Cambridge MA

Cambridge
City in USA

Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County of Massachusetts state in the United States. it was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England.

How to Reach Cambridge, MA

General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport or only Logan International Airport (IATA Code- BOS) is an international airport that is located mostly in East Boston and partially in Winthrop.
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Hotels in Cambridge, MA

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Tourist Places in Cambridge, MA

I have described 20 Best Places to Visit in Cambridge, MA. Those are Top-Rated Tourist Attractions in Cambridge, MA. Among them some are Must-Visit Attractions in Cambridge, MA. Also described The Best Things to Do in Cambridge, MA, and Fun Things to Do in Cambridge, MA.
So that you can able to know the Famous Cambridge, MA Tourist sights and Attractions, and make your itinerary for Cambridge, MA Attractions & Sightseeing.
You need approximately US$ 45 to visit all the places listed below. With that amount of money, you have to add Food cost, Transport cost, Hotel rent and air fare to travel in Cambridge, MA.

Day-1:

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Cemetery

The 174-acre cemetery was built in 1831.
Visiting Time: 8 AM to 8 PM every day.
How to go: It is located at 580 Mt Auburn Street.

Fresh Pond

Reservoir

How to go: It is located about 380 meters from Mount Auburn Cemetery towards north.

Danehy Park

Park

How to go: It is located about 550 meters from Fresh Pond towards northeast at 99 Sherman Street.

Day-2:

Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

Historic Site

The original house was built in 1759 for Loyalist John Vassall. He demolished that and built a new mansion. It was used as a summer residence until 1774. The home was used as a temporary hospital after the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. It was used as a temporary barracks in June 1775. General George Washington moved here on July 16, 1775 and used it as his headquarters and home until April 4, 1776. Nathaniel Tracy owned the house from 1781 to 1786. He went bankrupt and sold it to Thomas Russell. Andrew Craigie, the first Apothecary General of the American army, bought the house in 1791. Craigie married Elizabeth while living in this house.
Craigie died in 1819. American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow rented rooms on the second floor of the home beginning in the summer of 1837. Elizabeth died in 1841. Nathan Appleton purchased the house in 1843. Longfellow married his daughter Frances, so Appleton gave him the house as a wedding gift. The couple renovated the interior. Many artists, writers, politicians and other famous people used to come at his house. Longfellow died in 1882.
His children established the Longfellow House Trust to preserve the home as a memorial to Longfellow and Washington. Trust donated the property to the National Park Service in 1972 and open to the public as a house museum.
Visiting Time: Friday to Sunday - 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM.
How to go: It is located about 1.6 km from Danehy Park towards south at 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge.

Cambridge Common

Park

How to go: It is located about 320 meters from Longfellow House towards southeast.

Museum of Comparative Zoology

Museum

The Museum of Comparative Zoology was founded in 1859.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Saturday - 10 AM to 4:30 PM. Sunday - 12 PM to 4:30 PM. Monday remains closed.
How to go: It is located about 650 meters from Cambridge Common towards east at 26 Oxford Street.

The Harvard Museum of Natural History

Museum

Entry Fee: (Natural History + Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology) - 15 Dollar for adult. 13 Dollar for senior. 10 Dollar for non-Harvard student, child age 3-18. Free for child age 0-2.
How to go: It is located at the same building of Museum of Comparative Zoology at 26 Oxford Street.

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

Museum

Visiting Time: 9 AM to 5 PM every day. Thanksgiving Day, December 24, December 25, and January 1 remains closed.
Entry Fee: (Harvard Museum of Natural History + Peabody Museum) - 15 Dollar for adult. 13 Dollar for senior. 10 Dollar for non-Harvard student, child age 3-18. Free for child age 0-2.
How to go: It is located south side of Harvard Museum of Natural History at 11 Divinity Avenue.

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East

Museum

Museum exhibits pottery, cylinder seals, sculpture, coins, cuneiform tablets, and Egyptian mummy sarcophagi.
Visiting Time: Sunday to Friday - 11 AM to 4 PM. Saturday remains closed.
How to go: It is located southeast side of Peabody Museum at 6 Divinity Avenue.

Day-3:

Harvard Yard

Park

There is a statue of John Harvard was built in 1884 honoring John Harvard (1607–1638). Actually John Harvard is not the founder of Harvard College. Rather as a founder, the timeliness and generosity of his contributions have earned him the most respect among them. Half of the money, which he inherited from his father, mother and brother, was deposited in the school in 1936.
How to go: Triangular Plaza is located about 400 meters from Cambridge Common towards south.

Harvard Art Museums

Museum

It consist of 3 museums, the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Arthur M. Sackler Museums.
Entry Fee: 20 Dollar for adult. 18 Dollar for senior age above 65. Free for age 18.
Free Entry: All Sundays.

The Fogg

Museum

The Fogg Art Museum opened to the public in 1895. It exhibits Wertheim Collection, Picasso's work and other many famous masterworks.

Arthur M. Sackler Museum

Museum

It exhibits Asian art, Korean ceramics and Japanese woodblock prints.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Saturday - 10 AM to 5 PM.
Entry Fee: 9 Dollar for adult. 7 Dollar for senior age above 65, 6 Dollar for student. Free for child age below 18.
How to go: It is located northeast corner of Harvard Yard at 32 Quincy Street.

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Museum

It exhibits replica of the Golden Gate, main portal of the cathedral of Freiburg, and other plaster casts of superb Germanic architecture and design, and the history of the Busch-Reisinger Museum.
Visiting Time: Wednesday - 1 PM to 5 PM. Saturday - 10 AM to 2 PM.
How to go: It is located at 29 Kirkland Street, corner of Quincy and Kirkland Streets, just north of Memorial Hall.

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

Museum

Visiting Time: Tuesday to Sunday - 12 PM to 5 PM.
Entry Fee: Free.
How to go: It is located south side of Busch-Reisinger Museum at 24 Quincy Street.

Day-4:

MIT Museum

Art Institute

Entry Fee: 10 Dollar for adult. 5 Dollar for age below 18, student and senior age above 65. Free for child age 0-4.
Free Entry: Last Sunday of each month from September to June.
How to go: It is located about 2 km from Busch-Reisinger Museum toward southeast at 265 Massachusetts avenue, Building N51, Cambridge.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Land-grant university

MIT is a private land-grant research university established in 1861. It is ranking the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
How to go: It is located about 350 meters from MIT Museum toward southeast at 77 Massachusetts avenue, Cambridge.

MIT List Visual Arts Center

Art Gallery

Visiting Time: Thursday and Friday - 12 PM to 6 PM. Saturday - 12 PM to 3 PM.
How to go: It is located about 500 meters from MIT towards northeast at 20 Ames Street, Cambridge.

CambridgeSide

Shopping Mall

Visiting Time: Monday to Thursday - 11 AM to 7 PM. Friday and Saturday - 11 AM to 8 PM. Sunday - 12 PM to 6 PM.
How to go: It is located about 1.4 km from MIT List Visual Arts Center towards northeast at 100 Cambridgeside Pl, Cambridge.

North Point Park

Park

8.5 acre park.
How to go: It is located about 450 meters from CambridgeSide towards northeast along the north side of the Charles River at 6 Museum Way, Cambridge.

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