Common Boston 2016, the first ever open-house architecture festival in neighborhoods throughout Greater Boston, kicks off on June 4 and 5. For that weekend only, the festival will unlock the doors to dozens of architecturally, culturally, and historically significant sites. All open house programming is free and open to the public. 

This year’s festival partners represent a diverse variety of spaces and places throughout Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, and Brookline, including: 

Ayer Mansion, Boston Architectural College, Boston Public Library (Central Branch, Honan-Allston Branch, East Boston Branch, Parker Hill Branch, Hyde Park Branch, Mattapan Branch), BSA Space, Cambridge City Hall, Christ Church Cambridge, Church of the Covenant, District Hall, Dorchester Heights Monument, Eliot Hall and the Footlight Club, Eliot School of Fine Arts, Emerald Necklace Conservancy and Shattuck Visitor Center, Ether Dome and the Bulfinch Building at Massachusetts General Hospital, Fenway Studios, Fenway Victory Gardens, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, GrandTen Distilling, Hibernian Hall, The Innovation and Design Building, The KITCHEN at Boston Public Market, Loring-Greenough House, Lunder Art Center at Lesley University, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (Design and Media Center, Treehouse Residence Hall), Midway Artist Studios, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Nichols House Museum, Old North Church, Otis House of Historic New England, Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation, Restoration Resources, Strand Theatre, South Street Farm by Groundwork Somerville, Trinity Church, Urbano Project, The Vilna Shul, Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, Dorchester Historical Society (William Clapp House, Capt. Lemuel Clapp House, James Blake House), Y2Y Harvard Square, and YMCA of Greater Boston.