History Events in Boston

Check out happening history events all around Boston, MA

Malcolm Gladwell at Boston Symphony Hall

 Wed, 25 Mar at 08:00 pm Boston Symphony Hall

Women's Day Dinner at GRANA

 Wed, 11 Mar at 05:30 pm Grana at The Langham, Boston USD 50 to 195

Zarna Garg

 Sun, 17 May at 10:00 pm The Wilbur

April 11 : Shen Yun 2026, Boston, MA

 Sat, 11 Apr at 07:00 pm Boch Center - Wang Theatre

Family Friendly Guided Bike Tour of Boston

 Mon, 02 Mar at 10:00 am Urban AdvenTours USD 78 to 130

Boston Oddities & Curiosities Expo 2026

 Sat, 02 May at 05:00 am Hynes Convention Center

Lanterns & Luminaries with Keith Lockhart

 Thu, 16 Apr at 07:00 pm Old North Church USD 0 to 269

Boston Tall Ships Lunch Cruise

 Sun, 12 Jul at 06:30 am Seaport District Boston

BOSTON HARBOR SAILING TOUR of the TALL SHIPS

 Mon, 13 Jul at 08:00 am Boston Harbor

Cape Codder: Boston, Newport, Martha's Vineyard

 Mon, 15 Jun at 09:00 am Boston, Massachuesetts

Lectures on Tap - Mankind Discovers the Moon: The Voyage of Apollo 8

 Mon, 23 Mar at 06:30 pm Boston - Seaport USD 39

Revolutionary Ball in Faneuil Hall

 Sat, 21 Mar at 06:30 pm Faneuil Hall, Boston, MA 02109, United States

Commissioning Ceremony: USS Massachusetts-SSN798

 Sat, 28 Mar at 08:00 am Conley Marine Terminal, South Boston, MA 02127, United States

Haunted Boston Ghost Tour!

 Fri, 20 Mar at 09:00 pm Central Burying Ground Cemetery on Boylston Street, Boston, MA

Waterworks Museum: SPECIAL ACCESS TOUR

 Sun, 01 Mar at 02:45 pm Metropolitan Waterworks Museum USD 13 to 23

Carrying the Torch: A Celebration of Black Women's History

 Sun, 01 Mar at 02:00 pm Museum of African American History: Boston Campus Free

Journalist Eugene Robinson explores racial history through his family story

 Wed, 04 Mar at 06:30 pm WBUR CitySpace USD 0 to 34

Vengeance or Justice: 256th Boston Massacre Anniversary Town Meeting

 Thu, 05 Mar at 05:30 pm Great Hall at Faneuil Hall Free

Revelry and Revolution: An Evacuation Day Harbor Cruise

 Sat, 07 Mar at 01:00 pm Boston - Long Wharf North USD 0 to 18

Wines of Georgia: Tasting Through 8,000 Years of History

 Sun, 08 Mar at 10:30 am Hilton Boston Park Plaza USD 43

Public Health and the Courage to Lead

 Tue, 10 Mar at 06:00 pm Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital Free

Ukraine - from periphery to center stage in world politics?

 Mon, 23 Mar at 07:00 pm Goethe-Institut Boston Free

Save the Date: Discovering Tut's Tomb: A Tall Cedars Outing

Sat, 25 Apr at 12:00 pm The Saunders Castle at Park Plaza 130 Columbus Avenue, Boston, 02116

Old Vines Classic Wines – Australian heritage in a Glass

 Sun, 08 Mar at 04:30 pm Hilton Boston Park Plaza USD 68

Greek Independence Day at the USS Constitution Museum

 Sat, 28 Mar at 05:00 pm USS Constitution Museum Free

Night at the Louvre: Art, Intrigue & a Modern Heist

 Tue, 07 Apr at 06:00 pm French Library / Alliance Française of Boston & Cambridge USD 15 to 25

Friends of the Harborwalk: Winter Harbor Cruise

 Sat, 28 Mar at 10:00 am Long Wharf USD 0 to 40

Boston and the Making of a Global City

 Wed, 08 Apr at 06:00 pm Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square - Rabb Hall Free

Surviving Slavery: The Sale of Indigenous People in King Philip's War

 Wed, 08 Apr at 07:00 pm Colonial Society of Massachusetts Free

Crime Tour

 Fri, 01 May at 07:00 pm Atlantic Avenue/ Milk Street USD 45

Lucy Wightman - Princess Cheyenne: My Life as Boston's Most Famous Stripper

 Wed, 06 May at 06:00 pm Boston Public Library - Central Library Free

Lexington Trip!

