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Ticket and booking rules for Boston: timed entries, closing days and official links, checked September 2026.
Checked September 2026 against official sources
Boston
Bookings and opening rules
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Tickets and opening days
- The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is closed on Tuesdays. It is open 11:00–17:00 on weekdays, until 21:00 on Thursdays, and 10:00–17:00 at weekends; advance timed-entry tickets are required.Source: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · checked Sep 2026
- The Old North Church is open 10:00–17:00. Tickets cover the sanctuary and the crypt, and a timed tour of the bell-ringing chamber can be added.Source: Old North Church · checked Sep 2026
- The Paul Revere House is open daily 10:00–17:15 from 15 April to 31 October, and 10:00–16:15 in winter, when it also closes on Mondays in January, February and March.Source: Paul Revere House · checked Sep 2026
- Visiting USS Constitution is free. Visitors go through a security check, and those aged 18 or over must show federal or state photo ID.Source: U.S. Navy · checked Sep 2026
- Trinity Church is open for tours Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00–16:30.Source: Trinity Church Boston · checked Sep 2026
- Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum tours start from 10:00 and last about an hour; booking ahead is recommended.Source: Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum · checked Sep 2026
- The ICA is open Tuesday to Sunday and is free for everyone on Thursday evenings, with advance tickets.Source: ICA Boston · checked Sep 2026
- The Swan Boats in the Public Garden run from mid-April to Labor Day, but not in rain, high winds or extreme heat.Source: Swan Boats · checked Sep 2026
On the day
What to watch at each stop
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
- Closed on Tuesdays; timed tickets required
Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
- Tours last about an hour; book ahead
Institute of Contemporary Art
- Closed on Mondays; free on Thursday evenings
Questions
Quick answers
Which days should I plan around?
The Gardner Museum is closed on Tuesdays, Trinity Church's tours run Tuesday to Saturday and the ICA is closed on Mondays, so the plan works best when day one falls on a Tuesday to Friday.
The days these rules belong to
3 days in Boston
Boston is one of America's most walkable cities, so each day keeps to one area: day one follows the red-brick Freedom Trail from Boston Common through downtown and the North End to USS Constitution in Charlestown; day two climbs Beacon Hill, crosses the Public Garden to Copley Square and ends at the Gardner Museum and Fenway Park; day three takes the Red Line to Harvard, then returns to the harbour for the Boston Tea Party Ships and the ICA. Book the Gardner Museum's timed tickets ahead.
