Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Monday, October 2, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Monday, October 2, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Monday, October 2, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Monday, October 2, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Monday, October 2, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Tuesday, October 3, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Wednesday, October 4, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Thursday, October 5, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Thursday, October 5, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Thursday, October 5, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Thursday, October 5, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Thursday, October 5, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Friday, October 6, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Friday, October 6, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Friday, October 6, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Friday, October 6, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Friday, October 6, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Saturday, October 7, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Saturday, October 7, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Saturday, October 7, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Saturday, October 7, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Saturday, October 7, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Sunday, October 8, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Sunday, October 8, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Sunday, October 8, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Sunday, October 8, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Sunday, October 8, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Monday, October 9, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Monday, October 9, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Monday, October 9, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Monday, October 9, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Monday, October 9, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Tuesday, October 10, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Thursday, October 12, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Thursday, October 12, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Thursday, October 12, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Thursday, October 12, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Thursday, October 12, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Friday, October 13, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Friday, October 13, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Friday, October 13, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Friday, October 13, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Friday, October 13, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Saturday, October 14, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Saturday, October 14, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Saturday, October 14, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Saturday, October 14, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Saturday, October 14, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Sunday, October 15, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Sunday, October 15, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Sunday, October 15, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Sunday, October 15, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Sunday, October 15, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Monday, October 16, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Monday, October 16, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Monday, October 16, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Monday, October 16, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Monday, October 16, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Thursday, October 19, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Thursday, October 19, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Thursday, October 19, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Thursday, October 19, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Thursday, October 19, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Friday, October 20, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Friday, October 20, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Friday, October 20, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Friday, October 20, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Friday, October 20, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Saturday, October 21, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Saturday, October 21, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Saturday, October 21, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Saturday, October 21, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Saturday, October 21, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Sunday, October 22, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Sunday, October 22, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Sunday, October 22, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Sunday, October 22, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Sunday, October 22, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Monday, October 23, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Monday, October 23, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Monday, October 23, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Monday, October 23, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Monday, October 23, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Wednesday, October 25, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Wednesday, October 25, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Wednesday, October 25, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Wednesday, October 25, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Wednesday, October 25, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Thursday, October 26, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Thursday, October 26, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Thursday, October 26, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Thursday, October 26, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Thursday, October 26, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Friday, October 27, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Friday, October 27, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Friday, October 27, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Friday, October 27, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Friday, October 27, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Saturday, October 28, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Saturday, October 28, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Saturday, October 28, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Saturday, October 28, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Saturday, October 28, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Sunday, October 29, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Sunday, October 29, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Sunday, October 29, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Sunday, October 29, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Sunday, October 29, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Monday, October 30, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. "Putt through History" MiniGolf
Test your putting skills and your history knowledge at the nine hole Constitution-themed minigolf course, available daily during Museum hours (weather permitting).
Category: Family & Children. Free. Cost: Free.
Monday, October 30, 2023, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Building 22 Charlestown Navy Yard.
For more info visit ussconstitutionmuseum.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Monday, October 30, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Monday, October 30, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Monday, October 30, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Tuesday, October 31, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Wednesday, November 1, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Wednesday, November 1, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Wednesday, November 1, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Wednesday, November 1, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Thursday, November 2, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Thursday, November 2, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Thursday, November 2, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Thursday, November 2, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Friday, November 3, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Friday, November 3, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Friday, November 3, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Friday, November 3, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Saturday, November 4, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Saturday, November 4, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Saturday, November 4, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Saturday, November 4, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Sunday, November 5, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Sunday, November 5, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Sunday, November 5, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Sunday, November 5, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Monday, November 6, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Monday, November 6, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Monday, November 6, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Monday, November 6, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Wednesday, November 8, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Thursday, November 9, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Thursday, November 9, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Thursday, November 9, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Thursday, November 9, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Friday, November 10, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Friday, November 10, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Friday, November 10, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Friday, November 10, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Saturday, November 11, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Saturday, November 11, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Saturday, November 11, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Saturday, November 11, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Sunday, November 12, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Sunday, November 12, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Sunday, November 12, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Sunday, November 12, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial Cargo
On December 16, 1773, Bostonians destroyed tea from three merchant ships in an act of political protest that we call the “Boston Tea Party.” However, the “detestable” tea was not the only cargo on board. Books, dolls, and other goods that connected Boston to the wider world were unloaded and sold in the town before the tea was destroyed.
Visit Old South Meeting House to view some of this conventional and controversial cargo from Revolutionary Spaces’ collection, including: the “Polly Sumner” Doll (reproduction); Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral; and Tea believed to have been found in the boots and pockets of Tea Party participant Col. John Crane.
Named after her original owner, the Polly Sumner doll was brought ashore from the Dartmouth and sold at a shop across from the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773—the very day of the Boston Tea Party. The 250-year-old doll is currently part of Revolutionary Spaces’ expansive collection. Learn more about the reproduction…
Category: Arts & Crafts. Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Monday, November 13, 2023.
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02108.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Framing Mass Killings
Revolutionary Spaces’ new exhibit at the Old State House, Framing Mass Killings, explores how the words we use to describe mass killings in American history affect whether and how we remember them. How did the incident on March 5, 1770, come to be known as the “Boston Massacre” rather than another word used to describe politically and socially motivated mass killings?
Visit today to examine the use of words like massacre, mass shooting, battle, riot, genocide, and slaughter and the ideas, meanings, and feelings these words evoke in you. Visitors will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on other mass killings in American history.
Open daily at the Old State House. Entrance to this exhibit is included in the cost of admission. To purchase tickets, visit: https://revolutionaryspaces.thundertix.com/events/187090.
Category: Free. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Military/Veterans FREE.
Monday, November 13, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, radical Bostonians threw 340 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest what they saw as unfair taxation by the British Parliament. Known today as the “Boston Tea Party,” the event known to contemporaries as “the destruction of the tea” was highly divisive, drawing criticism from figures like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. It would take almost a century for this event to transform from an embarrassing act of property destruction to a celebrated national origin story.
The Boston Tea Party was not the first instance of property destruction in what would become the United States, and it certainly was not the last. Explore how Americans have used vandalism as a tool of protest throughout the centuries in Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism, and the Boston Tea Party. Open daily at the Old State House, this new exhibit invites visitors to consider other acts of property destruction in the context of the Tea Party. When, if ever, do you believe it is justified to destro…
Category: Lectures. Cost: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $14, Children (6-12) $8, Veterans and Members FREE.
Monday, November 13, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org. The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights in 18th Century Massachusetts
In Colonial America, those without the right to vote were forced to pursue other avenues to have their voices heard. While protests and even riots were common, many used the universal right to petition in order to reach legal solutions to the problems they faced.
Explore the power of petitions in Old State House’s Council Chamber–the very room where colonial and early state governments considered these and many other petitions from working men, women, enslaved people, and Native tribes to advocate for their rights to freedom, autonomy, property, and more! This exhibit brings visitors through the process of advocacy in the colonial world, emphasizing the use of formal petitions to change policies and address needs relevant to the 17th and 18th centuries and, in many cases, still struggled with by Americans today.
Open daily at the Old State House from 10am-5pm. Entrance is included in the price of admission:
Adults $15
Seniors (65+) $14
Students $14
Children (12 and under) $8
Members FREE.
Cost: $15.
Monday, November 13, 2023, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Old State House
206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109.
For more info visit www.revolutionaryspaces.org.