Online Exhibits
At the start of each season, BSO Archives staff select documents, photographs, and artifacts from the Archives’ permanent collection for display in exhibit cases located throughout the orchestra and first balcony levels of Symphony Hall. The Symphony Hall Exhibit Program as it exists today was inaugurated in 2000 when the BSO celebrated Symphony Hall’s Centennial. Because Symphony Hall does not have a gallery or museum space, the decision was made to incorporate the displays into the hallways so that patrons visiting Symphony Hall would be able to discover different aspects of the BSO’s and Symphony Hall’s history as part of the concert-going experience. Each case is organized around a theme inspired by an anniversary, an artistic or programmatic emphasis, a significant event, the acquisition of a document or artifact by the Archives, or just for the fun of it!
Please send comments, feedback, and suggestions to archives@bso.org.
Rage, Murder, and Remorse at Tanglewood and Symphony Hall
In this exhibit explore previous performances of Alban Berg's Wozzeck at Symphony Hall and Tanglewood.
A Mass for Modernity
In this exhibit explore the U.S. premiere of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem.
"The Best Come from Boston”
In this exhibit learn about Harvey Genereux’s batons.
Ruth Orkin’s Tanglewood, 1946-1948
Award-winning photojournalist Ruth Orkin’s photography is presented in cooperation with the Ruth Orkin Photo Archive to celebrate the centennial of her birth.
Symphony Hall Exhibits
Preview this season's exhibits on display at Symphony Hall.
Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow
In this online exhibit, enjoy news clippings, photographs, and other documents of interest pertaining to early BSO performances of six of Dmitri Shostakovich's symphonies, as well as selections from Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.