Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

Boston Institute of Contemporary Art

Formerly located in a cramped and tiny building next to a firehouse in the Back Bay, the ICA moved to its new home in 2006

Boston Fire Museum

The Boston Fire Museum, housed in the historic Congress Street Fire Station, displays antique fire alarms, fire-fighting equipment, tools and photographs on the history of the Boston Fire Department

Boston Children's Museum

New England Aquarium

The New England Aquarium on Boston Harbor's Central Wharf is home to over 20,000 marine animals across 600 species

Alexander Graham Bell Room Museum

The Alexander Graham Bell Room Museum in the lobby of the Verizon Building on Post Office Square displays Bell's laboratory where in 1876 he spoke the first words ever transmitted on a telephone - 'Mr

Post Office Square Park

The Post Office Square Park offers a transquil spot for relaxation in the Financial District

Boston Chinatown Gate

The Chinatown Gate at the corner of Beach Street and Surface Road (T: South Station) is the most visible symbol of Chinatown for the tourists

Old South Meeting House

The Old South Meeting Room was where the Sons of Liberty originally met during the Revolutionary War period, where Samuel Adams gave the signal for the ?war whoops? that started the Boston Tea Party in 1773, and more than a 1000 men enlisted in a single day to fight for the Union

Faneuil Hall Marketplace

The Fanueil Hall Marketplace has a conglomeration of shops, a variety of restaurant types, and bars across several buildings

Irish Famine Memorial

The Irish Famine Memorial is a small park with bronze statues and 8 granite plaques on the Freedom Trail commemorating the 1845 Irish potato famine, that was built on the 150^th anniversary of the famine