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Harvard Art Museum
485 Broadway | 617.495.9400
harvardartmuseum.org
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| The Harvard Art Museum is one of the world’s leading arts institutions, comprising three museums (Fogg Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum) and four research centers (Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art, Harvard Art Museum Archives, Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, Turkey). The Harvard Art Museum is distinguished by the range and depth of its collection, its groundbreaking exhibitions, and the original research of its staff. The collection consists of more than 260,000 objects in all media, ranges in date from antiquity to the present, and comes from Europe, North America, North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia.
In June 2008, the Harvard Art Museum's building at 32 Quincy Street, formerly the home of the Fogg and Busch-Reisinger Museums, closed for a major renovation. During this renovation, the Sackler Museum at 485 Broadway remains open and has been reinstalled with some of the finest works representing the collections of all three museums. When complete, the renovated historic building on Quincy Street will unite the three museums in a single state-of-the-art facility designed by architect Renzo Piano.
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10:00am-5:00pm; Sunday, 1:00-5:00pm. Closed on some national holidays, please check our website for schedule.
Admission: Paid admission includes entrance to the museum, docent tours, and gallery talks. $9 adults, $7 seniors over 65, $6 college students with valid ID. Admission is free for Harvard University ID holders, Members of the Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge Public Library cardholders, and visitors under 18 years of age. Free for everyone on Saturdays before noon and every day after 4:30pm. |
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Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford Street | 617.495.3045
hmnh.harvard.edu
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| Explore 12,000 specimens drawn from Harvard’s vast research collections at the University's most visited museum -- dinosaurs, meteorites, gemstones, and hundreds of animals around the globe. Get close to the world’s only mounted Kronosaurus, a 42 ft-long marine reptile; one of the first Triceratops ever discovered; a 1,642 lb. amethyst geode; whale skeletons. Don’t miss the world famous exhibit of 3,000 ‘Glass Flowers’, amazingly realistic models of plants, fruits and flowers created by father-son glass artists Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka from 1886-1936. You won’t believe they’re not real.
Explore www.hmnh.harvard.edu for changing exhibitions, dozens of lectures, events, classes for all ages, year round.
Location: The museum is on the Harvard University campus, just a short, 7-10 minute walk through historic Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square MBTA Red Line ‘T’ station.
Hours: Open daily, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
Admission: $9.00; seniors and students $7.00; $6.00 ages 3-18; under 3 free.
Free for Massachusetts residents only: Wednesdays. 3:00-5:00 pm (September thru May) and Sunday mornings year round, 9 a.m.-noon. Ticket includes admission to the adjacent Peabody Museum. |
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MIT Museum
265 Massachusetts Avenue | 617.253.5927
tinyurl.com/bvrduz
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| The MIT Museum The Museum presents exhibitions and public programs designed to engage and entertain students and adults. Robots, holography, MIT lore, and cutting-edge exhibits blending art and technology draw visitors from around the world. The Museum store offers unique gifts and souvenirs. School group programs and event rental calls are welcome, please call for reservations. Hours: Open Daily 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m Closed major holidays. Free Sundays: 10:00 a.m - noon. If your visit will take place from Sept. 14 - 25, 2009, please call the museum for an update on possible gallery and store closure due to renovations.
Admission: Adults 7.50 youth under 18, students, seniors $3, children under 5 and MIT ID holders free.
Wheelchair accessible
For further information, call (617) 253-5927 or visit web.mit.edu/museum or tinyurl.com/a5tazx. |
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MIT Museum Compton Gallery
77 Massachusetts Ave., MIT Bldg 10-150 |
tinyurl.com/36e9lq
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Open Daily, 10am-5pm. Closed major holidays.
Free admission. |
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Museum of Science
Science Park, Boston, MA | 617.723.2500
mos.org
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| Immerse yourself in the amazing IMAX? dome film experience of the Mugar Omni Theatre, witness a spectacular lightening show or embark on a journey through the universe at the Charles Hayden Planetarium. The Museum of Science, overlooking the scenic Charles River, presents over 550 hands-on, minds-on exhibits, including The Computing Revolution, Dinosaurs: Modeling the Mesozoic, and the Virtual FishTank?. |
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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology: Harvard University
11 Divinity Avenue | 617.496.1027
peabody.harvard.edu
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| The Peabody Museum is the region's principle world cultures museum, with vast collections from North America, ancient Mesoamerica, Africa, and Oceania. Changing exhibits explore human societies and culture from prehistory to the present. Experience the Plains Indian wars from the Lakota perspective, marvel at the spectacular wall paintings of the Maya, Moche, and American southwest, and explore the many island cultures of the Pacific. |
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