Sights & Attractions in Boston

Things to Do in Cambridge

Name	Category	Location

Brattle House This 18th-century, gambrel-roof Colonial once belonged to the...	Houses / Mansions	Cambridge

Brattle Theatre Occupying a squat, barnlike building from 1890, the Brattle Theatre...	Arts / Performance Venues	Cambridge

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts This gravity-defying mass of concrete and glass, built in 1963...	Arts / Performance Venues	Cambridge

Christ Church This modest yet beautiful gray clapboard structure was designed...	Religious Sites	Cambridge

Dexter Pratt House Also known as the "Blacksmith House," this yellow Colonial is...	Houses / Mansions	Cambridge


Elmwood Shortly after its construction in 1767, this three-story Georgian...	Houses / Mansions	Cambridge

First Parish in Cambridge and the Old Burying Ground Next to the imposing church on the corner of Church Street and...	Cemeteries	Cambridge

Harvard Art Museums The artistic treasures of the ancient Greeks, Egyptians, and...	Museums / Galleries	Cambridge

Harvard Museum of Natural History Many museums promise something for every member of the family...	Museums / Galleries	Cambridge

Harvard Square Tides of students, tourists, political-cause proponents, and...	Squares	Cambridge

Harvard University The tree-studded, shady, and redbrick expanse of Harvard Yard...	Educational Institutions	Cambridge

Henry Vassall House Brattle Street's seven houses known as "Tory Row" were once occupied...	Houses / Mansions	Cambridge

Hooper-Lee-Nichols House Now headquarters of the Cambridge Historical Society, this is...	Houses / Mansions	Cambridge

List Visual Arts Center Local Boston-area artists and art students consider the List...	Museums / Galleries	Cambridge

Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters If there's one historic house to visit in Cambridge, this is...	Houses / Mansions	Cambridge

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Celebrated for both its brains and its cerebral sense of humor...	Educational Institutions	Cambridge

MIT Museum A place where art and science meet, the MIT Museum displays photos...	Museums / Galleries	Cambridge

Mt. Auburn Cemetery A cemetery might not strike you as a first choice for a visit...	Cemeteries	Cambridge

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology With one of the world's outstanding anthropological collections...	Museums / Galleries	Cambridge

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study The famed women's college, situated around a serene yard, was...	Educational Institutions	Cambridge

Semitic Museum An almost unknown gem, this Harvard institution serves as an...	Museums / Galleries	Cambridge

Wadsworth House On the Harvard University side of Harvard Square stands the Wadsworth...	Houses / Mansions	Cambridge

Widener Library Harvard University's Harry Elkins Widener Library was named for...	Libraries	Cambridge
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