The City of Cambridge boasts a plethora of museums and galleries that contribute to its vibrant arts community. Beyond the arts, Cambridge museums also celebrate physical and life sciences, history, and religion. Among the city's highlights is the Museum of Science, attracting more than 1.6 million visitors each year. The museum features more than 400 interactive exhibits on astronomy, natural history, physical science, energy, medicine and geology; a planetarium, laser light shows; and the Mugar Omni Theater, which presents larger-than-life images on a domed screen that reaches five stories high.

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
24 Quincy Street
(617)495.3251
ves.fas.harvard.edu/ccva.html

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford Street
(617) 495-3045
www.hmnh.harvard.edu

Harvard Semitic Museum
6 Divinity Avenue
(617) 495-4631
www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic/

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street
(617) 495-9400
www.harvardartmuseums.org

Longfellow National Historic Site
105 Brattle Street
(617) 876-4491
www.nps.gov/long

MIT Museum
265 Massachusetts Avenue
(617) 253-4444
www.mit.edu/museum

MIT-List Visual Arts Center
Weisner Building
20 Ames Street
(617) 253-4680
listart.mit.edu

Museum of Science
One Science Park
(617) 723-2500
www.mos.org

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Avenue
(617) 495-2248
www.peabody.harvard.edu

Hurst Gallery
53 Mt. Auburn Street
(617) 491-6888
www.hurstgallery.com

Margaret Hutchison Compton Gallery
77 Massachusetts Avenue
(617) 253-4444

Out of the Blue Gallery
106 Prospect Street
(617) 354-5287
www.outoftheblueartgallery.com

Stebbins Gallery
Zero Church Street
(617) 576-0131

Zeitgeist Gallery
312 Broadway
(617) 876-2182
 

Arts Organizations

Cambridge Art Association
25 Lowell Street
(617) 876-0246
www.cambridgeart.org

Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center
41 Second Street
(617) 577-1400
www.cmacusa.org