Society, the Boston History Library includes a vast array of... more...  map

  • Boston Public Library
    700 Boylston Street • Boston, MA 02116
    Boston
    617-536-5400
    Situated in a gorgeous Italian Renaissance style building, with a courtyard, sculptures, murals and... more...  map

Museums & Galleries

  • Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum
    Congress Street Bridge • Boston, MA 02210
    Boston, MA
    617-338-1773
    This ship and museum is a replica of the ship that was the site of the notorious protest against... more...

  • Captain Forbes House Museum
    215 Adams Street • Milton, MA 02186
    617-696-1815
    Designed by Boston architect Isaiah Rogers in 1833, this Greek Revival mansion was the home of... more...  map

  • Children's Museum
    300 Congress Street • Boston, MA 02210
    Boston
    617-426-8855
    This museum for children features fun, entertaining, hands-on exhibits and programs that encourage... more...  map

  • Christian Science Church Center
    175 Huntington Avenue • Boston, MA 02115
    617-450-3790
    This Modern-style building designed by architect I.M. Peiis is the International Headquarters of... more...  map

  • Dreams of Freedom Cultural Exhibit Center
    International Institute of Boston/ 1 Milk Street • Boston, MA 02109
    Boston, MA
    617-695-9990
    This museum takes one through a multimedia journey that explores the disparate experiences of a... more...

  • First Church of Christ Scientist
    175 Huntington Avenue • Boston, MA 02115
    617-450-3793
    The most outstanding feature of this church structure is a thirty-foot stained glass globe room... more...  map

  • Gibson House Museum
    137 Beacon Street • Boston, MA 02116
    617-267-6338
    Dating from the middle of the Nineteenth Century, this house museum preserves in pristine form the... more...  map

  • Institute of Contemporary Art
    955 Boylston Street • Boston, MA 02115
    617-266-5152
    Since 1936 this museum has brought the best of contemporary art to Boston, including works by such... more...  map

  • Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
    280 The Fenway • Boston, MA 02115
    617-566-1401
    With a flower-filled courtyard, this museum is located in a Fifteenth Century Venetian-style... more...  map

  • John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
    Columbia Road • Columbia Point, MA 02125
    617-514-1600
    The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum was designed to help preserve the memory of the... more...  map

  • Museum of African American History
    46 Joy Street • Boston, MA 02119
    Beacon Hill
    617-725-0022
    New England’s largest museum dedicated to preserving, conserving and interpreting the... more...  map

  • Museum of Fine Arts
    465 Huntington Avenue • Boston, MA 02115
    617-267-9300
    The largest art museum in New England, the museum of Fine Arts features a world-renowned collection... more...  map

  • Nichols House Museum
    55 Mount Vernon Street • Boston, MA 02108
    617-227-6993
    This house museum preserves and elucidates both its Federal Period origins and the lifestyle of the... more...  map

  • Sports Museum of New England
    Causeway Street • Boston, MA 02114
    Fleet Center
    617-787-7678
    With a wide array of displays that trace the history and defining moments of various sports, this... more...

Parks, Gardens & Zoos

  • Boston Common
    790 Boylston Street • Boston, MA 02199
    617-723-3825
    This tour company conducts both land and water cruises aboard amphibious vehicles. Thought at first... more...

  • Boston Knolls Park
    107 Weathervane Lane • Boston, MA 02125
    A forested walkway provides a chance to relax with nature within the city limits of Boston; the... more...

  • Franklin Park Zoo
    1 Franklin Park Road • Boston, MA 02121
    617-442-2002
    The Franklin Park Zoo covers seventy two acres within Boston’s historic Franklin Park, and... more...  map

  • North Park
    3595 Grafton Road • Boston, MA 02125
    Holiday Hills
    330-273-8040
    This park is comprised of approximately fifty-seven acres, inlcuding a five-acre lake that provides... more...

  • Public Garden
    Between Arlington and Charles Streets • Boston, MA 02114
    The Boston Public Garden features formal gardens, rare trees, and the new addition of a sculpture... more...

Science & Technology

  • Boston Harbor Islands
    408 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 228 • Boston, MA 02110
    617-223-8666
    Operated under the aegis of the National Park System, the Boston Harbour Islands Park includes ten... more...  map

  • New England Aquarium
    Central Wharf • Boston, MA 02110
    617-973-5200
    Situated on the Central Wharf in Boston, this aquarium features over two thousand species of exotic... more...

  • Skywalk Observatory
    800 Boylston Street • Boston, MA 02199
    Prudential Tower, 50th floor
    617-236-3318
    Located on the fiftieth floor of the Prudential Tower, the Skywalk Observatory offers the only... more...  map

Tours & Cruises

  • Authentic Gondola Tours of Boston
    Located on the Charles River at The Esplanade
    617-876-2800
    Boston's only authentic gondolas, straight from Venice, Italy. All tours are private - meaning you... more...  map

  • A C Cruise Line
    290 Northern Avenue • Boston, MA 02116
    617-261-6633
    This cruise line offers maritime cruises and tours in the vicinity of Boston. more...  map

  • Beantown Trolley
    781-986-6100
    This company offers narrated trolley tours of Boston. more...

