Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Cambridge, United States

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Number of sights 11 sights
Distance 2.7 km
Ascend 49 m
Descend 46 m

Experience Cambridge in United States in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Cambridge

Sight 1: Brattle Hall

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Brattle Hall is a historic building along Brattle Street near Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was constructed in 1889 for the Cambridge Social Union – established in 1871 – when that organization moved into the adjacent William Brattle House that year. Brattle Hall was built to house the organization's library, and to provide a space for larger meetings and social functions. Brattle Hall was designed by Longfellow, Alden & Harlow, originally in the Dutch Colonial Revival style, but it acquired more of a Colonial Revival feel with the 1907 addition of brick ends, designed by Charles Cogswell.

Wikipedia: Brattle Hall (EN), Nrhp Website

248 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Harvard Square

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Harvard Square Caroline Culler (User:Wgreaves) / CC BY-SA 4.0

Harvard Square is a triangular plaza at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street and John F. Kennedy Street near the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The term "Harvard Square" is also used to delineate the business district and Harvard University surrounding that intersection, which is the historic center of Cambridge. Adjacent to Harvard Yard, the historic heart of Harvard University, the Square functions as a commercial center for Harvard students, as well as residents of western Cambridge, the western and northern neighborhoods and the inner suburbs of Boston. The Square is served by Harvard station, a major MBTA Red Line subway and a bus transportation hub.

Wikipedia: Harvard Square (EN)

171 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: The First Parish in Cambridge

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The First Parish in Cambridge Peter Alfred Hess / CC BY 2.0

First Parish in Cambridge is a Unitarian Universalist church, located in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is a Welcoming Congregation and a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association. The church is notable for its almost 400-year history, which includes pivotal roles in the development of the early Massachusetts government, the creation of Harvard College, and the refinement of current liberal religious thought.

Wikipedia: First Parish in Cambridge (EN), Website

73 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Statue of Charles Sumner

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A bronze statue of Charles Sumner, by sculptor Anne Whitney, is installed in General MacArthur Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The plaster model for the statue is on display indoors at the Watertown public library. The sculpture of Sumner, a popular local statesman, was commissioned by the Boston Art Committee shortly after his death in 1874.

Wikipedia: Statue of Charles Sumner (Cambridge, Massachusetts) (EN)

150 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: John Harvard Statue

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John Harvard is an 1884 sculpture in bronze by Daniel Chester French at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It honors clergyman John Harvard (1607–1638), whose substantial deathbed bequest to the "schoale or Colledge" recently undertaken by the Massachu­setts Bay Colony was so gratefully received that the Colony resolved "that the Colledge agreed upon formerly to bee built at Cambridg shalbee called Harvard Colledge."  There being nothing to indicate what John Harvard had looked like, French took inspiration from a Harvard student collaterally descended from an early Harvard president.

Wikipedia: Statue of John Harvard (EN)

182 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Memorial Church

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Memorial Church chensiyuan / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Memorial Church of Harvard University is a building on the campus of Harvard University. It is an inter-denominational Protestant church.

Wikipedia: Memorial Church of Harvard University (EN)

253 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Harvard Bixi

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Harvard Bixi

The Harvard Bixi is a 17-foot high, 27 ton Chinese marble stele with a turtle pedestal located at Harvard University, north of Boylston Hall and west of Widener Library in Harvard Yard, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The stele was presented to the university by the Chinese Harvard Alumni for its Tercentenary in September 1936.

Wikipedia: Harvard Bixi (EN)

347 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Saint Paul Catholic Church

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St. Paul Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church located at 29 Mount Auburn Street near Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the Archdiocese of Boston. As well as serving as the local parish church, it is the home of St. Paul's Choir School whose students serve as the choristers in the Choir of St. Paul's, and the Harvard Catholic Center serving the academic community of Harvard University.

Wikipedia: St. Paul Church (Cambridge, Massachusetts) (EN), Website

262 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Old Cambridge Baptist Church

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The Old Cambridge Baptist Church is a historic American Baptist church at 400 Harvard Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Wikipedia: Old Cambridge Baptist Church (EN)

339 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Harvard Art Museums

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Harvard Art Museums

The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, and four research centers: the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art, the Harvard Art Museums Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. The three museums that constitute the Harvard Art Museums were initially integrated into a single institution under the name Harvard University Art Museums in 1983. The word "University" was dropped from the institutional name in 2008.

Wikipedia: Harvard Art Museums (EN)

648 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 11: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is a museum affiliated with Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1866, the Peabody Museum is one of the oldest and largest museums focusing on anthropological material, with particular focus on the ethnography and archaeology of the Americas. The museum is caretaker to over 1.2 million objects, some 900 feet (270 m) of documents, 2,000 maps and site plans, and about 500,000 photographs. The museum is located at Divinity Avenue on the Harvard University campus. The museum is one of the four Harvard Museums of Science and Culture open to the public.

Wikipedia: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (EN), Website

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