MIT Museum, Boston
MIT, the brains behind so much innovation, brings you one of Boston's quirkiest museums-a unique institution that delves into the realms of art, technology, and everything in between. Its exhibits cover a wide range of topics, from robotics and holograms to model ships and interactive sculptures.
While some of the material might challenge those who aren't steeped in science, the museum itself is a pristine and captivating space with plenty to offer, including engaging experiences for children. It's also designed for easy navigation, featuring a spacious elevator, multiple restrooms, and free storage lockers. And don't miss the top-tier gift shop, which features an array of intriguing curiosities without a plush toy in sight.
The MIT Museum is poised for even greater things in the future, having recently relocated to this larger facility in Kendall Square. Expect more fascinating exhibitions and discoveries to come!
While some of the material might challenge those who aren't steeped in science, the museum itself is a pristine and captivating space with plenty to offer, including engaging experiences for children. It's also designed for easy navigation, featuring a spacious elevator, multiple restrooms, and free storage lockers. And don't miss the top-tier gift shop, which features an array of intriguing curiosities without a plush toy in sight.
The MIT Museum is poised for even greater things in the future, having recently relocated to this larger facility in Kendall Square. Expect more fascinating exhibitions and discoveries to come!
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Sight Name: MIT Museum
Sight Location: Boston, USA (See walking tours in Boston)
Sight Type: Museum/Gallery
Sight Location: Boston, USA (See walking tours in Boston)
Sight Type: Museum/Gallery
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Walking Tours in Boston, Massachusetts
Create Your Own Walk in Boston
Creating your own self-guided walk in Boston is easy and fun. Choose the city attractions that you want to see and a walk route map will be created just for you. You can even set your hotel as the start point of the walk.
Bunker Hill Walking Tour
Bunker Hill rises above the banks of the Charles River like a chapter of American history carved in stone. At the heart of it all stands the towering Bunker Hill Monument, a granite obelisk that marks one of the earliest and most defining clashes of the American Revolution. Indeed, it is really hard to miss, both physically and historically...
The battle fought here on June 17, 1775, was... view more
Tour Duration: 1 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 1.5 Km or 0.9 Miles
The battle fought here on June 17, 1775, was... view more
Tour Duration: 1 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 1.5 Km or 0.9 Miles
North End Walking Tour
The North End is Boston’s oldest neighborhood, and for centuries it has played an outsized role in the city’s story. By the 1750s, this compact waterfront district had become a busy center of commercial, social, and intellectual life, filled with merchants, artisans, ship captains, printers, taverns, meeting places, and restless political energy.
Later, it came to be known as Boston’s... view more
Tour Duration: 1 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 1.0 Km or 0.6 Miles
Later, it came to be known as Boston’s... view more
Tour Duration: 1 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 1.0 Km or 0.6 Miles
Downtown Boston Walking Tour
The capital of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston is one of the oldest cities in the United States and it had played a key role in the country's struggle for independence. Founded in 1630 by Puritan settlers from England, it witnessed many events of the American Revolution, including the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the Siege of Boston.
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Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 2.3 Km or 1.4 Miles
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Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 2.3 Km or 1.4 Miles
Boston Shopping Areas
One of the top shopping destinations in the US northeast, Boston has a strong network of interesting stores, galleries and boutiques to visit along with its many high-class shops, some of which are nestled inside historical buildings. Shopping here in more than one way mirrors the city itself: an amalgamation of classic and vanguard, the handmade and the high-end, and both local and international... view more
Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 3.2 Km or 2 Miles
Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 3.2 Km or 2 Miles
Historical Cambridge MA Walking Tour
Once a quiet New England farming village that briefly served as the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, today’s Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a university town that dazzles visitors as the home of renowned Harvard University – alma mater to intellectuals, literary giants, Nobel Prize winners, celebrities, and political leaders. Many of America’s elite have spent time within Harvard’s... view more
Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 3.5 Km or 2.2 Miles
Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 3.5 Km or 2.2 Miles
Beacon Hill Historic Houses Tour
Boston’s historic neighborhood of Beacon Hill is quite a charm! One can spend hours here, admiring the elegant uniformity and restraint of the architecture; at times, perhaps, imagining people from the past in their horse-drawn carriages. Federal-style and Victorian row houses, narrow streets lit by antique gas lanterns, brick sidewalks and lavender-hued windows adorn the area, which is... view more
Tour Duration: 1 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 2.1 Km or 1.3 Miles
Tour Duration: 1 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 2.1 Km or 1.3 Miles
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Boston's Marblehead Eateries
With such a diverse variety of dining cuisines and styles, the little town of Marblehead has something to satisfy every budget and culinary palate. You won't find any neon here, none is allowed in town and there are no fast food or drive-thrus establishments either. Most are quaint and...