2010 Archive Tours

• African American History

  This special tour of African American History explores Boston's role in the abolitionist and civil rights movements including William Lloyd Garrison's influence on the antislavery movement, and how 5-year old Sarah Robert's effort to attend school initiated the outlawing of segregation in Massachusetts public schools.

• Don't Tread On Me: Transformative Movements in Boston

  The annual Big Foot walking tour like no other.

  Boston is known as the birthplace of the American transformative movement known as Independence. On this tour you will see how Boston has played key roles in other national movements such as abolition, women's suffrage, trade unionism, and transcendentalism. Walking among Boston's historic sites we will explore the themes of social progress and discuss the transformative leaders who galvanized American thought and action.

• Front Page News: Exploring 20th Century Boston

  This 5-hour walking tour walks through the 20th century newspaper headlines of Boston. See the places where the famous and infamous events took place that shaped a city and impacted a nation.

• Kennedys in Boston: The Camelot Legacy

  While Hyannis Port is often considered the geographical anchor in the Kennedy story, Boston plays a pivotal role and long-standing role in the story of the American Camelot.

• Literary Landmarks, Continued

  The 19th century literary flowering on Beacon Hill provided strong roots for the growth of 20th century literature. Even as the pen gave way to the typewriter, the literary spirit continued in such notables as poet Robert Frost, historians Samuel Eliot Morison and David McCullough, and medical novelist Robin Cook.

• South Station

  Boston's South Station opened in 1899 as the largest train station in the world and remained the busiest in the United States for many years. Originally designed by the H.H. Richardson's successor form, Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, the South Station story is another inspiring example of saving the old from demolition to help interpret the new.