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Cambridge Center for Adult Education
56 Brattle Street | 617.547.6979
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| Located in two historic Brattle Street Buildings, CCAE has offered quality education for over 65 years in Harvard Square. Each catalog features hundreds of classes, talks, readings, conferences and performances. |
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Harvard University
Harvard Square | 617.495.1000
harvard.edu/ |
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| Founded in 1636, Harvard is the oldest university in the United States. With 18,000 current degree candidates enrolled, Harvard graduates include scores of world leaders including six U.S. Presidents -- John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Rutherford B. Hayes, and John F. Kennedy. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Harvard Yard includes such noteworthy buildings as Wadsworth House (1726) which served as temporary headquarters for General George Washington in 1775; Daniel Chester French's statue of John Harvard (1884; French also sculpted Abraham Lincoln in the Washington D.C. Memorial); and Widener Library (1913-15) which houses the largest university book collection in the world with over 13 million volumes. |
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Harvard University Events & Information
Holyoke Center, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue | 617.495.1573
harvard.edu/ |
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| The public's official gateway to Harvard, it features interactive computer displays, a print library and a video room. Free, student-led tours of the campus originate from the Center. |
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Harvard University Office for the Arts
74 Mt. Auburn Street | 617.495.8676
fas.harvard.edu |
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Lesley University
815 Somerville Ave | 617.349.8298
lesley.edu |
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| Lesley University offers undergraduate and advanced degrees that prepare women and men to become leaders in education, human services, the arts, environmental studies and a variety of other professional fields. Lesley is a national leader in quality teacher preparation. |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
77 Massachusetts Avenue | 617.253.1000
mit.edu |
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| Founded in 1861 and originally located in Boston, MIT moved to its current site in Cambridge in 1916. Today approximately 10,000 students attend MIT in its mile-long campus along the Charles River. Notable sites include the MIT Chapel and Kresge Auditorium (designed by Eero Saarinen), the Baker House Dormitory (designed by Alvar Aalto), the Dreyfus, Weisner and Landau Buildings (by I.M. Pei), the Stata Center (Frank O. Gehry) and Simmons Hall (Steven Holl). The campus houses the MIT Museum and the List Visual Arts Center, plus a collection of outdoor modern sculpture including works by Henry Moore, Alexander Calder and Louise Nevelson. |
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MIT Information Center
77 Massachusetts Avenue | 617.253.4795
mit.edu |
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| Located at MIT's main entrance on Massachusetts Avenue. Tours leave weekdays (except legal holidays) at 10:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. Groups over 15 must make special arrangements. |
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