Speakeasies, bootleggers, and jazz at the West End MuseumBeacon Hill Times Back in the days of Prohibition, there were speakeasies all over Boston…including Beacon Hill and the West End. Emily Sweeney, Boston Globe journalist and author of several nonfiction books, including ‘Boston Organized Crime’ and ‘Gangland Boston,’ notes that a speakeasy known as the “Lighted Lamp” was located in the basement…
Reimagined West End Museum Reopens to PublicBeacon Hill Times A thoroughly reimagined West End Museum welcomed the public back for the first time in more than two years on Thursday, May 24. “We’re so proud to have it open, and to be able to show this space, and to be able to bring these pieces…
The museum, which celebrates and honors the history of the West End, returns with a newly renovated space and a new exhibition.
Newly Renovated West End Museum To Reopen May 23Beacon Hill Times After being closed to the public for more than two years following a substantial flood, a newly renovated and reimagined West End Museum will formally reopen on Thursday, May 23. “It’s totally different from the old museum,” said Simon Belfanti, executive director of the…
Join us for the West End Museum’s inaugural Summer Art Competition. The deadline is September 7.
On May 23rd, 2024, The West End Museum will formally reopen to the public.
West End Museum’s Trivia Nights Offer Neighbors Fun – and Educational – Night OutBeacon Hill Times The West End Museum’s ongoing Trivia Nights have become a popular destination for neighbors looking for a fun night out that also offers them an informal education in the history of Boston and the West End. The Trivia Nights,…
Join the West End Museum for an artistically moving experience as they project photographic images from the Museum’s Edgell and Frani Collections alongside a live performance of two of classical music’s most emotive string quartets.
Sebastian Belfanti, executive director of the West End Museum, takes us through his perfect day in Boston’s West End neighborhood.
Long before the city’s West End became synonymous with destruction and displacement because of urban renewal efforts in the 1950s, the neighborhood was an epicenter of Black life in Boston and home to the country’s oldest standing Black church and the oldest public school for Black children.