 Sat, 21 Mar at 10:00 am College of Arts and Sciences Free

Historically Black Phrases Live starring jarrett hill and Tre’vell Anderson

 Thu, 18 Jun at 07:00 pm WBUR CitySpace USD 0 to 29

Mass General History: Two Centuries in 45 Minutes

 Fri, 20 Mar at 12:00 pm Massachusetts General Hospital Free

The Future We Design | Arts & Policy

 Thu, 02 Apr at 05:00 pm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Free

Urban Renewal in Lowell MA: Book Talk with Charlie Gargiulo

 Wed, 04 Mar at 06:00 pm The West End Museum USD 13

Lectures on Tap -The Unsung Heroes of Classical Music

 Tue, 17 Mar at 06:30 pm Newbury USD 39

Friends of the Harborwalk: Boston - A History Written in Stone

 Sat, 11 Apr at 10:00 am Leventhal Center at Boston Harbor Hotel Free

Appraisal Day

 Sun, 15 Mar at 01:00 pm Loring Greenough House Free

Folderol, Frippery & Frivolity: Trivia and Storytelling

 Tue, 10 Mar at 06:30 pm Old South Meeting House Free

Crime Tour 2026 Boston Detective Tours

 Fri, 01 May at 01:00 pm Atlantic Avenue/ Milk Street USD 45

Boston Trivia Night

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:00 pm Pennyweight Hotel Boston, Curio Collection by Hilton USD 13

Parking Gregorian

 Thu, 12 Mar at 12:00 am The Wilbur

Cheers to Her – Sipping cocktails inspired by America’s iconic women

 Sun, 01 Mar at 05:00 pm Rebel's Guild Free

North End to Charlestown with Special Guest Architect and Bridge Designer

 Sat, 30 May at 10:00 am BCYF Mirabella Pool USD 0 to 29

Boston Salem & Cape Ann

 Tue, 16 Jun at 08:00 am Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Women of the West End Walking Tour

 Thu, 19 Mar at 05:30 pm The West End Museum USD 13

THE ALCHEMY OF KEMETIC YOGA: WAT MA'AT, THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUS LIVING

 Fri, 20 Mar at 06:00 pm Powerhouse Pilates Boston USD 399 to 599

In Search of the Lost Maestro: Rediscovering Edmond Dédé

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:00 pm French Library / Alliance Française of Boston & Cambridge USD 17 to 21

Stephen Puleo Presentation at the North End Library

 Wed, 11 Mar at 06:00 pm 25 Parmenter St, Boston, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02113

Museum of Fine Arts Tour: Rosângela Rennó Exhibit

 Mon, 30 Mar at 12:00 am Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Free

Reimagining Kinship: Consultation + Partnership/ Day 1

 Wed, 01 Apr at 05:30 pm 20 Western Ave Free

Friends of the Harborwalk: Exploring Castle Island

 Thu, 18 Jun at 06:00 pm 2080 William J Day Blvd USD 0 to 13

2026 Gaspar G. Bacon Lecture

 Tue, 07 Apr at 05:30 pm Boston University Center for Computing and Data Sciences (CDS), Room 1750 Free

Il Nuovo Suono: Life and Music of Monteverdi - Boston

 Sat, 07 Mar at 06:00 pm Old South Church in Boston USD 18 to 109

Shining a Spotlight on the Big Dig

 Wed, 15 Apr at 06:00 pm The West End Museum USD 13

The Long Legacy: The Cost and Continuance of Indigenous Resistance

 Thu, 28 May at 05:30 pm Boston Public Library - Central Library Free

Keeping Women's Rights in the Picture: A Community Photo Share

 Sun, 08 Mar at 12:00 pm Leica Store & Gallery Boston Free

Elements of Victorian Mourning with Etiquetteer

 Sat, 07 Mar at 04:30 pm Gibson House Museum USD 20 to 25

Rum, Rascals, & Revolution: Sea Shanties of Boston's Privateers

 Fri, 06 Mar at 07:00 pm The West End Museum USD 18

Fascination and Hostility: Jewish and Yiddish Civilization in China

 Tue, 03 Mar at 04:00 pm Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies Free

