Innovation Trail — Special Event Marking the Telephone's 150th Birthday

Name: Innovation Trail — Special Event Marking the Telephone's 150th Birthday
Start: 2026-05-13T20:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-05-13T21:30:00+00:00
Location: Verizon Museum of Innovation in Communications

Community Heritage

Date & Time

📅 Wed, May 13, 2026

🕐 8:00 PM

Ends: Wed, May 13, 2026 at 9:30 PM

Location

📍 Verizon Museum of Innovation in Communications

65 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114, United States, Boston, MA, 02114

🏙️ Boston

About This Event

Mr. Watson, come here! Learn about one of Boston's most world-changing inventions and see a museum that's not regularly open to the public.

Ahoy-hoy, lovers of nerdy history!

On this special late afternoon tour, we'll get you inside a museum that isn't ordinarily open to the public: Verizon's museum of the telephone, which contains an incredible collection of early telephone equipment, as well as a recreation of Alexander Graham Bell's lab that was overseen by his assistant, Thomas Watson.

Then, we'll walk together and discuss several other key spots related to telephone history — including the place where the first public demonstration happened, in May 1876. We'll wrap up with an (optional) drink at a Beacon Hill bar where AGB relaxed after a long day's inventing.

When you join us for this special tour, you can purchase a Benefactor Ticket that includes a limited edition embroidered Innovation Trail hat. (See below for photo.)

We start very close to the Bowdoin and Government Center T stops, and end very close to there, near the State House. If you drive, the best parking is at the Center Plaza Garage.