: Cambridge Arts Center
Arts
The Cambridge Multicultural Art Center (CMAC) is a non-profit corporation founded in 1978 as an arts center focused on helping diverse populations better understand one another. In 1985, the CMAC moved into their 41 Second Street home.Their mission is to present visual and performing arts programs to educate the community about diversity, and make our facility available to artists or groups that might not otherwise have access to a professionally equipped facility or the cultural mainstream.
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: John Hancock Tower
Sightseeing
The John Hancock Tower is the tallest building in New England, and stands sleekly on its own in Copley Square, away from the high-rise area of Boston's downtown.
Despite is enormity in its local area, its presence is made less overpowering by its pure, crystal-like geometry and reflecting glass skin. The dominant view when you are close to the building is of the nearby historical buildings reflected with subtle distortions of color and shape in the Hancock Tower's glass.
The glass skin suffered massive technical problems when first built: many of the 10,000 windows habitually fell out, as the building responded to the pressures of wind and changing heat. Solutions to this problem included installing a network of 10,000 sensors stuck on each window, giving a special control room early warning of when a window's vibration suggested it might be next to go. Not a story to remember when you're standing next to the floor-to-ceiling windows on the (now closed) 60th floor observation deck.
With its windows now securely in place, the Hancock Tower has regained its purity and elegance - especially on a sunny day when it appears almost transparent against a deep blue sky.
Since September 2001, the interior of the building, including the 60th floor observatory, has been closed to the public.
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: Otis House Museum
Museum
The Otis House Museum exemplifies the elegant life led by Boston's governing class after the American Revolution. Harrison Gray Otis made a fortune developing nearby Beacon Hill, served as a Representative in Congress, and later was Mayor of Boston. He and his wife Sally were noted for their frequent and lavish entertaining.This was the first of three houses designed for the Otises by their friend Charles Bulfinch, the architect of the Massachusetts State House. Its design reflects the proportions and delicate detail of the Federal style, which Bulfinch introduced to Boston.
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: Boston Cannons
Sports Team
The Boston Cannons are a professional lacrosse team based in Boston, Massachusetts. Since the 2001 season, they have played in Major League Lacrosse. They are currently in the Eastern Conference. Prior to 2006, they were in the American Division.The Cannons often attempt to reach out to the local community, hosting a variety of lacrosse camps and events for local youth. In addition, the Cannons support MetroLacrosse, their official charity, by donating a block of tickets for each home game to MetroLacrosse players and families. MetroLacrosse also maintains a booth in the Fan Zone for each home game.
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: Jordan Hall Box Office
Arts
The mission of New England Conservatory (Jordan Hall) is the education and training of musicians of all ages from around the world, drawing on the talents of an accomplished faculty, and nurturing individual excellence in a challenging and supportive community dedicated to the highest standards of performance, teaching, and scholarship. In so doing, NEC aspires to ensure that music has a central place in public life and that the broader value of a rigorous musical education is recognized.The Jordan Hall Box Office is just one of many Boston area tourist attractions and other things to do in Boston. MustSeeBoston.com is your online Boston travel guide.
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: Peabody Archeology Museum
Museum
Founded in 1866, the Peabody Museum is one of the oldest museums in the world devoted to anthropology and houses one of the most comprehensive records of human cultural history in the Western Hemisphere.The Peabody Museum, engages in ongoing anthropological discourse through exhibitions, workshops, symposia, and publications; allows faculty and students to draw upon the collections to enrich classes and research; and serves a wide public audience through educational programs developed in collaboration with Harvard’s Museum of Natural History, the Peabody also serves a wide public audience.
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: Boston Celtics
Sports Team
The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team is owned by Wycliffe Grousbeck and coached by Doc Rivers, with Danny Ainge as the general manager. Founded in 1946, their 17 NBA Championships are the most for any NBA franchise, while the 1959-to-1966 domination of the NBA Championship, with eight straight titles, is the longest consecutive championship winning streak of any North American professional sports team to date. They currently play their home games in the TD Banknorth Garden.The Celtics either dominated the league or played a large part in the playoffs in the late 1950s through the mid 1980s. After the death of their top draft pick Len Bias, just two days after the 1986 NBA Draft, the team fell into a steady decline, only making the playoffs four times from 1996 to 2007. The franchise has recently returned to prominence with the acquisition of power forward Kevin Garnett and shooting guard Ray Allen during the 2007 off-season. On June 17, 2008, the Boston Celtics won their 17th championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4–2 in the 2008 NBA Finals.
