Learn how historians, preservationists, and historical craftspeople restored a historic room in need of a face-lift in time for America 250.

Explore the story of the Battle of Bunker Hill through four compelling objects from the Revolutionary Spaces collection.

Exhibits Manager Lucy Pollock and Director of Facilities & Preservation Campbell Waterhouse discuss the gilded eagle that sits upon the Old State House.

Director of Museum Operations & Experience Lou Rocco explores the anti-busing movement’s use of Revolutionary Boston history.

Continue learning about the ways Black Bostonians have fought for equal education—an ongoing struggle that continues to shape Boston’s public schools today.

Access to education has been a constant struggle for Boston’s Black community from the beginning. Delve into nineteenth century attempts to secure educational equality.

Associate Director of Collections Lori Fidler discusses an intriguing object in Revolutionary Spaces’ collection—a quilt made from fragments of Martha Washington’s dresses.

Revolutionary Spaces interviews the Upstander Project team about their film Bounty, which follows Penobscot families as they read a scalp bounty that was signed in the Old State House.

Explore Massachusetts’ history of defiance against the British Crown through the establishment of an illegal mint, leading to a pivotal moment in the colony’s path towards revolution.