Common Boston Festival 2016
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| Dates: | Saturday, June 4, 2016 - Sunday, June 5, 2016 |
| Hours: | All Day |
| Ages: | Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor, Outdoor |
| Cost: | Free see below |
| Category: | Special Events |
Taking place June 3–5, 2016, the Common Boston festival is a unique opportunity to discover and explore the region's rich architectural, cultural, and historic resources.
From civic spaces to sacred interiors to hidden infrastructure and everything in between, the festival weekend's 'open house' format offers the public open access to significant spaces and places—many not open to the public, and all for free.
Browse the Full Weekend Calendar for venues and times. Or you can download a printable PDF version of the program here. Great adventures await!
Discover and explore sacred historic sites, sky-high offices, underground entertainment venues, re-purposed mansions, hidden infrastructure, unique learning spaces, private parks, and more.
In just a single weekend, you can experience all new sites, as well as some of your favorites from the last 10 years of Common Boston.
Common Boston’s latest Festival Sites include:
Ayer Mansion
Boston Architectural College
Boston Public Library, Central Branch
Boston Public Library, Honan-Allston Branch
Boston Public Library, East Boston Branch
Boston Public Library, Parker Hill Branch
Boston Public Library, Hyde Park Branch
Boston Public Library, Mattapan Branch
BSA Space
Cambridge City Hall
Christ Church Cambridge, the Episcopal Church in Harvard Square
Church of the Covenant
District Hall
Dorchester Heights Monument
Eliot Hall and the Footlight Club
Eliot School of Fine Arts
Emerald Necklace Conservancy and Shattuck Visitor Center
Ether Dome and the Bulfinch Building, Massachusetts General Hospital
Fenway Studios
Fenway Victory Gardens
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
GrandTen Distilling
Hibernian Hall
The Innovation and Design Building
The KITCHEN at Boston Public Market
Loring-Greenough House
Lunder Art Center, Lesley University
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Design and Media Center
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Treehouse Residence Hall
Midway Artist Studios
MIT List Visual Arts Center
Nichols House Museum
Old North Church
Otis House, Historic New England
Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation
Restoration Resources
Strand Theatre
South Street Farm by Groundwork Somerville
Trinity Church
Urbano Project
The Vilna Shul, Boston's Center for Jewish Culture, Inc.
Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
William Clapp House, Dorchester Historical Society
Capt. Lemuel Clapp House, Dorchester Historical Society
James Blake House, Dorchester Historical Society
Y2Y Harvard Square
YMCA of Greater Boston
With thanks to community partners and neighborhood supporters:
Fenway Cultural District
City of Boston
Boston Redevelopment Authority
National Park Service
Arts Boston
Boston By Foot
Yonward
For information please email [email protected]
This is a program of the BSA Foundation.
| COST | ↑ top |
Free and open to the public
| WEBSITE | ↑ top |
| LOCATION | ↑ top |
Various Locations, Boston, map
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