Boston's Historic Museums

Experience American history like never before at Revolutionary Spaces in Boston. Explore the iconic Old South Meeting House and Old State House, filled with historic exhibits and artifacts.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Old South Meeting House - Built in 1729, the Old South Meeting House was the largest building in colonial Boston and the site of the most stirring mass meetings that led to the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution.
    Today, this historic site and museum—located just two blocks from the Old State House in the heart of downtown Boston—provides…
What's Included
  • Combined entry to Old South Meeting House and Old State House
Additional Information

Experience American history like never before! Step inside two of the nation’s most important historic landmarks—the Old State House and Old South Meeting House.
The Old State House, built in 1713, served as the hub of royal governance in the Massachusetts Bay colony and was the scene of many pivotal events of the Revolution, including the Boston…

Location
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington St,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Lockie
Dec 12, 2025
Wonderful exploration of our shared US history - Fabulous. I especially appreciated the wonderful video of indigenous folks talking about what happened at this space; it was beautiful, and please don’t miss it as part of your experience. The building itself is also historic and lovely, as we know. It’s one of the buildings that was at the cornerstone (no pun unintended, on stones and buildings) of our budding democracy. The internal staircase is beautiful. And the exhibits are thoughtful. I also really love the interactive conversation about busing in schools. The exhibit asked visitors to join in a conversation concerning public education today. Similar to their sister exhibit, at the Old South Meeting house, guests were invited to pen post-it notes and reflections. (See photos). Some are funny, such as “more recess” and “pay kids to go to school” but many are quite meaningful and bring up larger thoughtful ideas, such as “pay teachers more” and “don’t ban books”. I love this interactive sort of exhibit. The only thing I found was a little odd were some of the ‘squeeze and smell’ exhibits. Squeeze to smell the House of Representatives? No thank you. :) It was just a little funny. I don’t think they meant it to be humorous. And I know they were talking about how it would’ve smelled back then, but it’s a little odd!
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Mary
Nov 26, 2025
The real history of Boston and American progress - I had SUCH a blast talking to the staff about the Liberty Tree and other important American history that my education has neglected to inform me of until now. I could have talked to the staff member about it FOREVER, what inspiring stories of the many who were not being considered by the few powerful, rich decision makers. The video they played upstairs highlighting the indigenous families who returned to see where their ancestors where stripped of their humanity in a single decision was very powerful and changed the whole experience (in a very important and necessary way). I appreciate that they had that video, and the four exhibits in the central room (on women, Native Americans, working class, and black people at that time) more than I can express.
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Joe_w
Nov 3, 2025
So much History in these 2 buildings - While these are not guided tours, there is so much history and the museums are easy to navigate and learn about their historical significance. We did have a guided tour before we came back to visit of the Boston history and that helped us put into context what we saw in these 2 buildings.
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Danibee33
Oct 20, 2025
Great museum, fascinating walking tour included—not to be missed!! - Loved this museum. We were lucky enough to have Monica lead our tour, about the Boston massacre. She was phenomenal, despite our group having only five people, she spent a full 90 minutes with us, giving us a fascinating overview of the events leading up to this historical moment and the intrigue and ambiguity surrounding it. She made sure our group was comfortable, found lots of places to sit as she was describing things and kept our interest piqued the whole time. I cannot recommend her tour highly enough. It was included in the cost of seeing the museum.
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F723srcathys
Sep 25, 2025
Great history lesson - The information was great… and Megan brought history to life with her insights. We had the opportunity to dialogue with her and get into the finer details of the Writs of Assistance, the framing of the Constitution and the vantage points of the writers and the populace. An incredible experience! $15 covered both the Old State House and Old South Meeting House. We visited these for about 90 minutes.
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Q6109fxcarolynr
Sep 20, 2025
The American Revolution - Our trip to the State House ( we didn't make it to the Meeting House) was very interesting. It provided us with more information about the Revolution than we ever got in textbooks. The way everything was presented gave us a well chronicled history of the events leading up to the Revolution and beyond. The house itself was very impressive. To think, we were standing in the actual State House that stood tall while all that history surrounded it, was pretty amazing. We were glad to have had this opportunity to see it. It was well worth the trip!
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Randy_b
Sep 20, 2025
Boston State House and Meeting House - This is a self guided tour through the old State House and the Meeting House. The State House has many artifacts from the events leading to the Revolutionary War. The Meeting House provides a look at a large church with parishioner boxes. It is so large, that it served as a meeting location for discussion leading to acts of defiance such as the Boston Tea Party. This is a good history tour.
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Nicholas_f
Aug 20, 2025
Love the history here. - My family and I did the freedom trail. We stopped at Boston’s old state house and old south meeting house. The staff was super friendly. It’s very well kept. Packed full of historical facts. Would definitely recommend stopping here.
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Lynnea
Jul 23, 2025
Enriching experience - We had a great tour with Madison who was really knowledgeable and charming bringing history into current context. Beautiful buildings with interesting exhibits
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Shelly_f
Jul 13, 2025
Informative! - Very informative, with great visuals. Very close together. Easy walking but not accessible as far as we could see. Both sites had AC!
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From $15
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).