Boston, Symphony Hall, & the BSO in 1900

Step into the Boston of 1900, a city shaped by rapid industrial, cultural, and intellectual growth. It’s a world in which artistic, civic, and scientific breakthroughs culminated in the creation of Symphony Hall — conceived of not only as the new home of the BSO, but as a bona fide temple of music and one of the world’s very first democratic concert halls, built to welcome all.