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Museum of African American History, Boston

The Museum of African American History, housed in the African Meeting House, explores the contribution of African Americans in New England from the colonial period through the 19th century..

The Museum of African American History, housed in the African Meeting House, explores the contribution of African Americans in New England from the colonial period through the 19th century.


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About Museum of African American History

 14 Beacon St #401, Boston, MA 02108, United States

 +1 617-725-0022

 www.afroammuseum.org

Museum of African American History and Nearby Sights on Map

Granary Burying Ground

The Granary Burying Ground is one of the most well known cemeteries in the United States, being the final resting place of many leaders of the American Revolution, including Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Robert Paine

Park Street Church

The Park Street Church on the Freedom Trail is an active church that is known for a number of historical firsts

Massachusetts State House

The Massachusetts State House is the state capitol and seat of government, built in 1797 on land once owned by John Hancock

King's Chapel

King's Chapel, designed by Peter Harrison, was commissioned by King James II to insure the presence of the Church of England in America, and founded as an Anglican congregation in 1686

Old City Hall

The Old City Hall in Boston is one of the oldest French Second Empire style buildings in USA, and was the seat of the city council from 1865 to 1969

Boston Opera House

Rose Nichols House Museum

The Nichols House Museum is set in the 4-storey townhouse built in 1804, that was home to landscapist and suffragist Rose Standish Nichols from 1885 till her death in 1960

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 150th anniversary of the famine

Boston Common

Founded in 1634, Boston Common is one of the oldest public parks in the United States

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