North Bennet Street School
One of nation’s oldest schools for hands-on training in traditional trades and fine craftsmanship, North Bennet Street School is internationally known for its programs and for helping students to achieve meaningful lives and livelihoods. For more than a century, our exceptional programs have encouraged individual growth, curiosity, technical mastery, and commitment to excellence.
The School offers full-time programs in Bookbinding, Carpentry, Cabinet & Furniture Making, Jewelry Making & Repair, Locksmithing & Security Technology, Piano Technology, Preservation Carpentry, and Violin Making & Repair. NBSSalso provides continuing education classes in a range of related disciplines. The School is located at an impressive, new facility in Boston’s historic North End, the community in which it was originally founded as a settlement house for immigrants in 1881. www.NBSS.edu
In the Making: The Last Typewriter Repair Shop
In the Making: Furniture Conservation with Carolyn Finn CF ’13
In the Making: Robell Awake Book Conversation
In the Making: Ainsley Donaldson CF ’73
Meaningful Work
In the Making: Bootmaking with Saboteuse
In the Making: Carving Wood & Stone
Jewelry Making & Repair at NBSS
Cabinet & Furniture Making at NBSS
Locksmithing Industry Panel
2024 Graduation Commencement Speaker: Klare Shaw
2024 Graduation Ceremony
Life Before NBSS
In the Making: 2024 Exhibition
Lecture: Andy Glenn CF ’08 on Backwoods Chairmakers
In the Making: From Student to Instructor
In the Making: Robotics and Toolmaking
In the Making: Boston's North End
In the Making: Slöyd Experience
A Learning Process
Madison Park 2023 Summer Program
A Good Day at NBSS
In the Making: Thinking with Things + Sarah Kuhn
In the Making: Stephen Hamilton
A Welcoming Community
Lecture: Emmet Van Driesche
In the Making: People's Inclusive Welding
Lecture: BA Harrington CF ’95
In the Making: Locksmithing & Facilities
The joy of crafting things