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: Photo Resource Center
Arts
The Photographic Resource Center (PRC) at Boston University is an independent non-profit organization that serves as a vital forum for the exploration and interpretation of new work, ideas, and methods in photography and related media. The PRC presents exhibitions, fosters education, develops resources, and facilitates community interaction for local, regional, and national audiences.Founded in 1976, the Photographic Resource Center (PRC) is an independent non-profit organization located on the campus of Boston University. Cited by the Boston Globe as "one-stop shopping for the photo buff," the PRC provides its members and the general public with thought-provoking exhibitions; distinctive education programs; wide-ranging resources; and unique special events.
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: Boston Center for Jewish Heritage
Museum
The Boston Center for Jewish Heritage has succeeded in purchasing and is now restoring the once-abandoned Vilna Shul for us as Boston's historic Jewish museum. The Shul, on Beacon Hill's North Slope, is adjacent to what was once Boston's West End. That vibrant, dense, largely Jewish nineteenth and early twentieth century neighborhood was totally lost to urban renewal roughly thirty years ago. The city's only surviving immigrant-era synagogue, the Vilna Shul is just steps from Boston's famed Freedom Trail. The Shul serves as the perfect symbol of the synthesis that is American Jewish culture. Its architecture reflects our history; its programs explore our future and the challenges facing an assimilated community. The Vilna Shul should take its rightful place alongside Boston's other famous buildings that symbolize the struggle of Americans for religious and political freedom.The Boston Center for Jewish Heritage is just one of many Boston area tourist attractions and other things to do in Boston. MustSeeBoston.com is your online Boston travel guide.
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: Charles Playhouse
Theater
Currently, home of the critically acclaimed Blue Man Group and America's longest running comedy, Shear Madness, The Charles Playhouse was originally designed and built in 1839 as the Fifth Universalist Church.The Playhouse Lounge is the theatre districts best-kept secret. Located at the Charles Playhouse. The Lounge caters mostly to patrons of Blue Man Group and Shear Madness before attending one of their performances. However the Lounge is always open to the public from 7pm till 2am Wednesday through Saturday.
The Playhouse Lounge features live entertainment Friday and Saturday evenings from 10pm until 2am. While enjoying the live music or the jukebox, patrons can unwind at the copper bar, play a game of pool or just take pleasure in the relaxed atmosphere.
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: Charles River Museum
Museum
Power up your imagination! Get your inventiveness in gear! For an industrial strength museum experience, come visit the Charles River Museum of Industry. Located on the scenic banks of the Charles River in the historic 1814 Boston Manufacturing Company textile mill, on the National Register of Historic Places as America's first factory.Hear the tale of Francis Cabot Lowell, who risked life and fortune when he secretly memorized plans for English power looms, then developed a system of manufacturing that propelled the newly-formed United States to the top of world's industrial might. Learn about the fabled Waltham Watch Company, which perfected the process of mass production as it produced more than 40 million watches during 100 years of operation. Waltham continues to be known internationally as the "Watch City."
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: Kendall Square Cinema
Arts
The Kendall Square Cinema is located in Cambridge between Historic Kendall Square and Central Square near the intersection of Binney Street and Cardinal Medieros Avenue, next to the MIT campus. Since opening its doors in September 1995, it has become Landmark Theatres' most successful venue. It also ranks among the most successful, beloved and architecturally intriguing homes for independent film, foreign language cinema, restored classics and documentaries in the nation.The Kendall Square Cinema is just one of many Boston area tourist attractions and other things to do in Boston. MustSeeBoston.com is your online Boston travel guide.
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: Cheers Bar
Sightseeing
Founded in 1969 as the Bull & Finch Pub, the original inspiration for the setting of the TV show Cheers, was a favorite neighborhood bar. In fact, the year that the Cheers show premiered on television (1982) Boston Magazine chose the Bull & Finch Pub as the “Best Neighborhood Bar” in Boston.Cheers Beacon Hill is located directly across from the Public Garden. Look for the beige awning and the "Cheers" flag. Stop in and have a eNORMous Burger. Two juicy burgers topped with Muenster cheese, mushrooms, onion rings, tomatoes, lettuce, and onions.
