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Opening September 1, this interactive exhibit invites viewers to consider values of community, equality, and justice and how these notions cause harm when they conflict.
James Otis, Jr. and Mental Health in the Eighteenth Century A Virtual Exhibit Opening Friday, September 5, 2025 REGISTER Join Revolutionary Spaces and the National Museum of Mental Health Project (NMMHP) at the Old State House for a special reception celebrating the launch of the virtual exhibit Patriot, Hero, Distracted Person: James Otis, Jr. and […]
Revolutionary Spaces installs short film in an effort to commemorate Indigenous survival and resistance to erasure: Bounty.
An Evening with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Thursday, April 17, 2025 REGISTER Revolutionary Spaces is pleased to be partnering with the Supreme Court Historical Society for the premiere Boston screening of the Society’s film on the life and times of Boston’s own Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., acclaimed jurist, scholar, and Civil War veteran. Originally performed […]
Director of Museum Operations & Experience Lou Rocco explores the anti-busing movement’s use of Revolutionary Boston history.
Politics IRL: Debating the Legal Voting Age Wednesday, February 26, 2025 WATCH RECORDING Come bear witness and join the fray at this special mid-day program, Politics IRL: Debating the Legal Voting Age. Gen Z voters will take the stage at Boston’s longtime bastion of free speech and civic action, the Old South Meeting House, as […]
Democracy Now:A Panel Discussion Tuesday, February 11, 2025 WATCH RECORDING What does active citizenship in a democracy look like? How do we prepare ourselves for the challenges that our democracy will face? How do we reform our democracy so that it serves all of its constituents? Join Revolutionary Spaces and The Humanities Workshop for Democracy […]
Holiday History Teatime Wednesday, December 11, 2024 REGISTER Join us for a festive evening of tea, history, and community at the historic Old South Meeting House! This holiday teatime invites Board members, staff, and members of the Revolutionary Spaces community to gather in celebration of the season with warm drinks, sweet and savory tea-time snacks, […]
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.
Bounty “We are citizens of the Penobscot Nation. Together we bring our families to Boston to read our ancestors’ death warrant.” Get Tickets About the Film In Bounty, Penobscot parents and children resist erasure and commemorate survival by reading and reacting to one of the dozens of government-issued bounty proclamations that motivated colonial settlers to […]