Cambridge Massachusetts Attractions

Historic Homes & Buildings

• Harvard University
  26 Oxford Street • Cambridge, MA 02138
  Cambridge, MA
  617-495-3045, 617-495-1573
  With a history of fostering and promoting the best in intellectual achievements and endeavours,... more...  map

• Hooper/Lee/Nichols House (circa 1685)
  159 Brattle Street • Cambridge, MA 02138
  Cambridge, MA
  617-547-4252
  This historic house is now in a Georgian style, but incorporates within itself what is believed to... more...  map

Historic Sites & Monuments

• Longfellow National Historic Site
  105 Brattle Street • Cambridge, MA 02138
  617-876-4491
  Now preserved and operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, this historic home was... more...  map

• Mount Auburn Cemetery
  580 Mount Auburn Street • Cambridge, MA 02138
  617-547-7105
  Among the first garden cemeteries ever constructed, this graveyard is the site of the final resting... more...  map

• Old Burying Ground
  Garden and Massachusetts Avenues • Cambridge, MA 02138
  This historic cemetery is the site of the graves of eight Harvard presidents, as well as the graves... more...  map

Museums & Galleries

• Arthur M. Sackler Museum
  32 Quincy Street • Cambridge, MA 02138
  617-495-3393
  The Sackler Museum boasts an extensive collection of antiquarian art, with examples from many... more...  map

• Busch-Reisinger Museum/Harvard University
  32 Quincy Street • Cambridge, MA 02138
  617-495-9400, 617-469-8576
  This museum is the only of its kind in America, with an emphasis on the art of German-speaking... more...  map

• Fogg Art Museum/Harvard University
  32 Quincy Street • Cambridge, MA 02138
  Harvard
  617-495-9400
  The oldest of Harvard’s museums, the Fogg Art Museum was opened to the general public in 1895;... more...  map

• Harvard Museum of Natural History
  26 Oxford Street • Cambridge, MA 02138
  617-495-3045
  Explore 12,000 specimens drawn from Harvard’s vast research collections at the University's most... more...  map

• Harvard University Museums
  24 Oxford Street and 11 Divinity Avenue • Cambridge, MA 02138
  Harvard University
  617-495-3045, 617-496-1027
  Harvard offers a great selection of fine museums, including several art museums, a selection of... more...  map

• List Visual Arts Center
  20 Ames Street • Cambridge, MA 02142
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  617-253-4680
  The aim of this museum is to promote and present the cutting edge in art of all media that... more...  map

• MIT Museum
  265 Massachusetts Avenue • Cambridge, MA 02139
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  617-253-4444
  The MIT Museum features permanent collections that include art, drawings, photographs, artifacts,... more...  map