  • Ben Franklin's Boston
    1 Milk Street • Boston, MA 02108
    781-648-0628
    One can explore the Boston of Benjamin Franklin by taking this tour along the Freedom Trail. more...  map

  • Boston Adventures
    Back Bay, Box 541 • Boston, MA 02116
    617-430-1900
    This guided walking tour begins at the Boston Common. more...

  • Boston by Foot
    617-367-2345
    These walking tours explore such areas as the Freedom Trail, the Back Bay, the North End, and... more...

  • Boston by Sea
    60 Rowes Wharf • Boston, MA 02110
    617-542-8000
    A fun, fascinating, one-of-a-kind cruise that tells in story and song how Boston Harbor helped... more...  map

  • Boston Duck Tours
    790 Boylston Street • Boston, MA 02199
    617-723-3825
    This tour company conducts both land and water cruises aboard amphibious vehicles. Thought at first... more...  map

  • Boston Harbor Cruises
    One Long Wharf • Boston, MA 02110
    White Ticket Center
    617-227-4321
    Boston Harbour Cruises offers whale watching cruises, harbour site seeing tours, ferries to... more...  map

  • Boston Private Tours
    48 Cerdan Avenue • Boston, MA 02131
    978-771-4471
    Tailored tours by retired teachers of Greater Boston. Small to large personalized group tours of... more...  map

  • Boston Spirits
    781-235-7149
    This unique supernatural walking tour takes one on a ninety minute journey to the most infamous of... more...

  • Boston Tours By Season
    617-876-2800
    Tour Boston and Massachusetts all year. Boston, Massachusetts, is the heart of New England and... more...

  • Boston Walks
    617-489-5020
    The walking tours offered by this organization explore ethnic histories and neighbourhoods, with... more...

  • Brush Hill Tours of Boston
    16 South Charles Street • Boston, MA 02116
    781-986-6100
    Tours of Boston, Salem, Plymouth, Cape Cod, Newport, Maine and New Hampshire are offered by this... more...  map

  • Free Tours by Foot - Boston Tours
    119 Berkeley Street • Boston, MA 02116
    617-299-0764
    Informative and dynamic walking tours that take you through many of Boston's legendary... more...  map

  • Ghosts of Boston Walking Tours
    Boston Common
    617-605-3635
    Take a thrilling 90 minute fully-narrated tour through Boston's historic district. You will hear... more...  map

  • Innovation Odyssey
    50 Beacon Street, Suite 403 • Boston, MA 02215
    617-350-0358
    On these tours one may ride into the stories of the inventors and visionaries whose creations... more...  map

  • Liberty Fleet: Boston's Tall Ship Adventures
    67 Long Wharf • Boston, MA 02210
    617-742-0333
    Come aboard the Liberty Clipper, a 125' schooner reminiscent of the classic wind-driven coastal... more...

  • Literary Trail of Greater Boston
    650 Beacon Street, Suite 403 • Boston, MA 02215
    617-350-0358
    This twenty-mile trail winds through some of the most fertile literary terrain in the country; the... more...  map

  • Maritime History Trail and Walking Tour
    650 Beacon Street Suite 403 • Boston, MA 02111
    Custom House Concierge Desk
    617-350-0358
    These maritime tours, led by costumed guides, explore two hundred years of Boston’s rich... more...  map

  • MassBay Lines
    60 Rowes Wharf • Boston, MA 02210
    617-542-8000
    Among the most popular of the many cruises offered by this company is the narrated harbour tour... more...  map

  • Odyssey
    Rowes Wharf • Boston, MA 02210
    617-654-9700
    Lunch and dinner yacht cruises, with live music and dancing, are offered by Odyssey cruises; any... more...

  • Old Town Trolley
    617-269-7010
    Old Town Trolley offers narrated trolley tours of historic sections of Boston. more...

  • On Location Tours
    139 Tremont Street • Boston, MA 02111
    Boston Common
    212-209-3370
    On Location Tours runs TV and movie sightseeing tours in Boston and New York City. Take the Boston... more...  map

  • PhotoWalks
    617-851-2273
    PhotoWalks offers five guided walking tours of Boston presented with historic commentary and... more...

  • Spirit of Boston
    164 Northern Avenue • Boston, MA 02210
    617-748-1499
    The Spirit of Boston features narrated lunch cruises and dinner cruises with Broadway-style shows. more...  map

  • Tall Ship Excursions
    Long Wharf • Boston, MA 02110
    Located at Waterboat Marina
    617-262-1119
    Each sail of the traditional square-rigged tall ship Formidable includes a presentation relating to... more...  map

Vineyards, Wineries & Breweries

  • Boston Beer Company
    One Design Center, Suite 850 • Boston, MA 02130-2312
    Samuel Adams Beer
    The Boston Beer Company is America's leading brewer of handcrafted, full-flavored beers. Founder... more...  map

  • Samuel Adams® Brewery
    30 Germania Street • Boston, MA 02130
    Located in the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood
    617-368-5080
    Tours at the brewery are held on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 2:00 p.m., Fridays at 2:00 p.m. and... more...  map

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