Boston History Company

09/04/2024

Between Daniel’s stories and Rob Crean being much funnier than the rest of us, there are few more enjoyable ways to spend a Wednesday evening than this gig on 9/11:

Wed 11 Sep, 7:30 PM - 7:30 PM [EDT]: 7:30pm, in the Studio New Work commissioned by Arrow Street Arts Mixing humor and poignancy, Boston-area comedy legend Rob Crean and Boston-area actor Daniel Berger-Jones present local stories that ha

01/26/2024

Boston History Company (formerly Cambridge Historical Tours) is seeking new guides who are able to deliver interesting narratives of history with a passionate, theatrical flair, and deep love of sharing and teaching others.

Tours primarily focus on Boston's Freedom Trail, Harvard and MIT, Kendall Square and Innovation, Museum of Fine Arts, and other local favorites. Guide pay starts at $50 hourly for public tours and $65 hourly for private tours. Work is very flexible and part time only. We do not have full time positions available at the moment. Saturdays and Sundays are the heaviest tour days, but weekdays can also fill up. Evening tours are unusual, so we are looking for daytime availability. Perfect for someone with flexible/remote work looking to get out and moving, theatre folk between gigs, teachers looking to teach in non-classroom settings, and history buffs who just know this is the kind of job they've always wanted.

Interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis through February and the first week of March with decisions made in the second week of March. Training begins Sunday, March 17th, and guides are expected to know their first tour by April 20th. Training pays a flat fee of $400-$800 depending on length of tour learned.

Tour season generally begins in May and runs through mid-November. This is when the bulk of the tours will be available. Most guides average 2-8 tours per week. Please email Daniel and/or Kelley at [email protected] for an interview, and we look forward to meeting you!

01/10/2024

Any local high schooler parents? Kids, teachers want to take daily walking tours for two weeks, eat at local restaurants, get taught by Ralph Waldo Emerson’s great great grandson, and leave with a story of your own making to show off to colleges? We’d love all the help in the world getting the word out about our new Summer History Camp! More info here:

Presenting a new summer camp for high school students with a passion for story! Daily walking tours to experience Boston, American, and even World history.

10/24/2023

What a lovely, cheeky, hilarious review of our fine city and it’s newest hotel (and a complimentary section on our tours, which is pretty saucy). Thanks, The Times of London!

It’s 7pm on a Saturday and we are — somewhat dangerously — halfway down our second martinis in an elegant bar on the 17th floor of a glitzy new hotel. The hig

06/07/2023

Friends, Romans, Countrymen,

If you’d like to take our tour home with you, or if you’d like to try it for a somewhat risk-free $15, we now have a GPS triggered tour that you can pop in headphones and theoretically just walk where it tells you. Even if you just want to download it and then give us 5 stars, think of that as a donation to us! We’d be super appreciative.

But if you took our tour in the past and recall it fondly, this is a great way to relive it, as you can also play each stop from home and remember some fun details. Give it a shot! Thanks

Travel through 400 years of revolutionary history with heroes and troublemakers

06/06/2023

Did you know that inventors Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell worked out of a telegraph shop in Boston, and that's where the telephone was invented?!

The shop was owned by Charles Williams, Jr. He liked the invention so much that he had the first two telephones installed between his shop and his home in Somerville. His phone numbers? 1 and 2.

Join us on a tour of to hear the amazing stories of Bell and Edison, plus see the actual site where the invention of the telephone took place.

Tours take place every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Read about the tour here.
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2023/06/05/bostons-innovation-trail-showcases-scientific-breakthroughs-past-and-present

05/21/2023

Today at 2pm! Innovations Tour in Cambridge with our rockstar guide, Julia. Satisfy your curiosity about what the heck goes on in Kendall Square. Robots, AI, re-engineering our immune systems, and more!

Photo by Timothy Kassis on Unsplash

05/10/2023

First attempt at explaining America to a Curious Colombian:

Are you ready to learn about some of most famous dishes in the States? Check this video if you are asking yourself, what is going on with Hot Dogs?

04/20/2022

https://spectrumnews1.com/ma/worcester/news/2022/04/18/john-hancock-and-his-trunk-return-to-worcester-historical-museum?cid=share_clip
“On Patriots Day, visitors at the Worcester Historical Museum were able to view a piece of history displayed only once a year.

John Hancock, played by actor Daniel Berger Jones, is at the museum alongside his 245-year-old trunk which held many historical papers used in the American Revolution. The trunk has been stored at the museum since 1895. Its history dates back to April 18, 1775 when Hancock and Samuel Adams were staying in Lexington, Mass.on the eve of the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

The trunk, which at the time was filled with Hancock’s personal notes and correspondence considered traitorous by the British, was being stowed at a tavern in Lexington. On the morning of April 19, 1775, as the British advanced toward Lexington for the battle, Hancock and Adams were moved to evade capture. Paul Revere and Hancock’s clerk retrieved the trunk from the tavern and hid it from the British, saving a vital piece of American history.”

Click the link to watch the video and learn more!

The 245-year-old trunk is only displayed on Patriots Day.

03/17/2022

The infamous Breakers mansion, home to one of the wealthiest families in United States history, the Vanderbilts. If you’re interested in touring these stunning seaside manors this summer, we are offering tours of Newport!

09/30/2021

Our friends at Revolutionary Spaces are doing a history-themed comedy talk show tonight with special guests Barbara Clark Smith (Smithsonian) and Michael Norris (Carpenters' Hall).

Watch here starting at 7pm EST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bok8WTgCgig

Our fourth show takes us to Philadelphia where we see the sites, eat the food, and run up the stairs, all in the name of Brotherly Love. Host Rob Crean talks...

09/04/2021

September skies over the Public Garden.

07/16/2021

The third episode of our series on Old Cambridge is here! Come along with us to learn about Brattle Square, featuring the story of how Massachusetts became the first state to abolish slavery and a biography of the late whimsical street performer, Igor Fokin.

https://youtu.be/6VGGboFn8hU

A history of Brattle Square in Cambridge, featuring the story of how Massachusetts abolished slavery and a bio of the late whimsical street performer, Igor F...

07/12/2021

The second episode in our series on Old Cambridge is up on our YouTube. This episode discusses the history of the John Hicks House, including a fun story about the Boston Tea Party and even includes a ghost! https://youtu.be/ePkhZOgTMKk

A run through of the history of the John Hicks House, located in Harvard Square. Including the exciting tale of the Boston Tea Party, the earliest stages of ...

07/10/2021

https://youtu.be/LHQpMs97YXI
Check out our new series on the History of Old Cambridge. Episode 1 is on Winthrop Park and the founding of the famous university town.

Daniel explains the founding of the infamous university town of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Starting off first in Winthrop Park, located in Harvard Square. ...

06/24/2021

This morning one of our guides was giving a tour of Granary Burying Ground, when she noticed something unusual. A sinkhole had formed over a early 19th century crypt, naturally she decided to stick her phone down in it to explore. A little window into something normally reserved for the dead. The crypt dates back to 1810, and belongs to a one O Goodwin.