What's on in Boston
The Abiel Smith School at 46 Joy Street, Beacon Hill, Boston

Museum of African American HistoryBeacon Hill

The Abiel Smith School Galleries

Now showingPermanent collectionTicketed — see website

The 1835 Abiel Smith School, oldest US public school built solely to educate African American children, is the campus entrance and holds the museum's exhibit galleries, education programs and store.

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On nowAll of October 2026

Also at Museum of African American History

On now nearby

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

Promotional artwork for The Road to Revolution: Massachusetts and the Independence Movement at the Old State House

The Road to Revolution: Massachusetts and the Independence Movement

Old State House

All exhibitions in Boston this month Coming up in November

Nearby

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

Nichols House Museum

Architecture2 min walk
Exterior of the First Harrison Gray Otis House, a three-storey red-brick Federal mansion at 141 Cambridge Street, Boston

Otis House

Architecture2 min walk
The sandstone Beacon Street facade of the Boston Athenæum at 10½ Beacon Street

Boston Athenæum

Art4 min walk
The brick facade and entrance of the 1713 Old State House on Washington Street in downtown Boston, framed by modern office towers

Old State House

Architecture8 min walk

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