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Interior of the Gibson House Museum in Boston photographed during a servants' tour

Gibson House MuseumBack Bay

Upstairs, Downstairs

Now showingPermanent collection$17

An hour-long tour of the lives of the young Irish immigrant women who worked in domestic service in Back Bay, focusing on the staff's working and living spaces and the coal shed.

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On nowAll of October 2026

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

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 Years Later

Boston Athenæum

Poster image for Swimming with Sharks at the Harvard Museum of Natural History

Swimming with Sharks: A Deep Dive into Shark Biology and Behavior

Harvard Museum of Natural History

All exhibitions in Boston this month Coming up in November

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The Federal-style brick facade of 55 Mount Vernon Street, the Nichols House Museum, on Beacon Hill in Boston

Nichols House Museum

Architecture10 min walk
The brick facade of the 1806 African Meeting House on Smith Court, Beacon Hill, Boston

Museum of African American History

Architecture11 min walk
The sandstone Beacon Street facade of the Boston Athenæum at 10½ Beacon Street

Boston Athenæum

Art13 min walk
Exterior of the First Harrison Gray Otis House, a three-storey red-brick Federal mansion at 141 Cambridge Street, Boston

Otis House

Architecture13 min walk

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