Cambridge was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England. Cambridge is most famous
for the two prominent universities that call it home: Harvard University and the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
The original village site is in the heart of today's Harvard Square. The marketplace where farmers brought
in crops to sell from surrounding towns survives today as the small park at the corner of J.F.K.
and Winthrop Streets, then at the edge of a salt marsh, since filled. Popular Cambridge pastimes include boating, golfing, swimming, or walking/jogging/biking along one of the City's lush outdoor trails.
Harvard Square
Harvard Square is a large triangular area in the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Often traffic-congested, it is located next to Harvard University at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and John F. Kennedy Street, and is a highly travelled space for Harvard and MIT students, along with residents of Boston, Cambridge, and other nearby cities.
Harvard Square is a world-renowned shopping, dining, cultural and historical destination.
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Freedom Trail
The Freedom Trail is a 2.5 mile red-brick walking trail that leads you to 16 nationally significant historic sites, every one an authentic American treasure. Preserved and dedicated by the citizens of Boston in 1958.
Ninety-minute tours begin at the Visitor Center at 15 State Street and cover the
heart of the Freedom Trail from the Old South Meeting House to the Old North Church.
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Boston Common
Located in the Boston neighborhood of Beacon Hills Boston Common is the starting point of the Freedom Trail. The Boston Common is known to be one of the oldest public parks in the country. The park is almost 50 acres in size. Today, Boston Common is the anchor for the Emerald Necklace, a system of connected parks that winds through many of Boston's neighborhoods. The "Common" has been used for many different purposes throughout its long history. Until 1830, cattle grazed the Common, and until 1817, public hangings took place here. British troops camped on Boston Common prior to the Revolution and left from here to face colonial resistance at Lexington and Concord in April, 1775.
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Faneuil Hall
A Boston social and commercial centerpiece since 1742, Faneuil Hall was originally established as a market for merchants, fishermen and vendors. It later hosted inspirational appearances by prominent figures like Samuel Adams and George Washington, which earned it the nickname "Cradle of Liberty." In the 1970s, a major renovation to the aging structure transformed it into one of America's premiere urban marketplaces.
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Arts & Musuems
Harvard Art Museums
The Harvard University Art Museums are one of the world's leading arts institutions, with the Arthur M. Sackler, Busch-Reisinger, and Fogg art museums, the Straus Center for Conservation, the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art, the HUAM Archives, and the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, in Turkey.
The Harvard University Art Museums are distinguished by the range and depth of their collections, their groundbreaking exhibitions, and the original research of their staff.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
"One of the oldest museums in the world devoted to anthropology, its main mission is to preserve, interpret, exhibit and acquire anthropological objects for teaching, research and public education."
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
"One of the oldest museums in the world devoted to anthropology, its main mission is to preserve, interpret, exhibit and acquire anthropological objects for teaching, research and public education."
Boston Historical Society and Museum
The Society's museum and research library collect, preserve and make available for research materials relating to the history of Boston.
The museum collection consists of approximately 6,500 artifacts and works of art, including maritime objects, military items, oil paintings, prints and drawings, fire fighting equipment, relics, and objects from Boston businesses.
The Library collections consist of a wide range of textual and visual material, including over 7,000 books, 35,000 photographs, 2,000 architectural drawings, 400 maps, approximately 250 manuscript collections, ephemera, and scrapbooks.
Boston Center for the Arts
A visual and performing arts complex that includes the historic Cyclorama; and two Resident Theatre Companies, the SpeakEasy Stage Company and The Sugan Theatre Company. The BCA presents exciting contemporary works by established and emerging local, regional, national, and international visual artists.
Boston Children's Museum
The Children's Museum is unlike any other, designed specifically to help children understand and enjoy the world in which they live. The Museum provides real objects, direct experiences and enjoyment that foster learning, in an informal environment, seriously fun!
Harvard Museum of Natural History
The Harvard Museum of Natural History is one of the nation's finest university-based natural history museums. Come face to face with one of the first Triceratops ever discovered, admire a 1,642 pound amethyst geode and "wander" through a "garden" of Glass Flowers. Presenting the collections and research of Harvard's natural history institutions, the HMNH is a fun learning experience for the whole family. 21 million specimens, 4.5 billion years, ONE great experience.
