New Members Join West End Museum Board

New Members Join West End Museum BoardBy Leigh Blander This February, The West End Museum’s Board of Directors elected two new members during its Annual Meeting. Katie Burke is an archivist at the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site in Brookline, where she preserves, processes and digitizes museum collections.  She also participates in interpretive programs…

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West End Museum Fast-Tracking Renovations

West End Museum Fast-Tracking RenovationsBeacon Hill Times The West End Museum was already planning to close for a couple of months next year to allow for an extensive renovation, but that timetable and fundraising goals for the project are now being fast-tracked as the museum reels to recover from last month’s flooding. “It would’ve been…

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The West End Museum Flood

The West End Museum FloodBeacon Hill Times On January 15, a burst pipe on the fourth floor of West End Place — a mixed income complex at 150 Staniford Street — inundated the West End Museum (WEM) with over two-inches of water, and displaced around 25 families, who were temporarily relocated to the nearby Boxer…

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Support the WEM as We Rebuild

Support the WEM as We Rebuild Please consider supporting The West end Museum as we work to rebuild after flooding destroyed the Museum on January 15th. The Museum has worked for more than a decade to preserve the story of the West End, foster community for the displaced and current residents of the neighborhood, and…

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The state wants to redo the Hurley Building. But how?

The state wants to redo the Hurley Building. But how?Boston Globe To some, the Charles F. Hurley Building is a giant concrete tombstone, memorializing a once-vibrant city block buried by urban renewal. For others, it’s a historic treasure, a throwback to a grandiose, monolithic style of architecture. To the Baker administration, the three-plus-acre Hurley property…