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: Longfellow House
Museum
Longfellow National Historic Site is an outstanding example of a historic site representing the themes of arts and literature. For almost half a century (1837-1882) this was the home of one of the world's foremost poets, scholars and educators, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Longfellow House is also significant in America's colonial history. General George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the newly-formed Continental Army, headquartered and planned the Siege of Boston here between July, 1775 and April, 1776.
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: Prudential Center Skywalk
Sightseeing
Visit the Skywalk Observatory, Boston's only sky-high vantage point for sweeping 360 degree views of Greater Boston and beyond. Let your eyes and ears do the walking as you experience the exclusive state-of-the-art Antenna Audio Tour detailing the city's many points of historic and cultural interest.For a breathtaking view of the city and surrounding area, take a trip to this skywalk observatory. The windows here present a vista of Boston in all directions. On a clear day, visitors can see the mountains of New Hampshire. Museum-like displays offer detailed information on the history of Boston's geography. See their website for information on prices and further details.
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: Christian Science Center
Sightseeing
The Church of Christ, Scientist, is designed to make the healing and educational system known as Christian Science available and accessible to everyone. The Church was founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879 with a healing mission that embraces all humanity. It consists of The Mother Church in Boston, Massachusetts (The First Church of Christ, Scientist), and nearly 2,000 branch churches worldwide.The Original Mother Church, built in 1894, is at the heart of the Christian Science Plaza and remains today much as it was when first built. The building is Romanesque in style, made of New Hampshire granite. Most of the stained glass windows depict Bible stories. Designed to seat nearly 1,000 people, it was soon outgrown.
Among its many activities are church worship services and the publication of The Christian Science Monitor, a variety of magazines, and Web sites to engage the public in a global dialogue about spirituality and its relation to health and well-being.
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: Longyear Museum
Museum
The mission of the Longyear Museum is to advance the understanding of the life and work of Mary Baker Eddy, the discoverer, founder, and leader of Christian Science. Conveniently located just outside Boston and easily accessible by public transportation, offers exhibits, publications, and programs on the life of one of America's most noted women, Mary Baker Eddy. Mrs. Eddy discovered Christian Science in 1866 and spent over 40 years making her discovery known through healing, writing, and teaching. Mary Baker Eddy's major work on Christian Science is Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.The exhibit "Mary Baker Eddy: A Spiritual Journey" traces the major events of Mrs. Eddy's life, from her girlhood in rural New Hampshire to her founding of the Church of Christ, Scientist. Her remarkable life history - a story of courage and triumph against tremendous odds - engages interest and respect, regardless of one's religious background.
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: Shubert Theatre
Theater
This restored 1600+ seat theater; and considered Boston Theatre District's Little Princess, continues to be the home for many local community arts organizations. The Shubert Theatre also serves as a venue for the touring companies that present Broadway, theater, music, dance, and opera.The Shubert Theatre has evolved into a home for Boston arts organizations such as Boston Lyric Opera and World Music, as well as a venue for touring companies whose productions are more suited to the smaller scale of the theatre. Boston Lyric Opera's first two seasons at The Shubert were so successful that the company added an additional production for its 2000-2001 season.
With two of Boston's finest Theatres under its umbrella, The Wang Center is able to offer audiences from Greater Boston and beyond the best of both worlds. Broadway-style touring companies and smaller-scale productions from Boston's finest not-for-profit arts organizations.
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: Samuel Adams Brewery
Sightseeing
Experience the art and mystery of brewing. Taste the rich malts and spicy hops, the classic ingredients of beer. Tour the Boston Beer Museum and learn about Boston's proud brewing past. And taste the history-the classic, award-winning beers of Samuel Adams.The Boston Beer Company offer tours of their Sam Adams Brewery. Boston Beer founder Jim Koch is the sixth generation of Koch brewmasters, the sixth oldest son to be lured by the smell of hops and the desire to make great beer.
Directions: Accessible via the MBTA's Orange Line. Call for recorded directions 617-368-5080.
$2 donation; 100% of proceeds given to a local charity.
