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The restored Council Chamber on the second floor of the Old State House, with the Royal Governor's chair and Council table

Old State House · Downtown / Financial District

The Council Chamber

Now showingPermanent collection·$18

The second-floor room where the Royal Governor met his Council, refurnished with reproductions and interactive displays. Independence was declared from its balcony in July 1776.

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

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Boston Athenæum

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

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Boston Athenæum

Carrie Mae Weems, Blues and Pinks 3, 2020, archival inkjet prints in six parts

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Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston

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Museum of African American History

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