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

Zarna Garg

 Sun, 17 May at 10:00 pm The Wilbur

Commissioning Ceremony: USS Massachusetts-SSN798

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

April 11 : Shen Yun 2026, Boston, MA

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

Boston Tall Ships Lunch Cruise

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

Boston Oddities & Curiosities Expo 2026

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

Boston 101 History Tour

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

BOSTON HARBOR SAILING TOUR of the TALL SHIPS

 Mon, 13 Jul at 08:00 am Boston Harbor

Lanterns & Luminaries with Keith Lockhart

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

Cape Codder: Boston, Newport, Martha's Vineyard

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

Sunday Supper Club - Whiskey Dinner with Michter's

 Sun, 29 Mar at 06:00 pm Parker's Restaurant

Hands-On: Traditions From Rome

 Sat, 18 Apr at 12:00 pm Eataly Boston USD 171

GBVS Speakeasy Stroll

 Sun, 22 Mar at 03:45 pm Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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

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

Free Film: Profiles of Boston: Portraits from the Heart of Chinatown

 Sat, 16 May at 04:30 pm Paramount Center

Hands-On: Traditions From Rome

 Sat, 11 Apr at 12:00 pm Eataly Boston USD 171

Hands-On: Traditions From Rome

 Sat, 25 Apr at 12:00 pm Eataly Boston USD 171

Taste & Learn: The Art of Italian Olive Oil

 Sat, 25 Apr at 03:30 pm Eataly Boston USD 58

Studio Workshop: Portraiture with Evoke Tintype

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

Paul Revere Day Celebration at Revere Hotel

 Sat, 18 Apr at 06:00 pm Rooftop @ Revere Free

Shared Legacies Film Screening

 Mon, 23 Mar at 04:00 pm Tsai Performance Center Free

Greek Independence Day at the USS Constitution Museum

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

Ukraine - from periphery to center stage in world politics?

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

Film Screening: The Watermelon Woman

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:00 pm Museum of African American History Free

Friends of the Harborwalk: Winter Harbor Cruise

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

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

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

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

The Future We Design | Arts & Policy

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

Boston Witchcraft Tour

 Sat, 04 Apr at 01:00 pm 24 Beacon St USD 23 to 32

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

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

Scout Day

 Sun, 12 Apr at 10:00 am USS Constitution Museum USD 13 to 18

Waterworks Museum: SPECIAL ACCESS TOUR

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

Mass General History: Two Centuries in 45 Minutes

 Fri, 24 Apr at 12:00 pm Massachusetts General Hospital Free

Gibson & The Garden: Boston's Victorian Promenade 2026

 Sat, 09 May at 10:00 am Gibson House Museum & Boston Public Garden Free

Victorian Afternoon Tea

 Sun, 10 May at 12:00 pm Gibson House Museum USD 45 to 90

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

Mass General History: Two Centuries in 45 Minutes

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

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

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

Crime Tour 2026 Boston Detective Tours

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

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

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

Boston Trivia Night

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

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

Barbados@60 National Heroes Brunch

 Sat, 25 Apr at 10:00 am Great Hall, Codman Square USD 23 to 45

Afrocentered Color Series Book Launch @ Just Book-ish

 Sat, 04 Apr at 04:00 pm Just Book-ish Free

Reimagining Kinship: Consultation + Partnership/ Day 1

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

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

Boston Salem & Cape Ann

 Thu, 16 Jul at 08:00 am Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Museum of Fine Arts Tour: Rosângela Rennó Exhibit

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

Shining a Spotlight on the Big Dig

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

Network for ALL Youth Empower Symposium (YES)

 Sat, 20 Jun at 10:00 am Franklin Park Free

2026 Gaspar G. Bacon Lecture

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

The Long Legacy: The Cost and Continuance of Indigenous Resistance

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

Friends of the Harborwalk: Exploring Castle Island

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

Music of the Loyalists

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

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

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

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

Friends of the Harborwalk: Exploring Castle Island

 Thu, 16 Jul at 06:00 pm 2080 William J Day Blvd USD 0 to 13

Free Tour Fridays at the Boston Public Market

 Fri, 30 Jan at 11:00 am Boston Public Market Free

Women of the West End Walking Tour

 Thu, 19 Mar The West End Museum USD 13

Author Talk: Chris Wrenn

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

Bulfinch Triangle Walking Tour

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

Reimagining Kinship: Consultation + Partnership/ Day 2

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

Autocracy 2.0: How China's Rise Reinvented Tyranny

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

Battle of Bunker Hill Tour

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

Apostles of Development: Six Economists and the World They Made

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

The Éire Society of Boston 2026 Gold Medal Dinner & Award Ceremony

 Fri, 24 Apr at 06:00 pm Omni Parker House USD 250

Big Screen Boston: Film Clip Show and Book Talk

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

ANZAC DAY SERVICE - BOSTON 2026

 Sat, 25 Apr at 10:30 am The Church of the Advent Free

Author Talk: Linford D. Fisher

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm Roslindale Branch of the Boston Public Library Free

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

Faith in Crisis: Boston Congregationalists and the Great Depression

 Fri, 10 Apr at 12:00 pm Congregational Library & Archives Free

Thoreau Path Arbor Day Clean Up

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

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

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

Lafayette at Shirley Place Marker Dedication

 Thu, 30 Apr at 11:00 am The Shirley-Eustis House Free

Archival Research Project: Training Workshop

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

Prolific, Artistic, and Overlooked

 Sat, 11 Apr at 01:00 pm Metropolitan Waterworks Museum Free

The Boston Floating Hospital

 Thu, 16 Apr at 07:00 pm Loring Greenough House USD 0 to 13

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

Revolutionary Trails & Chowder Tales Audio Tour

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

Fate of the Americas: The Cuban Missile Crisis and Hemispheric Cold War

 Mon, 13 Apr at 02:00 pm 121 Bay State Rd Free

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

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