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: Citgo Sign
Sightseeing
The current beacon on Beacon Street is the giant Citgo sign. It has been a Boston landmark since 1940 (neon bulbs were added in 1965). The sign is visible from great distances on both sides of the Charles River, especially as you approach the city from the west.During the oil crisis of 1973, the sign's many blinking neon bulbs were turned off to conserve power. They were again turned off from 1979 to 1982 for the same reason. The Charles River was darkened when reflecting light from the Citgo Sign was extinguished. In 1982, the Citgo Company planned to dismantle the sign, and a populist effort was made to preserve it as a symbol of Roadside Americana. In 1983, the Citgo Company paid $450,000 to refurbish the sign, and since then the light from this huge beacon has again lit up Boston's Back Bay. Today the company has a free Boston Citgo Sign screensaver available on the web.
The sign is 60 feet by 60 feet and contains 5,878 neon lights. Runners in the Boston Marathon each year are motivated when the sign becomes visible late in the race. The sign is displayed on countless TV sets when baseball sluggers hit a homerun over the left field wall at Fenway Park.
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: Massachusetts Historical Society
Museum
Researchers making a first visit to the library at the Massachusetts Historical Society must fill out a registration form and present a current form of photographic identification. A member of the reading room staff will explain library policies and introduce the reader to the library catalogs. The library stacks are closed to readers; except for reference works, library users must fill out call slips for all items. Research materials do not circulate and can be used only in the reading room under the supervision of library staff. Reference staff members will be available throughout the day to answer questions and assist readers with library research.The Massachusetts Historical Society is just one of many Boston area tourist attractions and other things to do in Boston. MustSeeBoston.com is your online Boston travel guide.
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: Sports Museum
Museum
The Sports Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization, dedicated to using sports to teach the values of leadership, respect, and cooperation to our youth while honoring leading citizens and athletes of New England.The Sports Museum preserves and showcases the distinctly rich sports heritage of New England through an unparalleled collection of artifacts, multimedia, works of art and interactive exhibits.
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: Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Theater
The Lyric Stage Company is committed to supporting and nurturing Boston’s most talented theatre artists while presenting a variety of productions of the highest quality at affordable ticket prices. The 240-seat theatre allows the audience to feel truly a part of the theatrical experience.The Lyric Stage Company of Boston is just one of many Boston area tourist attractions and other things to do in Boston. MustSeeBoston.com is your online Boston travel guide.
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: Semitic Museum
Museum
The Semitic Museum is one of the Harvard University Museums, housing collections of archaeological materials from the Ancient Near East. Current exhibits explore everyday life in ancient Israel during the Iron Age; a 2nd millennium BCE Hurrian city, located in modern-day Iraq; and the history of ancient Cyprus through ceramics and metal objects. All exhibits are free and open to the public.The Semitic Museum is just one of many Boston area tourist attractions and other things to do in Boston. MustSeeBoston.com is your online Boston travel guide.
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: Cutler Majestic Theatre
Theater
You will find, almost every day of the year, performances of professional opera, musical theater, dance, classical music and drama in the Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College. But it is also a 1903 fully restored beaux arts-style opera house. Take the guided tour, learn what changed in the restoration process, and about why the city, state, and federal government chose to protect and preserve this amazing building for future generations to enjoy. And always remember that modern first class productions play the Majestic almost every single day.The Cutler Majestic Theatre is just one of many Boston area tourist attractions and other things to do in Boston. MustSeeBoston.com is your online Boston travel guide.
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: Citi Performing Arts Center
Theater
Citi Performing Arts Center is one of the nation's foremost nonprofit performing arts institutions. As guardian of the Wang Theatre and the Shubert Theatre, Citi Performing Arts Center honors all aspects of performing arts. Through its numerous community outreach educational efforts, collaborations and partnerships with the Boston Ballet, Boston Lyric Opera, Celebrity Series of Boston and Commonwealth Shakespeare, Citi Performing Arts Center strives to educate and inspire greater appreciation for the performing arts as an essential component to the fabric of our society.It is our promise to present the finest cultural attractions and evoke a greater awareness of how integral a role the performing arts play in the education of our youth and maintaining the belief that arts make and keep us a civilized nation.
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: MIT Museum
Museum
Founded in 1971 as the MIT Historical Collections by Warren Seamans, the MIT Museum’s original mandate was the collection and preservation of historical artifacts then scattered throughout MIT. Renamed MIT Museum in 1980 by the MIT Corporation Executive Committee, it began to develop exhibits and educational programs based on the Museum’s MIT-focused collections and designed to meet the needs and interests of the MIT community as well as society at large.The MIT Museum is just one of many Boston area tourist attractions and other things to do in Boston. MustSeeBoston.com is your online Boston travel guide.
