Welcome to WGBH!
Boston, MA 02135
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WGBH is located in Boston's Brighton neighborhood, with strong Boston roots and far-reaching partnerships that make us an active part of the community we serve.
Come visit us soon for screenings, performances, and other WGBH events. Take a tour of the studios where we create all the TV, radio, Web, and community programs and services that you enjoy. And stop by the Shop at 'GBH to buy program-related merchandise such as T-shirts, DVDs, and toys. In the meantime, take a look at our fully digital, green headquarters.
About the Building
The lead architect for our Brighton studios was the New York-based firm Polshek Partnership, whose award-winning projects include the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark., and the Rose Center for Earth & Space at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
We're proud to be LEED-certified by the US Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program. Among the efforts that earned us that distinction: reclaiming a "brownfield," environmental construction practices, and a solar farm and "green" roof.
WGBH has been called an "idea factory," and it was our goal to reflect that factory-like feel in many of the materials used, including the corrugated metal exterior of the building and the exposed trusses. The digital mural that brightens the day for passersby was designed to provoke thought, inspire curiosity, and reflect the content and values of public media.
We also made our building transparent, as befits a trusted public media company dedicated to illuminating lives. (Year after year, Roper Polls show that PBS is #1 in public trust, ahead of courts of law, commercial and cable TV, newspapers, Congress, and the federal government.)
Thanks to You
WGBH's 309,000-square-foot studio complex was made possible by 25,000 individuals from across New England, who contributed more than $64 million to Breaking New Ground: The Campaign for WGBH. Their gifts joined with funding from Harvard University, which purchased WGBH's previous land and property.
Boston magazine has called our facility the city's "most exciting company headquarters since the John Hancock Tower." The Boston Globe writes, "The complex will become a visual landmark to match the importance of WGBH as a cultural institution."
WGBH Studios
WGBH in the Community
WGBH Digital Mural
Volunteer at WGBH
Tour WGBH
The Shop at 'GBH
