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Landmarks
The Freedom Trail

Visit historic Boston Common, Beacon Hill, North End, and Charlestown.


Highlights Include:
  • Boston Common
  • Shaw Memorial
  • State House
  • Park Street Church
  • Granary Burying Ground
  • King's Chapel and Burying Ground
  • First Public School Site
  • Benjamin Franklin Statue
  • Old South Meeting House
  • Old Corner Bookstore
  • Old State House
  • Boston Massacre Site
  • Faneuil Hall & Quincy Market
  • Paul Revere House
  • Old North Church
  • Copp's Hill Burying Ground
  • Bunker Hill Pavilion
  • USS Constitution
  • Charlestown Navy Yard
  • Consitution Museum
  • Bunker Hill Monument
Longfellow National Historic Site, Cambridge
Shops at Prudential Center, Boston
Christian Science Center, Boston
Trinity Church, Boston
Bunker Hill Monument, Charlestown
JFK Library, Boston
Boston Public Library, Boston
Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge
Faneuil Hall & Quincy Market, Boston
Harvard Square, Cambridge
Newbury Street, Boston
Cheers (Bull & Finch), Boston
garden
The Garden, Boston
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Museums


Massachusetts Institute of Technology Museums,
Cambridge

MIT Museum
Hart Nautical Gallery
The Compton Gallery

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Busch-Reisinger Museum
Fogg Art Museum
Straus Center for Conservation

Harvard University Museums of Natural History
Museum of Natural History
The Botanical Museum
Mineralogical and Geological Museum
Museum of Comparative Zoology

Other Harvard Collections
Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
Fisher Museum at the Harvard Forest
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
The Semitic Museum

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
The Museum of Bad Art, Boston

Boston Historical Society & Museum
, Boston
The Paul Revere House, Boston

USS Constitution Museum
, Boston
The Museum of Transportation: Larz Anderson Auto Museum, Brookline
African American National Historic Site, Boston
Museum of African American History, Boston

Museum of Science, Boston

 

Check out the Museum of Science's exibit
"The Brain: The World InsideYour Head"

"The temporary exhibit takes you inside the cranium for an in-depth exploration of the body's neural center. Discover brain anatomy, functions, and processes. Learn about brain evolution, disorders, and treatments. Investigate the nature of sleep, dreams, and consciousness. You'll be astonished at everything your brain does and is."
On Exhibit May 28 - September 10, 2005
http://www.mos.org/doc/1005

 

Boston Tea Party Ship, Boston
The Children's Museum, Boston
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Zoos/ Aquariums
New England Aquarium, Boston
Franklin Park Zoo
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Arts & Entertainment
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston
Boston Lyric Opera, Boston
Boston Ballet, Boston
Boston Center for the Arts,Boston

Wang Center

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Outdoors
Boston Public Garden & Common, Boston
Swan Boats, Boston
Harbor Islands State Park, Hingham
Charles River & Esplanade, Boston

Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary
, South Natick
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Tours
Boston Duck Tours

Trolley Tours

Boston Beantown Trolley
Old Time Trolley
New England Stepps


Boston Adventures Walking Tour

Boston By Foot
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Sports
Patriots
Celtics
Red Sox
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Transportation
MBTA

Useful Links

City of Boston
Mayor's Office of Special Events & Tourism
Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism
Convention & Visitors Bureau
Massachusetts Division of Forests & Parks