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: Mapparium
Sightseeing
Since 1935, more than 10 million people have traversed the thirty-foot glass bridge that spans the Mapparium, taking visitors to a unique spot: the middle of the world.This world-famous, three-story, stained-glass globe is one of the key attractions at the Library. The Mapparium's three-dimensional perspective of the world of 1935 is enhanced by A World of Ideas, an original presentation that features a rich orchestration of words, music, and LED lights to illustrate how ideas have traversed time and geography and changed the world.
The Library is also showing a complementary exhibit, The Mapparium: An Inside View, featuring never before made public letters, documents, and artifacts showcasing the construction, history, and significance of this magnificent architectural and artistic achievement.
Learn more about the history of the Mapparium and its architect, Chester Lindsay Churchill. Explore how the 1935 world map inside the Mapparium, which has never been updated, serves as a remarkable snapshot of both geographic and global history. Discover major changes in the world since 1935 like Africa's movement from colonial rule to independence and learn more about how global change happens.
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: The Opera House
Theater
In Boston operates four historic theatres in downtown Boston: The Colonial Theatre, The Wilbur Theatre, The newly-restored Opera House and The Charles Playhouse. Each theatre has been carefully restored to its historic splendor and upgraded to enhance the modern theatre-going experience and facilitate the newest blockbuster Broadway musicals.The Opera House is just one of many Boston area tourist attractions and other things to do in Boston. MustSeeBoston.com is your online Boston travel guide.
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: Boston Center for the Arts
Arts
The Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) is a 501(c) nonprofit visual and performing arts complex in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The BCA houses several performance and rehearsal spaces, restaurants, a gallery, the headquarters of the Boston Ballet, the Community Music Center of Boston and several other arts organizations. The BCA also serves as home to four Resident Theater Companies and a number of artists. The BCA's main building, the Cyclorama, is on the National Register of Historic Places. Boston Ballet's headquarters was designed in 1991 by architect Graham Gund.The Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) is just one of many Boston area tourist attractions and other things to do in Boston. MustSeeBoston.com is your online Boston travel guide.
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: Franklin Park Zoo
Sightseeing
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.The Franklin Park Zoo, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the oldest zoos in the U.S. It is operated by Zoo New England, which also operates the Stone Zoo in Stoneham, Massachusetts. The 72-acre (290,000 m²) zoo is located in the northeast portion of Franklin Park, Boston's largest park and the last component of the city's Emerald Necklace.
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: Mugar Memorial Library
Museum
Beginning with the sixteenth century, the historical collections include documents of United States presidents and the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Other historical holdings include papers relating to the areas of military history, Eighteenth Century Americana, nursing history, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Franz Liszt. There are also individual letters and documents from monarchs, writers and major historical figures.The Center is a major resource for researchers, biographers, historians, producers and students. The collections vary in size and content and contain a variety of manuscripts, drafts, galleys, notes, notebooks, journals, diaries, scrapbooks, reviews, photographs, memorabilia, and personal and professional correspondence. Most collections have a finding aid and are available for research by appointment.
Rotating exhibitions throughout the building showcase the manuscript holdings and rare books from the Center’s various collections.
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: Colonial Theater
Theater
The Colonial Theatre is the oldest continually-operating theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Designed by the architectural firm of Clarence Blackall and paid for by Frederick L. Ames (see also Ames Building, Boston) the theatre first opened its doors for a performance of Ben-Hur on December 20, 1900. Ben Hur operated with a cast and crew of 350 people and featured eight live horses on stage in full gallop during the chariot race scene. The play was so mechnically and technically extraordinary, it was featured on the cover of Scientific American. It is located at 106 Boylston on the Boston Common at the former site of the Boston Public Library.In the early and mid 20th century, Boston was a well-known venue for Broadway producers to try out new productions before bringing them to New York. The residents of Boston were therefore treated to a sneak peek at many well-known Broadway shows at the Colonial. Other notable Boston theatres of the day are the Majestic, Shubert, Wilbur and the Metropolitan.
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: Trinity Church
Sightseeing
Trinity Church in the City of Boston, located in the Back Bay of Boston, Massachusetts, is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. The congregation, currently standing at approximately 3,000 households, was founded in 1733. The current rector is The Reverend Anne Bonnyman. Four services are offered each Sunday, and weekday services are offered three times a week from September through June.In addition to worship, the parish is actively involved in service to the community, pastoral care, programs for children and teenagers, and Christian education for all ages.
