Boston’s Big Dig Project is famously known as one of the nation’s most expensive and most expansive highway projects. Now, the historic infrastructure is getting a fresh take in the West End Museum in a new exhibit co-curated by a former spokesperson for the project.
Boston is a city rich in history, from the Revolution to the site of the first public school and park. There are so many stories to tell—but did you know the history of influential women in the city wasn’t memorialized until 20 years ago?
Students in the CAS Engineering Boston class explored the West End Museum archives March 18, with the aim of using documents, photos, magazines, and maps to construct a curriculum about urban renewal in Boston.
In honor of Women’s History Month, the West End Museum is hosting a walking tour highlighting the women who shaped the neighborhood’s past.
Dine Out Boston Is Back With Two Weeks of Prix-Fixe Feasts Dine Out Boston is back on the calendar starting Sunday, Feb. 22, serving up two weeks of prix-fixe lunches and dinners across Greater Boston. The winter session runs through March 7 and blends neighborhood standbys with a fresh batch of newcomers. Organizers say the…
‘Big Dig’ exhibit documents urban renewal and destruction in Boston The West End Museum in Boston is opening an exhibition about the Big Dig, Boston’s thorough reconstruction of the city’s main arteries below ground carried out between 1991 and 2006, beginning with a free reception Wednesday. … Read the Article
Want a fancy restaurant dinner for a cheap price in Boston? Dine Out Boston starts soon … Each Dine Out Boston session includes a charitable auction component, and this winter, the beneficiary organization is the West End Museum. Diners are encouraged to bid on $100 certificates to participating restaurants here. Read the Article
Mark your calendar: Charlie Gargiulo book reading Learn how urban renewal affected the Little Canada community in Lowell from a community activist who witnessed it firsthand. Author Charlie Gargiulo will read from and discuss his memoir, “Legends of Little Canada,” at Boston’s West End Museum Wednesday, March 4, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., 150 Staniford St., Suite…
Halperin is also the interpretation manager at The West End Museum in Boston, which will host the teens for a performance on Saturday, Feb. 28.
This Weekend @ BU November 13 to 16 Congrats on conquering midterm season, Terriers—you deserve a break. The Thanksgiving holiday is just around the corner, but we’ve put together some fun activities on and off campus to help you relax this weekend—from a free music festival to a book exchange to a vinyl record fair.…