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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. |
Museums
Cambridge Historical Society Hooper Lee Nichols House
159 Brattle Street
(617) 547-4252
www.cambridgehistory.org
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
Art Galleries
Cambridge Artists Cooperative Gallery
59A Church Street
(617) 868-4434
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