The Preservation Studies program hosts a range of preservation studies field trips for students throughout the academic year, both within classes as well as specifically for those enrolled in the Master’s program. These trips aim to familiarize students with the area, introduce them the diverse field of historic preservation, expose students to preservation conferences, and build community within the program. Some of our recent trips are listed below.
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- Freedom Trail, Boston. Here are some impressions of the tour.
- Fort Point Channel Landmark District, Boston. Here some impressions of the tour.
- Nantucket, MA: See for our program and impressions.
- Historic New England Summit on Convening Leading Voices, October 2022, Worcester, MA.
- Eustis Estate, Historic New England, Milton, MA
- Annual Symposium of the Association for Preservation Technology, Northeast Chapter (APTNE) on 20/20 Vision: New Uses for Old Buildings, February 2020, Providence, RI
- Lawrence Heritage State Park, North Canal Historic District and the Great Stone Dam, MA
- Lowell National Historical Park, National Park Service, MA
- Bay State Road/Back Bay West Architectural Conservation District, Boston
- Charleston Navy Yard, Boston National Historical Park, National Park Service
- West Newton Hill, MA
- Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, Chestnut Hill, Boston
- Cambridge Historical Commission, MA
- Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, National Park Service, Brookline, MA
- Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Mugar Library, Boston University
- Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center, Boston Public Library
- Boston National Historical Park, National Park Service
- Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, National Park Service
- Fort Independence & Historic District, Boston National Historical Park
- Boston African American National Historic Site, National Park Service
- Museum of African American History, African Meeting House, and Abiel Smith School, Boston
- The Black Heritage Trail, Beacon Hill, Boston
- Vilna Shul, Beacon Hill, Boston
- Charles River Basin, Boston
- Franklin Park, Boston
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
- Minute Man National Historical Park, National Park Service, Concord – Lincoln, MA
- The Emerald Necklace, Boston
- The Common and Public Gardens, Boston
- The Freedom Trail, Boston
- Chinatown, Boston
- Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, Cambridge, MA
- Central Waterfront Boston
- Government Centre District, Boston
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, Boston
- Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, National Park Service, Boston
