title: Boston By Foot
text: # Boston By Foot
  
  Boston By Foot is a non-profit organization offering guided architectural and historical tours of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1976, Boston By Foot offers daily scheduled tours from May through October. Tours are conducted by a trained corps of over 200 volunteers. As of 2007, more than 210,000 residents and visitors from around the world have participated in Boston By Foot tours.
  
  ## Regular tours
  
  * Beacon Hill
  * Boston By Little Feet - children's tour
  * The Dark Side of Boston
  * The Heart of the Freedom Trail
  * Literary Landmarks
  * The North End
  * Reinventing Boston: A City Engineered
  * Road to Revolution
  * Victorian Back Bay
  
  ## Lecture Series and docent training
  
  Each spring, Boston By Foot offers a six-week Lecture Series. Each Saturday session features a lecturer (experienced architects, historians, and engineers) as well as an afternoon field trip. It is open to the public and required for those wishing to become a volunteer guide.
  
  * Colonial Boston
  * Federal Boston
  * Victorian Boston
  * Contemporary Boston
  * Subterranean Boston
  
  ## Awards
  
  Boston By Foot has received several honors including: Honorary Membership, American Institute of Architects 2003; Best Tour of Boston 1999, Boston Magazine; Institute Honors, American Institute of Architects, 1996; Commonwealth Award, Boston Society of Architects, 1986; Honorary Membership, Boston Society of Architects, 1982; Editor's Pick, Yankee Magazine, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002; Volunteer Recognition, The New England, 1997.
  
  