West End Museum Adds HoursBeacon Hill Times To accommodate increasing attendance, The West End Museum is now opening Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., in addition to Thursdays and Fridays, noon to 5 p.m. “We’re seeing more people coming to the museum, especially interested in our new exhibit on settlement life in the West End,”…
West End’s Underground Railroad Stop Played Key Role in Anti-Slavery MovementBy Susan Gilbert Underground Railroad Brought Thousands to Freedom The Underground Railroad ushered tens of thousands of slaves―men, women, and children―to freedom. It was a semi-informal network of safe houses and “conductors” ―both white and African American―many of whom secretly traveled into Southern slave states to rescue those seeking freedom. Assisted…
Paul Senecal and Michael Gropman help preserve West End legacyWicked Local Around the corner from the TD Garden, the West End Museum continues to maintain the memory of a beloved neighborhood that, 60 years ago, fell prey to the urban renewal wrecking ball. The Lomasney Way (named for Martin Michael Lomasney, a former state senator, state representative and alderman…
MGH pushes ahead with nearly $2 billion expansionBoston Globe Massachusetts General Hospital is pushing forward with a massive $1.9 billion project to build two new towers as part of its effort to focus on treating the sickest patients at its downtown campus, remaking a critical corner of Boston and potentially boosting public transit. The two…
West End Museum Launches Spring & Summer Programs Celebrating Public Space ‘Democracy’s Front Porch’ Boston, MA— The newly reopened West End Museum is launching an exciting schedule of spring and summer programs, which will be offered both in-person and online. Beginning April 29, Wentworth University Professor Emeritus Lois Ascher will lead a free, three-part webinar…
West End Museum to Reopen with New Exhibit Highlighting Stories from Settlement HouseSimmons University Exhibit Examines Life at the Elizabeth Peabody House Boston, MA— The West End Museum is today announcing it will reopen to the public on Friday, April 16, after being closed for months due to the pandemic. WEM will premiere a collaborative…
Preserving the History of The West End in Boston. The West End Museum and its role in Massachusetts.Mass Realty
Boston’s West End Museum Marks ‘Leonard Nimoy Day’ In The CityWBZ News Radio BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — Today is a special day for Boston residents and Star Trek fans alike. Before heading to Washington D.C. to become U.S. Secretary of Labor, Former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh declared that March 26 would be Leonard Nimoy Day in the…
Reopening scheduled for April 16th – Opening Tuesdays and Fridays The West End Museum will be reopening on Friday, April 16th! We will be open two days a week, Tuesday and Friday, from 12 – 5pm, and are looking forward to welcoming all of our members, friends, and first-time visitors once again!
The Last School StandingBy Marshall Hook While about a dozen original West End buildings remain in the West End Project Area, the one at 26 Blossom Street stands as the only surviving school building to have served the children of the neighborhood. The Winchell School’s construction began in 1884 and was completed the next year.…