Institute of Contemporary Art
Located in the Boston neighborhood of Back Bay and founded in 1936, The Institute of Contemporary Art is the oldest non-collecting contemporary arts
institution in the United States. Through a comprehensive schedule of exhibits of local,
national and international significance, and educational outreach, film series and gallery
talks, the museum provides the public access to contemporary art, artists, and the creative process.
Museum of Science
The mission of the Museum of Science, Boston is to stimulate interest in and further understanding of science and technology and their importance for individuals and for society.
Museum of Fine Arts
Located in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston, The Museum of Fine Arts houses and preserves preeminent collections and aspires to serve a wide variety of people through direct encounters with works of art.
If you love playing golf then you're going to love playing in and around the Boston Area.
Below is a brief list of golf courses in and around Boston.
Andersons Creek Golf Club
Golf architect, Graham Cooke, has a way with rolling hills and mixed woodlands that will be apparent the first time you visit Andersons Creek Golf Club. Making the best use of a beautiful rural setting, this 18-hole championship golf course offers an experience that is as beautiful as it is challenging.
Avondale Golf Course
The back 9 renovation is now complete & in full swing, a great course just got even better for the 2007 season!!! Play one of Prince Edward Island`s top rated golf courses and experience a commitment to quality service. All levels of golfers will enjoy the large bentgrass tees and greens, undulating fairways and strategic trap placement. Just 20 minutes East of Charlottetown, this 6,908 yard layout provides a pleasurable mix of links and woodland and will challenge your best game.
Bayberry Hills Golf Course
Bayberry Hills Golf Course Designed by Geoffrey Cornish & Brian Silva. A magnificent 18-hole Bent grass course with water in play. Built in 1986 and opened July 1988. An additional 9-hole, The Links 9, was opened in 1999. Owned and operated by the Town of Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Captains Golf Course
The Captains Golf Course is Cape Cod`s premier public golf course facility, located in Brewster, MA, which is known as the "Sea Captain`s Town" and "Golf Capital of the Lower Cape." The Captains Golf Course features two championship eighteen hole courses - Port and Starboard.
Captains Golf Course
The Captains Golf Course is Cape Cod`s premier public golf course facility, located in Brewster, MA, which is known as the "Sea Captain`s Town" and "Golf Capital of the Lower Cape." The Captains Golf Course features two championship eighteen hole courses - Port and Starboard.
Franklin Park Zoo Franklin Park Zoo, founded in 1913, is the 72-acre site nestled in Boston?s historic Franklin Park, long considered the ?crown jewel? of Frederick Law Olmsted?s Emerald Necklace Park System. Highlights of Franklin Park Zoo?s collection include the African lions of the Kalahari Kingdom, Masai giraffe and Grevy?s zebra of the Giraffe Savannah, and western lowland gorillas of the Tropical Forest.
Stone Zoo
Stone Zoo, formerly known as the Middlesex Fells Zoo, is located on a 26-acre site near the sparkling Spot Pond reservoir in Stoneham, MA.
Highlights of Stone Zoo?s collection include the snow leopards of Himalayan Highlands, bald eagles of Yukon Creek, hornbills and emperor tamarins of Windows to the Wild, and jaguars and cougars of Treasures of the Sierra Madre.
New England Aquarium
New England Aquarium
On June 20, 1969 the New England Aquarium opened its doors to the public for the first time. The Aquarium was designed with the intention of providing an underwater experience for the visitor and of being a cultural institution that would reconnect Boston to its waterfront. In its more than 30 years of existence the Aquarium has grown a lot.
The City of Cambridge places major emphasis on preserving green space and recreational areas for its residents. Cambridge maintains numerous parks and recreation areas throughout the city, including tot lots, basketball courts, tennis courts and athletic fields.
Fifty-acre Danehy Park, Cambridge's largest public park, is open year-round and includes playgrounds, bocce and horseshoe courts, picnic areas, soccer and softball fields. Special events include a family and children's concert series, arts & crafts festivals and a kite festival. Football and softball fields are available at Magazine Beach on Memorial Drive.
Boating -
Community Boating, the oldest and largest nonprofit sailing organization in the nation, offers boat rentals and
sailing lessons on the Charles River. Canoe and kayak rentals are available from Charles River Canoe and Kayak. Cambridge is also home to America's Fall Rowing Festival, the Head of the Charles Regatta, the world's largest two-day rowing event that draws competitors from all over the globe. The 2004 Regatta will be held October 23-24.
