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Artwork for The Humble Petitioner exhibit in the Council Chamber of the Old State House

Old State House · Downtown / Financial District

Der ergebene Bittsteller (The Humble Petitioner)

Now showingPermanent collection·$18

Die Ausstellung in der Council Chamber zeigt, wie Kolonisten, denen das Wahlrecht verwehrt blieb, das allgemeine Petitionsrecht nutzten, um im Massachusetts des 18. Jahrhunderts rechtliches Gehör und Abhilfe zu erlangen.

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Display cases of rare books and printed material in the Imagined Nation installation at the Boston Athenæum

Imaginierte Nation (Imagined Nation)

Boston Athenæum

A photograph by Constantine Manos from his 1974 series documenting Boston's streets, on view in Where's Boston? 50 Years Later

Where's Boston? 50 Jahre später (Where's Boston? 50 Years Later)

Boston Athenæum

Installation view with framed artworks hung salon-style on the walls and three people looking at the art

Ausstellung und Verlosung des Student Lending Art Program 2026 (2026 Student Lending Art Program Exhibition and Lottery)

MIT List Visual Arts Center

All exhibitions in Boston this month Coming up in October

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Boston Athenæum

Art5 min walk

Paul Revere House

Architecture8 min walk

Otis House

Architecture8 min walk

Museum of African American History

Architecture8 min walk

Revolutionary Spaces (Courtesy of the museum)