West End Museum Hosts 8th Annual Italian Heritage Month Honoree NightPost-Gazette For the eighth consecutive year, The West End Museum marks Italian Heritage Month by recognizing individuals of Italian descent for their contributions to preserving the culture of the West End and its rich immigrant history. Italian Heritage Month Honoree Night takes place on Tuesday,…
West End Museum Hosts 8th Annual Italian Heritage Month Honoree NightWe the Italians For the eighth consecutive year, The West End Museum marks Italian Heritage Month by recognizing individuals of Italian descent for their contributions to preserving the culture of the West End and its rich immigrant history. Italian Heritage Month Honoree Night takes place on Tuesday,…
West End Museum Hosts 8th Annual Italian Heritage Month Honoree NightNorth End Waterfront For the eighth consecutive year, The West End Museum marks Italian Heritage Month by recognizing individuals of Italian descent for their contributions to preserving the culture of the West End and its rich immigrant history. Italian Heritage Month Honoree Night takes place on Tuesday,…
West End Museum Hosts 8th Annual Italian Heritage Month Honoree Night Boston, MA—For the eighth consecutive year, The West End Museum marks Italian Heritage Month by recognizing individuals of Italian descent for their contributions to preserving the culture of the West End and its rich immigrant history. Italian Heritage Month Honoree Night takes place on…
Caroline White-Nockleby, Share Your Story Volunteer Project CoordinatorBy Nicholas DeBlasio A Boston native, Caroline White-Nockleby White-Nockleby first discovered The West End Museum during her commute to the Museum of Science, where she was working to get high school students involved in science programs. As a former American Studies major with a strong interest in family…
Charles St Jail HistoryBeacon Hill Times For Tuesday’s third and final Twilight Talk presented by Historic New England and the Victorian Society in America/New England Chapter at the Harrison Gray Otis House, award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist Joseph McMaster recounted the history of the Charles Street Jail, from its origins as a state-of-the-art facility through…
West End Museum to Be Featured on Museum Open House Museum Open House is a series featuring outstanding museums throughout Massachusetts. It is is produced by NewTV and hosted by Jay Sugarman. Each program highlights a particular museum’s current or upcoming exhibits, programs and/or resources available to the public. At 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 10,…
Open Canal Street Sees Low Afternoon TurnoutNorth End Waterfront On Saturday, July 8th, 2017, The City of Boston closed vehicular traffic off to Canal Street from 10 AM to 8 PM. The whole length of the street was opened up for people to walk on. Thunderstorms and rain was forecasted, but the good weather held…
Museum pays tribute to the West End that wasBoston Globe THE WEST END MUSEUM on Staniford Street in Boston holds the history of a close-knit neighborhood that was destroyed in what would become known as the worst urban renewal project of the 20th century. On April 25, 1958, seven thousand residents of the West End received…
Photography Exhibit Reveals Property Owner’s Perspective On West End Urban RenewalNorth End Waterfront On display at The West End Museum from now until Fall 2017, are 60 year old photographs depicting the West End before the urban renewal that took place in the neighborhood. These photographs show the perspective of Eli Tarlin, a property owner in the…