Halloween: History of a Holiday
New Museum Podcast! “The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti”
New web exhibit! “Reclaiming Black Faces” a documentary by Somerville High School students
A Division of William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Massachusetts History
Interactive exhibits bring history alive at the Commonwealth Museum -
The Treasures Gallery
Climate controlled cases display the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights, “John Adams” Massachusetts Constitution of 1780, and unique royal charters. -
Welcome!
The Commonwealth Museum is located in the Massachusetts Archives Building, Columbia Point, Boston
Donations to the Commonwealth Museum provide buses for low and moderate income school districts and help expand museum programming.