Golfing -
Fresh Pond Golf Course is a public golf course located in Cambridge. It is a nine-hole course with pro shop, golf carts, snack bar and a club house. Public basketball and tennis courts are also located on the premises.
Swimming -
The Gold Star pool, a public outdoor swimming facility, is located at the corner of Berkshire and Cambridge Streets. For indoor swimming, the War Memorial pool at Cambridge Rindge & Latin School is open to residents in the evenings and on the weekend.
Leisure Trails -
The Metropolitan District Commission (MDC), a state park agency, owns, operates and maintains several popular Cambridge recreation areas including the Charles River Esplanade, Fresh Pond Parkway and Alewife Brook Reservation. The many miles of well-kept trails are perfect for rigorous bike rides or peaceful bird watching strolls. The Magazine Beach Pool and McCrehan Memorial Pool at Alewife Brook Parkway and Ridge Avenue are also operated by the MDC.
Health & Fitness -
Numerous private and community health clubs offer a variety of indoor exercise and recreation options to keep residents in shape, including group exercise classes, free weights and exercise machines. Some clubs feature swimming pools, tennis and other racquet sports or climbing walls, as well as special services such as massage and aesthetician services.
Welcome to Kendall Square, a place to live, work, shop and play nestled in the heart of East Cambridge, MA one block from the campus of internationally renowned MIT, the Charles River, and at the international hub of the biotech industry.
Kendall Square is a 10-acre, award-winning master planned site that is growing into a community of world class office and lab space, beautiful apartment towers, restaurants and retail shopping. All of this is linked together by 2 1/2 acres of lush landscaped open space. In the winter, the 8,400 square feet of skating rink is open 7 days a week, while in warmer wearher people gather on open plazas for lunch, concerts, a farmer's market, a canoe/kayak launch and more.
Boston Shops
One look at the city?s boutiques, malls, department stores, and outlets and you?ll understand why people
flock here to stock up on clothes, shoes, jewelry, and books. It all begins on Newbury Street,
a renowned, eight-block stretch whose shops cater to every taste, from upper-crust to cutting-edge.
The next stop for any avid shopper is Downtown Crossing near Boston Common.
This browser?s paradise ? pedestrian-friendly, no cars allowed ? is home to one of the city?s most
famous attractions for stylish bargains: Filene?s Basement.
Boston Area Dining
Known for chowders, codfish cakes, apple pie and, yes, enough Boston Baked Beans to merit the nickname Beantown, Boston also brims with options for New England clambakes, lobster rolls and other seafood-oriented classics. Yet the region?s multi-cultural populace also brings a treasure-trove of international cuisines from Chinese, Japanese, Thai and other Asian delicacies, spicy Moroccan dishes and authentic flavors of the Ukraine to French-Cambodian fusion fare. Some insiders claim Boston and its Cambridge area -- home to the Bull & Finch Pub, TV?s classic Cheers bar -- have the best casual restaurants of just about anywhere.
Harvard Square is a large triangular area in the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Often traffic-congested, it is located next to Harvard University at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and John F. Kennedy Street, and is a highly travelled space for Harvard and MIT students, along with residents of Boston, Cambridge, and other nearby cities.
Harvard Square is a world-renowned shopping, dining, cultural and historical destination.
The Freedom Trail is a 2.5 mile red-brick walking trail that leads you to 16 nationally significant historic sites, every one an authentic American treasure. Preserved and dedicated by the citizens of Boston in 1958.
Ninety-minute tours begin at the Visitor Center at 15 State Street and cover the
heart of the Freedom Trail from the Old South Meeting House to the Old North Church.
A Boston social and commercial centerpiece since 1742, Faneuil Hall was originally established as a market for merchants, fishermen and vendors. It later hosted inspirational appearances by prominent figures like Samuel Adams and George Washington, which earned it the nickname "Cradle of Liberty." In the 1970s, a major renovation to the aging structure transformed it into one of America's premiere urban marketplaces.
Franklin Park Zoo, founded in 1913, is the 72-acre site nestled in Boston?s historic Franklin Park, long considered the ?crown jewel? of Frederick Law Olmsted?s Emerald Necklace Park System. Highlights of Franklin Park Zoo?s collection include the African lions of the Kalahari Kingdom, Masai giraffe and Grevy?s zebra of the Giraffe Savannah, and western lowland gorillas of the Tropical Forest.
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