The Boston Opera Company (BOC) was located in Boston, Massachusetts. It ran from 1909 to 1915. It was founded by a man named Eben Dyer Jordan Jr. and Henry Russell. Their company’s first performance was held in November 1909. ​During its six seasons the Boston Opera Company presented a wide array of works, including two contemporary operas by Boston composer​ ​Frederick Converse​:​ ​The Pipe of Desire ​and ​The Sacrifice​. Although the company was admired for its artistic excellence (largely due to the fine conducting by ​Felix Weingartner​), the organization was plagued with financial worries after the initial backing by Jordan ended. These monetary problems eventually forced the company to declare bankruptcy on May 11, 1915.
   The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is the fourth largest in the United States. It was founded in 1870 and opened in 1876. The museum was originally located in a brick ​Gothic Revival​ building in ​Copley Square​ designed by ​John Hubbard Sturgis​ and ​Charles Brigham​ which was noted for its massed architectural ​terracotta​ in an American building. It was built almost entirely of red brick and terracotta with a small amount of stone in its base. The brick was produced by the Peerless Brick Company of Philadelphia and the terracotta was imported from England. In 1907, plans were laid to build a new home for the museum on ​Huntington Avenue​ in Boston's ​Fenway-Kenmore​ neighborhood near the renowned ​Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum​. Museum trustees decided to hire architect ​Guy Lowell to create a design for a museum so that could be built in stages as funding was obtained for each phase. Two years later, the first section of Lowell’s ​neoclassical​ design was completed. It featured a 500-foot (150 m) ​façade​ of ​granite​ and a grand ​rotunda​. The museum moved to its new location later that year; the Copley Square Hotel eventually would replace the old building.
    The Orson Welles Cinema opened April 8, 1969. It was in business from 1969 to 1986. ​Showcasing independents, foreign films and revivals, it became a focal point of the​ ​Boston​-​Cambridge film community. In the 1960s it was originally called the Esquire Theater. In 1972–73, the Orson Welles Cinema expanded with two smaller screening rooms in addition to the main 400-seat auditorium. In February 1976, the Welles launched its 24-hour Science Fiction Film Marathon. The Marathon became an annual event that continued even after the Orson Welles Cinema closed. Following the 11 Marathons held​ at the Orson Welles, the film series moved on to other Boston theaters, and under the name Boston Science Fiction Film Festival it is now held annually on President’s Day weekend at the ​Somerville Theatre​ in ​Davis Square​, Somerville.Also in 1976, Welles tried to create a film festival but it wasn’t very successful.The Orson Welles Cinema came to an end with fire caused by a popcorn maker at 2 pm on Saturday, May 24, 1986. The last three films shown were ​Henry Jaglom​’s ​Always​, ​Dick Clement​’s ​Water​ and ​Dennis Potter​’s ​Dreamchild​.