Fall is a great time to visit Boston because it’s beautiful, it isn’t as cold as winter, and it isn’t as crowded as summer. Whether you live here or within driving distance and are thinking about coming for a weekend, there are plenty of great ways to spend your time this fall if you’re looking for what to do in Boston.

Museums

• Museum of Fine Art
• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
• New England Aquarium
• Museum of Science
• Boston Children’s Museum
• Franklin Park Zoo

Historical Sites

• Old North Church
• Old South Meeting House
• Paul Revere House
• Freedom Trail
• Bunker Hill
• USS Constitution

Shows

• Blue Man Group, every week Thursday-Sunday
• Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, October 13-16
• Jersey Boys, October 4-16
• The Phantom of the Opera (silent film), October 21
• Colbie Caillat, October 23
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show, October 28
• Handel’s Messiah, November 25-27
• King Lear, December 1
• Kinky Boots, November 30-December 4
• The Nutcracker, Commonwealth Ballet Company, November 25-December 11
• The Nutcracker, Boston Ballet, November 25-December 31

Miscellaneous

• Quincy Market & Faneuil Hall
• Boston Book Festival, October 15
• Boston Book Fair, (Antiquarian books *heart eyes*) October 28-30
• Boston Public Library
• Boston Ghost Tours

What are your favorite events that are coming up in Boston this fall?

Also check my post of what I think you should do on a weekend in Boston!