History Events in Boston

Check out happening history events all around Boston, MA

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

Lanterns & Luminaries with Keith Lockhart

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

Boston Oddities & Curiosities Expo 2026

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

Boston Tall Ships Lunch Cruise - WAIT LIST

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

Boston 101 History Tour

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

Cape Codder: Boston, Newport, Martha's Vineyard

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

Hands-On: Traditions From Rome

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

Fenway Park Tour

 Sat, 11 Apr at 02:30 pm Fenway Park USD 33

Hands-On: Traditions From Rome

 Sat, 18 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

Paul Revere Day Celebration at Revere Hotel

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

Taste & Learn: The Art of Italian Olive Oil

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

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

Boston Duck Boat Tour

 Sat, 11 Apr at 02:00 pm Museum of Science USD 47

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

 Sat, 16 May at 04:30 pm Paramount Center

Silence Dogood's Precedented Times Series: Boston Resistance Then & Now

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:30 pm Old North Church Free

Scout Day

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

58 A.M. (After Martin)

 Sat, 11 Apr at 01:00 pm Wally's Cafe Jazz Club USD 23 to 45

Curated Boston: Signature Street Art & Global Murals

 Sun, 26 Apr at 02:00 pm Walking Tour (that meets at the corner of Huntington and Gainsborough) USD 40

Boston History Trivia at Boston Public Market

 Fri, 17 Apr at 06:00 pm Boston Public Market Free

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

'Science Friday' Live with Ira Flatow

 Mon, 04 May at 06:30 pm WBUR CitySpace USD 0 to 34

Victorian Afternoon Tea

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

Waterworks Museum: SPECIAL ACCESS TOUR

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

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

Boston Witchcraft Tour

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

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

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

Title Town in the West End: Presented by Boston Sports Tours

 Sat, 02 May at 01:00 pm Government Center USD 13

Edward M. Kennedy Institute April Family Open House

 Thu, 23 Apr at 10:00 am Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate 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

Boston Family Day: Exploring Haitian History with Jean Appolon

 Sat, 11 Apr Museum of African American History: Boston Campus Free

Crime Tour 2026 Boston Detective Tours

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

Horizon Ensemble: We Will Outlive Them

 Sat, 18 Apr at 07:30 pm Church of the Covenant Free

Songs and Stories from the American Railroad

 Wed, 15 Apr at 06:30 pm Museum of African American History: Boston Campus Free

Mapparium® globe FREE for Boston Marathon runners

 Fri, 17 Apr at 10:00 am Mapparium® globe in the How Do You See the World?® experience Free

Boston Marathon 130th Anniversary - Pre-Race Group Photo for Taiwanese Hero

 Sat, 18 Apr at 01:30 pm Location: In front of the "天下为公" (Tianxia Weigong) Chinatown Gate in Boston's Chinatown 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

Barbados@60 National Heroes Brunch

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

Touching the Past: Historical Artifacts as Portals

 Thu, 16 Apr at 05:30 pm Museum of African American History: Boston Campus Free

Juneteenth Celebration

 Thu, 04 Jun at 05:30 pm Nightingale Community Garden Free

Matisse Across the Atlantic: From Paris to American Modernism

 Tue, 05 May at 06:00 pm French Library / Alliance Française of Boston & Cambridge USD 22 to 28

Shining a Spotlight on the Big Dig

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

Kite Workshop

 Fri, 24 Apr at 10:00 am USS Constitution Museum USD 0 to 23

Film Screening and Q/A Six Locked Doors : The legacy of Cocoanut Grove

 Sat, 16 May at 02:00 pm Boston Public Library Free

Black Boston in Focus: A Public Art Walking Tour

 Sat, 18 Apr at 01:00 pm Museum of African American History: Boston Campus Free

The Long Legacy: The Cost and Continuance of Indigenous Resistance

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

The Monuments of Paris: Rewriting Family History with Violaine Huisman

 Tue, 12 May at 06:00 pm French Library / Alliance Française of Boston & Cambridge USD 7 to 10

"Tea and Talk" at Prescott House

 Sat, 25 Apr at 03:00 pm William Hickling Prescott House USD 61

Friends of the Harborwalk: Exploring Castle Island

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

Network for ALL Youth Empower Symposium (YES)

