| Boston Fire Museum
344 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210 
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Boston Fire Museum is dedicated to preserving and displaying
fire-fighting memorabilia from the Greater Boston area.
It displays several antique fire vehicles; a hand-drawn American
LaFrance Ladder Truck, circa 1860; a hand-drawn, hand-operated
Button pumper Columbia, from 1863; two front wheel drive
(formerly horse-drawn) Amoskeag steam pumpers, from 1882
and 1896; and a fully restored 1945 Ward LaFrance pumper
(Engine 54).
The museum also exhibits antique fire apparatus, fire alarms
and artifacts, and firefighting equipment. Since 1983 it
has been housed in a landmark firehouse at 344 Congress Street,
Boston. 
The museum educates and informs the general public on fire
safety, restores and maintains the firehouse, and provides
support to the fire service.
Directions:
In Boston's Congress Street/Fort Point Channel District,
Waterfront, corner of Farnsworth Street. Two blocks from
Children's Museum. South Station Red Line T stop.
Phone: 617-776-1288
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Hours:
Saturdays, noon to 4, April through October,
or call (617) 482-1344 for an appointment.
Admission:
Free (donations accepted)
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museum focuses on the preservation of local fire history, and
scholarly research.
It includes antique fire apparatus, tools, memorabilia, and
documents originally collected by Arthur Fiedler.
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