Brink’s Robbery tour along with Waves of Molasses and a Donneybrook

 Sat, 16 May at 10:00 am BCYF Mirabella Pool USD 0 to 18

Music of the Loyalists

 Sun, 24 May at 01:00 pm The Shirley-Eustis House USD 34

The BIG DIG: From A to Scheme Z

 Wed, 11 Mar at 06:00 pm The West End Museum USD 13

Studio Workshop: Portraiture with Evoke Tintype

 Sun, 22 Mar at 10:30 am Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Philip N. Backstrom Jr. Holocaust Survivor Lecture with Suzanne Resnick

 Fri, 20 Mar at 01:45 pm Renaissance Park Free

Author talk with Virginia Pye on Marriage and Other Monuments

 Wed, 25 Mar at 07:00 pm First Church in Boston, 66 Marlborough Street, Boston, MA, USA Free

NEHH@20 Open House: A Celebration of NEHH at 20 Years

 Sat, 25 Apr at 02:00 pm Congregational Library & Archives Free

International Women's Day Tours

 Fri, 06 Mar at 10:00 am Nichols House Museum Free

Author Talk: Chris Wrenn

 Mon, 30 Mar at 07:00 pm the Square Root Free

Reimagining Kinship: Consultation + Partnership/ Day 2

 Thu, 02 Apr at 08:30 am 20 Western Ave Free

Profits and Persecution: German Big Business and the Holocaust

 Thu, 19 Mar at 05:00 pm Renaissance Park Free

Spring Boston Christian History Walking Tour

 Sat, 21 Mar at 09:45 am Sattler College Free

Battle of Bunker Hill Tour

 Fri, 01 May at 11:00 am Atlantic Avenue/ Milk Street USD 34

Autocracy 2.0: How China's Rise Reinvented Tyranny

 Tue, 24 Mar at 12:30 pm 121 Bay State Rd Free

Bulfinch Triangle Walking Tour

 Sat, 11 Apr at 11:00 am The West End Museum USD 13

Apostles of Development: Six Economists and the World They Made

 Mon, 13 Apr at 12:00 pm 121 Bay State Rd Free

Big Screen Boston: Film Clip Show and Book Talk

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:00 pm The West End Museum USD 13

Thomas Townsend Memorial Preservation Lecture: Preservation Is Political

 Fri, 15 May at 05:30 pm The Shirley-Eustis House USD 29

Part I: How to Research Your Historic House

 Thu, 09 Apr at 06:00 pm Charlestown Branch of the Boston Public Library Free

Thoreau Path Arbor Day Clean Up

 Sat, 18 Apr at 02:00 pm The West End Museum Free

Overvaluation of Portuguese Influence on Formation of Brazilian Society

 Wed, 25 Mar at 04:00 pm 121 Bay State Rd Free

A Book Talk with Allison D. Evans, PhD

 Wed, 25 Mar at 02:00 pm 121 Bay State Rd Free

Archival Research Project: Training Workshop

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:00 pm Charlestown Branch of the Boston Public Library Free

Boston 101 History Tour

 Sat, 04 Apr at 11:00 am Park Street & Tremont Street USD 23 to 32

Part II: Research Roundtable & Next Steps Workshop

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:00 pm Charlestown Branch of the Boston Public Library Free

Amazing Scavenger Hunt! - Back Bay Beat Bar Crawl

 Sun, 30 Mar at 04:00 pm 271 Dartmouth St USD 15

The Bigger Picture of Ralph Ettison’s Story

 Mon, 16 Mar at 03:00 pm Renaissance Park Free

Revolutionary Trails & Chowder Tales Audio Tour

 Sun, 06 Apr at 08:00 am 24 Beacon St USD 15

Boston, Salem, Cape Ann June 2026

 Wed, 10 Jun at 08:00 am Boston, Massachusetts, USA

The West End Museum 2026 Research Roundtable

 Tue, 28 Apr at 06:00 pm The West End Museum Free

Amazing Scavenger Hunt! - Boston Says Boo!

 Sat, 22 Mar at 08:00 am Granary Burying Ground USD 15

Art & Architectural Historic Tour of Beacon Hill

 Wed, 10 Dec at 10:00 am The Hidden Art Gallery USD 50 to 301

Explore Boston with our epic scavenger hunt adventure!

 Wed, 23 Oct at 07:00 am Public Garden USD 9 to 16