A Guide to  Art, Science and Historical Museums in Boston Return to Boston Home Page
   

Paul Revere House
 19 North Square
(617)523-2338
 Built in the 1600s, the historical home of Paul Revere.
Seasonal hours. Call first.

The Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum
 In Ft. Point Channel
(617)338-1773
Features a reenactment of the famous
historical Boston Tea Party.

Museum of Fine Arts.
 465 Huntington Ave.
(617)267-9300
Incredible Monet exhibit and wonderful Asian collection.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
 280 The Fenway (near the Fine Arts Museum)
(617)566-1401
 Wonderful collection of renaissance works Renoirs and realists.

The Photographic Resource Center
 602 Commonwealth Ave. (near Kenmore Square)
(617)353-0700
Amazing photo displays of a wide variety of subjects.

John F. Kennedy Library and Museum  (617)929-4500
Next to the University Of Massachusetts,
 in Dorchester, MA.

Institute of Contemporary Art
 955 Boylston Street, Back Bay
(617)266-5152
 One of the original 20th Century art museums.

The Computer Museum
 300 Congress Street
(617)423-6758
 Dedicated to the history of computing.  Many interactive exhibits
and a look at the future of computers.

The USS Constitution (Old Ironsides)
Located in Navy Yard.
(617)242-5670
(617)426-1812 (Museum)
 This legendary battleship is the oldest still in existence.

Museum of Afro-American History
 46 Joy Street, Beacon Hill
(617)742-1854
 Located in the African Meeting House, this museum contains many exhibits relating to
Boston's African American History.

Museum of Science
 Located in Science Park near the Charles River Locks
(617)723-2500
 Fascinating interactive museum which features the Planetarium and Omnimax Theater. Call 24 hours in advance for tickets to the
Omnimax Theater showings.
 Combination tickets to exhibit halls and Planetarium/Omnimax Theater available.

The New England Aquarium
 On Atlantic Avenue (behind Faneuil Hall)
(617)973-5200
 Outstanding aquarium displays.
Most noted for penguin habitat.
Seasonal hours vary. Call for hours of admittance.

Harvard University Art Museums:    

Peabody Museum
 (Harvard University Museums)
 26 Oxford Street
 (617)495-2248
 Wonderful museum which includes dioramas of Mayan Temples and impressive dinosaur bones.

The Arthur M. Sackler Museum
485 Broadway
(617)495-9400
 An impressive display of ancient Roman, Egyptian and Islamic antiquities, as well as traveling exhibits.
 

Fogg Museum
 32 Quincy Street (near Harvard Yard)
(617)495-3397
Art from the Middle Ages until the present.

The Busch-Reisinger Museum
 32 Quincy Street
(617)495-9400
This museum features the art of German-speaking Europe.

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