Massachusetts State House: Online Resources

This tour describes nine historic spaces and highlights paintings, sculpture, artifacts, and decorative arts commemorating the people and events that helped to shape the Commonwealth and nation. Please note that the Virtual Tour features large panoramic images. A high-speed internet connection is recommended. These panoramas require the Flash plugin; visitors using mobile devices or assistive software are encouraged to use the List or Thumbnail views.

The Boston Public Library holds photographs and prints documenting the Massachusetts State House.

This site provides access to photographs, manuscripts, books, audio recordings, and other materials of historical interest that have been digitized and made available by members of Digital Commonwealth, a statewide consortium of libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies from across Massachusetts.

Book on the State House by Pulsifer, David (1802-1894), published 1865.

Book on the State House by Ellen Mudge Burrill (1872?-1937), first published in 1905.

Master plan prepared by State House Project Office, Office of Facilities Management, DCPO for the Executive Office of Administration and Finance for the State House's bicentennial in 1995.

Life and letters of Charles Bulfinch, Massachusetts State House architect, along with other family papers. Edited by his granddaughter Ellen Susan Bulfinch and published in 1896.