Cambridge, MA Attractions
Cambridge is an independent town of 95,000 located across from Boston via the Harvard Bridge. The quickest way to reach it from downtown Boston is on the Red Line of the subway. Cambridge, named after its English counterpart, has an international reputation as a centre of teaching and research, with Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Harvard Museum of Natural History
(Harvard University)
The Harvard Museum of Natural History consists of four different facilities which include the Peabody Museum, Mineralogical and Geological Museum, Museum of Comparative Zoology, and the Botanical Museum.
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Harvard University
Harvard University is one of the oldest and most highly regarded universities in the United States.
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Longfellow National Historic Site
This home was lived in by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and used as a headquarters by George Washington in 1775-76.
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MIT Museum
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
The history and role of MIT is explained at the MIT Museum on the main campus.
Hooper-Lee-Nichols House
The Cambridge Historical Society is located in the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House. The original house was built in 1685 and has been modified numerous times over the past few hundred years. Tours are available to the public year round.
Old Cambridge
The area around Harvard Square contains several of Cambridge's historical buildings including the 1761 Christ Church and the 1753 Waterhouse house, both of which originally fronted the Commons.