The church is home to several high-level choirs, including the Trinity Choir, Trinity Schola, Trinity Choristers, and Trinity Chamber Choir.
After its former site burned in the Great Boston Fire of 1872, the current church complex was erected under the direction of Rector Phillips Brooks (1835-1893), one of the best-known and most charismatic preachers of his time. The church and parish house were designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and construction took place from 1872 to 1877, when the complex was consecrated. Situated on Copley Square in Back Bay, Trinity Church is the building that established Richardson's reputation. It is the birthplace and archetype of the Richardsonian Romanesque style, characterized by a clay roof, polychromy, rough stone, heavy arches, and a massive tower. This style was soon adopted for a number of public buildings across the United States, and was the first American architectural style imitated in Europe and Canada.
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: Boston Children's Museum
Museum
Founded in 1913 by a group of teachers in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood, the Boston Children's Museum began a "hands-on" tradition long before that phrase became commonplace. As early as 1913, it meant engaging youth in identifying and marking nature walks, preparing specimens, making clay and wax models for exhibits, and even attempting a working model of the metropolitan water system.The Boston Children's Museum pioneered the concept of interactive exhibitions used widely in museums today. Designed and built in-house, exhibits from the Boston Children's Museum have been replicated at prestigious institutions throughout the world. Exhibits focus on early childhood development and have three themes: arts, culture, and science.
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: Gibson House Museum
Museum
The Gibson House represents Amercian domestic life at its most vertical. From the 1850s to the 1870s, American row houses sometimes reached a height of six levels. By the end of the century four-level houses were most common, only occasionally going to five. Four of the Gibson House's six levels are open to the public (ground - third floor.) The fourth and fifth floors are museum staff and storage spaces.The collections of the Gibson House Museum represent an extraordinary array of family possessions accumulated over the three generations of the family's residence in the house. Representing the late eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries, the collection is made up of items inherited through the Gibson, Hammond, Russell, Warren and Crowninshield families, offering a unique window into the lives of the Gibsons, and a rare and complete documentation of Victorian material culture.
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: Museum Afro-American History
Museum
The Museum of Afro-American History is New England’s largest museum dedicated to preserving, conserving and interpreting the contributions of African Americans. In Boston and Nantucket, the Museum has preserved four historic sites and two Black Heritage Trails® that tell the story of organized black communities from the Colonial Period through the 19th century.Exhibits, programs, and education activities at the Museum showcase the powerful stories of black families who worshipped, educated their children, debated the issues of the day, produced great art, organized politically and advanced the cause of freedom.
In Boston, the African Meeting House is the oldest African Meeting house in America, and the adjacent Abiel Smith School is the first building in the nation constructed for the sole purpose of housing a black public school. Today, the Abiel Smith School galleries feature rotating exhibits and a Museum Store open year around.
Self-guided walking tour map and guide available. Guided walking tours are offered daily Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend, and other times by special request. The 1.6 mile (2.5 km) Black Heritage Trail® connects the 14 sites.
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: USS Cassin Young
Museum
Maintained and staffed by National Park Service staff and volunteers, Cassin Young is an example of the type of ship built, repaired, and modernized in the Charlestown Navy Yard. Although built in California, fourteen Fletcher-Class destroyers just like her were produced at this yard. Cassin Young also provides a more modern contrast to USS Constitution and is a memorial to destroyermen and the ships they served on. She has been open to the public since 1981 and is basically restored to her late-1950s appearance.The USS Cassin Young is just one of many Boston area tourist attractions and other things to do in Boston. MustSeeBoston.com is your online Boston travel guide.
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: Harriet Tubman House
Museum
The Tubman House is a landmark at the corner of Massachusetts and Columbus Avenues. It was the first major commission for Don Stull – then, one of only a dozen African-American architects in the nation – who won awards with the Tubman House and went on to design Boston’s award-winning Ruggles Street subway station and the new police department headquarters.The building comprises a multi-level, open floor plan filled with natural light from skylights and large floor-to-ceiling windows. Its external walls on Columbus Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue are decorated with a mural depicting the ethnically diverse history of the past 100 years in the South End.
