Boston Preservation Alliance
The BPA serves over fifty member organizations by orchestrating advocacy for historic preservation in Boston.

Massachusetts Historical Society
MHS is a major research library and manuscript repository of millions of rare and unique historical documents and artifacts. The society also produces numerous publications, documentary television programs and films.

Bostonian Society
The Bostonion Society maintains a museum of Boston's history in the Old State House. It also operates a research library at 15 State Street which features a large collection of books, photographs, prints and manuscripts.

Boston Landmarks Commission
The City's preservation agency identifies historic buildings and places and protects them through landmark and district designations. Landmarks also manages design review in seven historic districts and reviews historic aspects of development projects.

Historic New England
Historic New England maintains extensive archival resources, offers building technology expertise, and operates 34 historic house museums throughout New England.

Boston Athenaeum
One of the oldest independent libraries in the United States, the Athenaeum's collections comprise over half a million volumes, with particular strengths in Boston history, New England state and local history, biography, English and American literature, and the fine and decorative arts.

Boston Public Library
The BPL was the first publicly supported municipal library in America and the first public library to allow people to borrow books and materials.

Jamaica Plain Historical Society
The Jamaica Plain Historical Society sponsors occasional lectures and a regular weekly series of walking tours during the summer.

Boston Building Permits
Boston is the first major city to offer building permits online. All building permits from 1875 to present are available.

Boston City Archives
The mission of the City Archives is to protect and preserve the permanent official public records of Boston municipal government since its founding in 1630.