Symphony Hall
Symphony Hall is a concert hall that is home to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, located at 301 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
A theatre inside Boston
You can stay in Boston
Symphony Hall is inside Boston, which has 199 places to stay, so you won’t need a base farther out. Where to stay ↓
Established in 1900
Symphony Hall dates from 1900. About ↓
Best months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep and Oct
May, June, July, August, September and October are the mild months, with highs of 62–82°. When to go ↓
An airport 4 miles away
Boston Logan (BOS) has airline service, about 4 miles from Symphony Hall.
Written from NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Overture places to stay, Census town figures, Wikidata and Wikipedia.
Weather, month by month
Typical highs and lows in Boston. Green months are the mild ones.
Symphony Hall
Symphony Hall is a concert hall that is home to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, located at 301 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BSO founder Henry Lee Higginson commissioned architectural firm McKim, Mead and White to create a new, permanent home for the orchestra. Symphony Hall can accommodate an audience of 2,625. The hall was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1999 and is a pending Boston Landmark. It was then noted that "Symphony Hall remains, acoustically, among the top three concert halls in the world (sharing this distinction with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Vienna's Musikvereinsaal), and is considered the finest in the United States.
- Type
- Theatre
- Established
- 1900
- Listed
- National Historic Landmark (1999) · National Register of Historic Places (1999)
- Wikipedia readers
- 8.4K a year
Where to stay near Symphony Hall
The closest towns with hotels, motels or campgrounds are Boston (199) and Cambridge (30).
- 1Fenway Park
- 2Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
- 3Gillette Stadium
- 4Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- 5Freedom Trail
- 6Boston Common
- 7Harvard Stadium
- 8Bunker Hill Monument
Compare 8 towns
| Town | From Symphony Hall | Drive | Places to stay | People | Typical home | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | in town | — | 199 158 hotels · 29 inns & B&Bs · 4 lodges & cabins · 5 hostels · 3 campgrounds | 672,973 | $732K | D |
| Cambridge | 3 mi northwest | 5 min | 30 20 hotels · 7 inns & B&Bs · 1 lodge or cabins · 2 campgrounds | 122,588 | $1,092K | D |
| Brookline | 3 mi southwest | 5 min | 19 10 hotels · 9 inns & B&Bs | 63,414 | $1,247K | B+ |
| Newton | 6 mi west | 10 min | 16 9 hotels · 4 inns & B&Bs · 2 lodges & cabins · 1 campground | 90,741 | $1,265K | A− |
| Somerville | 3 mi north | 5 min | 9 7 hotels · 2 inns & B&Bs | 84,211 | $911K | C+ |
| Waltham | 9 mi west | 15 min | 14 13 hotels · 1 campground | 65,037 | $749K | B− |
| Revere | 7 mi northeast | 10 min | 12 10 hotels · 1 inn or B&B · 1 lodge or cabins | 60,141 | $597K | C |
| Woburn | 11 mi north | 15 min | 16 16 hotels | 43,962 | $674K | B |
Getting there
Nearest airports with airline service
Also near Symphony Hall
Other well-known places within 20 miles. Numbered ones are on the map above.
Big draw1in town Stadium & arenaFenway Park
Big draw2in town MuseumIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Big draw320 mi Stadium & arenaGillette Stadium
4in town MuseumMuseum of Fine Arts Boston477K visitors a year
52 mi AttractionFreedom Trail
6in town GardenBoston Common
73 mi Stadium & arenaHarvard Stadium
83 mi MuseumBunker Hill MonumentPhoto credits
Fenway Park: Gatorfan252525, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Sean Dungan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gillette Stadium: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of Fine Arts Boston: Martin~jawiki at Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Freedom Trail: Ingfbruno, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Boston Common: Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand, CC BY 2.0 · Harvard Stadium: Nick Allen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bunker Hill Monument: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
Visiting Symphony Hall
Is Symphony Hall in Boston?
Yes. It’s inside Boston, MA.
When is the best time to visit Symphony Hall?
May, June, July, August, September and October, with highs of 62–82°.
What is the closest airport to Symphony Hall?
Boston Logan (BOS), about 4 miles away.
Where should I stay near Symphony Hall?
Boston (in town, 199 places to stay), Cambridge (3 mi, 30 places to stay) and Brookline (3 mi, 19 places to stay).
Tips from people in Boston
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