Boston Redevelopment Authority to Partner with West End Museum on New ExhibitionBoston Magazine The Boston Redevelopment Authority is making nice with the neighborhood it once used its power to demolish, in an effort to extend that power another 10 years. The BRA is partnering with the West End Museum on a new exhibition, titled “Dewey Defeats…
New Photography Exhibit Captures Italy’s Beauty & MysteryPost-Gazette This fall, The West End Museum will host a new photography exhibit that celebrates the beauty and mystery of Italy in its Members’ Gallery. Indelebile Italia is part of the Museum’s annual commemoration of Italian Heritage Month in October. The exhibit runs from September 22nd through November…
New Photography Exhibit Captures Italy’s Beauty and MysteryBeacon Hill Times This fall, The West End Museum will host a new photography exhibit in its Members’ Gallery that celebrates the beauty and mystery of Italy. “Indelebile Italia” is part of the museum’s annual commemoration of Italian Heritage Month in October. The exhibit runs from Sept. 22…
BNN News Interviews Bill Kuttner, The West End MuseumBNN
New Photography Exhibit Captures Italy’s Beauty & Mystery: Part of West End Museum’s Annual Italian Heritage Month Celebration Boston, MA—This fall, The West End Museum will host a new photography exhibit in its Members’ Gallery that celebrates the beauty and mystery of Italy. Indelebile Italia is part of the Museum’s annual commemoration of Italian Heritage…
Boston’s last tenement an island awash in modernityBoston Globe Once it was part of an unbroken chain, a row of 30 brick walk-ups along the east side of Lowell Street from Causeway to Minot, a matching row behind it, another across the street. There were hundreds like it back then, crammed into the immigrant neighborhood…
New Exhibit Reveals Urban Renewal Origin Story: Recounts Impact of Truman’s Housing Act on Boston’s West End Boston, MA—With the modern-day 24-hour news cycle, it’s hard to believe that we once relied on daily newspapers to deliver word of current events. But so it was in 1948, when one of the most infamous—and totally inaccurate—headlines…
Tide Power in Colonial BostonThe Bay State Banner To fuel mills for producing flour, fabric, lumber and even chocolate, innovators in colonial Boston turned to the power of the tides. From through September 19, a new exhibit in the Members’ Gallery of The West End Museum…
Susan Hanson Named West End Museum PresidentNorth End Waterfront History aficionado Dr. Susan Hanson, whose experience in U.S. museums includes positions at the Smithsonian Institution and history projects in seven states, has been named President of The West End Museum Board of Directors. She aims to increase the Museum’s public offerings, stabilize its finances and increase its…
Susan Hanson Named West End Museum President: Brings 30-Plus Years of Experience to Table Boston, MA—History aficionado Dr. Susan Hanson, whose experience in U.S. museums includes positions at the Smithsonian Institution and history projects in seven states, has been named President of The West End Museum Board of Directors. She aims to increase the Museum’s…