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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 HouseDowntown / 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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On nowAll of October 2026

Also at Old State House

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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

Gibson House Twilight Tours

Gibson House Museum

All exhibitions in Boston this month Coming up in November

Nearby

The sandstone Beacon Street facade of the Boston Athenæum at 10½ Beacon Street

Boston Athenæum

Art5 min walk
Exterior of the Paul Revere House, a two-storey timber-framed dwelling with overhanging upper floor, at 19 North Square in Boston's North End

Paul Revere House

Architecture8 min walk
Exterior of the First Harrison Gray Otis House, a three-storey red-brick Federal mansion at 141 Cambridge Street, Boston

Otis House

Architecture8 min walk
The brick facade of the 1806 African Meeting House on Smith Court, Beacon Hill, Boston

Museum of African American History

Architecture8 min walk

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