Northeast Region, Boston

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Northeast Region, Boston


Serves Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Address

Frederick C. Murphy Federal Center
380 Trapelo Road
Waltham, Massachusetts
02452-6399

Phone: (781) 663-0130
Fax: (781) 663-0154
E-mail: waltham.archives@nara.gov

Facility Information

Hours

Archives
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
(Note: No original records are pulled before 8 A.M. or after 4 P.M.)

We are open on the following Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.:

2008

November 1, 2008
December 6, 2008

(Note: Original records MUST be requested and pulled prior to Saturday visits.)

Records Center/Court Records
Monday - Friday, 7:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

Closed Sundays and Federal holidays

Directions

Driving Directions to the National Archives in Boston.

By car from Boston

Take Massachusetts Turnpike west to Route 128/I-95, Exit 15. Take Route 128/I-95 north to Trapelo Road, Exit 28A - Belmont. Follow Trapelo Road for 2.8 miles. The facility is on the right. For an alternate route, take Storrow Drive, Boston, to Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge, to Belmont Street, Watertown. Continue on Belmont Street to Trapelo Road. The facility is on the left.

By car from west of Boston

Take the Massachusetts Turnpike to Route 128/I-95. Go north on Route 128/I-95 to Trapelo Road, Exit 28A - Belmont. Follow Trapelo Road for 2.8 miles. The facility is on the right.

By public transportation

From the Park Street station, take the MBTA bus to Harvard Square. From Harvard Square, take the MBTA bus to Waverly Square in Belmont (bus runs every 15 minutes). Walk or take a taxi 1.5 miles west on Trapelo Road to the facility.

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The Regional Archives in Boston.
What did the area look like before NARA?

Please note: We will be closing at 3:00pm on the following dates:
  • Wednesday, 12/24/2008
  • Wednesday, 12/31/2008

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8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001
Telephone: 1-86-NARA-NARA or 1-866-272-6272