Tour hours, languages, and guides

Tours are free and last half an hour. Guides are flexible on timing to accommodate specific needs. At times we offer tours in German, Dutch, and French. Meet our tour guides.

Open

Tuesday through Sunday (closed Monday)

Hours

Tuesday: 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Thursday/Friday/Saturday: 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Location

The Christian Science Plaza is located at the intersection of Huntington Ave. and Massachusetts Ave.  For tours enter the Church through the large, glass-domed doors which face Massachusetts Ave. 

Group tours and contact information

With six or more people, you can call or email in advance to Louise M. Alder, tour guiding supervisor: alderl@csps.com, 617-755-3345.

Accessibility, parking, map, and public transportation

Church buildings are wheelchair accessible. There is free parking for bus groups on Huntington Avenue. The Christian Science Plaza has an underground paid parking garage. A city map, site map, driving directions, and public transportation information are available here.

Tour details

Original Church

We will take you through the Romanesque style Original Church building, which was built in 1894. It includes frescoes, mosaic work, Italian marble floors, Canadian red birch pews, stained-glass windows depicting Bible stories, and an Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ. more

The Church Extension 

We will also visit the 1906 Byzantine-Renaissance style Church Extension with a soaring dome, seating for over 3,000 people, and one of the world's largest Aeolian-Skinner pipe organs with a total of 13,295 pipes. more

The founder's life-story

Learn about the remarkable, inspiring life history of Mary Baker Eddy, the discoverer and founder of Christian Science and the Church of Christ, Scientist. more

Church tour reviews

Louise from Tours Amerique (Quebec City)

"I like to give my customers a new perspective, another way to see life. I bring my customers to your church for tours because I want them to have an openness of what they see."

Pierre from Tours Amerique (Quebec City)

"This is always my first stop in Boston. The tour puts everybody in a good mood and makes them happy. Most of my people want to learn about religious ideas and the church is an important place in the city. Mary Baker Eddy's story, we love how you tell it and my people love the architecture. The tour guides are very friendly and knowledgeable, too."