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

The Literary Heart of New England: Little Women & The Scarlett Letter Inspired Small Group Tour

 Thu, 10 Sep at 05:00 pm Boston, Massachusetts

Boston Salem & Cape Ann

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

Remnants of Urban Renewal Walking Tour

 Sat, 16 May at 11:00 am The West End Museum USD 13

Innovation Trail Walking Tour (Special Boston Harborfest Edition)

 Thu, 02 Jul at 04:00 pm Irish Famine Memorial 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

Copperplate Engraving & Printing at the Paul Revere House

 Sat, 11 Apr at 01:00 pm 19 N Square USD 23

Music of the Loyalists

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

Road to 250 Trivia Nights at Spy Bar

 Wed, 01 Apr at 06:00 pm Spy Bar Free

Bulfinch Triangle Walking Tour

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

Evergreen: The Tree That Shaped America

 Fri, 24 Apr at 07:00 pm Loring Greenough House USD 0 to 35

Friends of the Harborwalk: Exploring Castle Island

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

Constructing "Old Ironsides"

 Tue, 21 Apr at 11:00 am USS Constitution Museum USD 7 to 13

Boston Trivia Night

 Thu, 26 Mar Pennyweight Hotel Boston, Curio Collection by Hilton USD 13

Free Tour Fridays at the Boston Public Market

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

World-building Cartography Reimagining Historicity Through Mapmaking

 Thu, 30 Apr at 05:30 pm Museum of African American History: Boston Campus Free

Apostles of Development: Six Economists and the World They Made

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

Architecture in Depth Tour of the Shirley-Eustis House

 Thu, 23 Apr at 02:00 pm The Shirley-Eustis House USD 23

A History of The Original and George Howell

 Sat, 25 Apr at 01:00 pm George Howell Coffee Free

Battle of Bunker Hill Tour

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

Harry “Bucky” Lew: An Early Black History of Basketball

 Sat, 02 May at 11:00 am The West End Museum USD 13

Big Screen Boston: Film Clip Show and Book Talk

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

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

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

ANZAC DAY SERVICE - BOSTON 2026

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

Tour of the Brim-DeForest Library at American Ancestors

 Sat, 09 May at 11:00 am 97 Newbury St, Boston, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02116

Author Talk: Linford D. Fisher

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

Rebuilding Shattered Worlds: Book Talk and Panel

 Thu, 04 Jun at 06:00 pm The West End Museum USD 13

Thoreau Path Arbor Day Clean Up

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

Thomas Townsend Memorial Preservation Lecture: Preservation Is Political

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

Don't Talk About Joe Mac with Author Spring Toledo

 Thu, 11 Jun at 06:00 pm The West End Museum USD 13

Walking the Road to Resilience: H.E.R.O. reading of Frederick Douglass

 Sat, 19 Sep at 11:00 am Frederick Douglass Peace Garden Free

Architectural Tour of Congregational House with the CLA

 Fri, 17 Apr at 12:00 pm 14 Beacon St Free

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

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

Civil War

 Sat, 26 Sep at 10:00 pm 986 Blue Hill Ave USD 25

Lafayette at Shirley Place Marker Dedication

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

Second Saturdays - Beyond Gravity: Moving Water Uphill

 Sat, 09 May at 01:00 pm Metropolitan Waterworks Museum Free

Maritime Collections Tour at the Congregational Library & Archives

 Fri, 26 Jun at 12:00 pm 14 Beacon St Free

Prolific, Artistic, and Overlooked

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

Sermons of Independence at the Congregational Library & Archives

 Fri, 17 Jul at 12:00 pm 14 Beacon St Free

Church Cookbooks Collections Tour at the Congregational Library & Archives

 Fri, 21 Aug at 12:00 pm 14 Beacon St 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

Congregationalism in Asia Collections Tour at the CLA

 Fri, 22 May at 12:00 pm 14 Beacon St Free

Boston's Churches Collections Tour at the Congregational Library & Archives

 Fri, 18 Sep at 12:00 pm 14 Beacon St Free

War and Ecocide in Crimea, Then and Now

 Tue, 14 Apr at 12:00 pm 121 Bay State Rd Free

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