Things to Do in Cambridge

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Arthur M. Sackler Museum
The artistic treasures of the ancient Greeks, Egyptians, and Romans...
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Brattle House
This 18th-century, gambrel-roof Colonial once belonged to the...
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Brattle Theatre
Occupying a squat, barnlike building from 1890, the Brattle Theatre...
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Cambridge Visitor Information Booth
Volunteers at this kiosk outside the MBTA station entrance hand...
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Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
This gravity-defying mass of concrete and glass, built in 1963...
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Christ Church
This modest, yet beautiful gray clapboard structure was designed...
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Dexter Pratt House
Also known as the "Blacksmith House," this yellow Colonial is...
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Elmwood
Shortly after its construction in 1767, this three-story Georgian...
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First Parish in Cambridge and the Old Burying Ground
Next to the imposing church on the corner of Church Street and...
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Harvard Museum of Natural History
Many museums promise something for every member of the family...
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Harvard Square
Tides of students, tourists, political-cause proponents, and...
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Harvard University
The tree-studded, shady, and redbrick expanse of Harvard Yard...
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Henry Vassall House
One of Brattle Street's seven Tory houses occupied by wealthy...
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Hooper-Lee-Nichols House
Now headquarters of the Cambridge Historical Society, this is...
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List Visual Arts Center
Local Boston-area artists and art students consider the List...
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Longfellow National Historic Site
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the poet whose stirring tales of...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Celebrated for both its brains and its cerebral sense of humor...
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MIT Museum
A place where art and science meet, the MIT Museum displays photos...
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Mt. Auburn Cemetery
A cemetery might not strike you as a first choice for a visit...
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Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
With one of the world's outstanding anthropological collections...
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Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
The famed women's college, situated around a serene yard, was...
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Semitic Museum
An almost unknown gem, this Harvard institution serves as an...
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Wadsworth House
On the Harvard University side of Harvard Square stands the Wadsworth...
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Widener Library
Harvard University's Harry Elkins Widener Library was named for...
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