West End Musuem

Museum President Jim Campano calls the West End “the greatest neighborhood this side of heaven.” The museum catalogues the West End’s history from the 1880s to the 1950s, ending with a failed urban renewal project displacing thousands of poor immigrants. The museum features photographs and paintings of the old neighborhood, a video about the area’s development and informational plaques. Campano said the museum serves as a place where the remaining West Enders could gather and reminisce about a piece of Boston’s urban history. The city and developers profited off the ruined lives of displaces residents, he said.