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: Museum of Fine Arts
Museum
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. The Museum aims for the highest standards of quality in all its endeavors. It serves as a resource for both those who are already familiar with art and those for whom art is a new experience. Through exhibitions, programs, research and publications, the Museum documents and interprets its own collections.The Museum creates educational opportunities for visitors and accommodates a wide range of experiences and learning styles. The Museum educates artists of the future through its School. The creative efforts of the students and faculty provide the Museum and its public with insights into emerging art and art forms.
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: Wheelock Theatre
Theater
The Wheelock Family Theatre is an award-winning, professional Equity theatre located on the campus of Wheelock College since 1981. The theatre is located at 180 the Riverway, Boston, MA on the campus of Wheelock College in the historic Fenway neighborhood.Wheelock Family Theatre (WFT) creates intergenerational and multicultural productions that provide a shared experience for the whole family. Among increasingly few institutions, we are committed to serving and supporting families of all kinds. Indeed, our productions celebrate the diverse range of families found in the world today and seek to unite them in the shared experience of live theatre. We are especially dedicated to those who are historically under-served: people of color, people with disabilities, and low-income families. We know that it is not only children who are “at risk” in our society– but entire families and communities.
We are devoted to the ideal of complete access and reject the notion that the arts should be available only to audiences of privilege. Our play selection, casting policy, affordable ticket prices, education programs, and access provisions for people with disabilities reflect an unwavering commitment to inclusive, community-based theatre. We believe theatre is a crucial element of human experience. It is both a means of self-revelation and a basis for empathy with others; it inspires both individualism and responsibility through the giving and the receiving of human experience.
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: Museum of Science
Museum
The museum is on the cutting edge of science education by developing innovative and interactive exhibits and programs that both entertain and educate. Two of the Museum's more recent additions, the Hall Wing housing the Roger L. Nichols Gallery for temporary exhibits, and the Mugar Omni Theater, exemplify the Museum of Science's commitment to making science fun and accessible to all.The Mugar Omni Theater, opened in 1987, utilizes state-of-the-art film technology to project larger-than-life images onto a five-story high, domed screen, creating a "you are there" experience for viewers. More than 1.6 million people visit the Museum and its more than 400 interactive exhibits each year.
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: Wilbur Theater
Theater
According to newspaper accounts of the time, The Wilbur was the first Boston theatre to have a lounge where patrons could mingle and enjoy refreshments. Today, that same lounge is home to Aria, an elegant after-theatre nightclub in the heart of the Theatre District inspired by elegant European design.In Boston operates four historic theatres in downtown Boston: The Colonial Theatre, The Wilbur Theatre, The newly-restored Opera House and The Charles Playhouse. Each theatre has been carefully restored to its historic splendor and upgraded to enhance the modern theatre-going experience and facilitate the newest blockbuster Broadway musicals.
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: Boston Convention Center
Sightseeing
Built by users for users, the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center is the most user-friendly convention facility in the world. Flexibility in every area lets you decide how to use the building to your best advantage. Customize your event with, 516,000 square feet of contiguous exhibit space, 84 configurable meeting rooms, over 300,000 square feet of function areas, eight registration areas, 40,020 square foot ballroom, And because it's closer to major transportation systems, you'll attract more attendees here than any city in North America.
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: Women's Heritage Trail
Sightseeing
Women's lives and achievements have enriched the history of Boston for almost four centuries, yet the significance of their stories is often overlooked. Patriots, intellectuals, abolitionists, suffragists, artists, and writers - Boston women have always played an integral role in shaping history.The Boston Women's Heritage Trail tells some of these diverse and remarkable stories, and forever weaves Boston women back into the fabric of the "city upon a hill."
The Boston Women’s Heritage Trail (BWHT) is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1989 as a program of the Boston Public Schools. Through educational programs, publications, and outreach initiatives, the BWHT is dedicated to weaving the lives and work of women back into the story of the City of Boston.
The Trail publishes a guidebook and brochures of self-guided walks, a regular newsletter and teaching materials, presents programs and guided tours, hosts events, and supports the work of independent scholars.
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: Boston Fire Museum
Museum
The Boston Fire Museum, operated by the Boston Sparks Association, has occupied the old firehouse at 344 Congress St., Boston, since 1983. The goal of the Museum is to preserve and display fire fighting memorabilia from the Greater Boston area, educate and inform the general public on fire safety, restore and maintain the "Landmark" building occupied, and to support the fire service in general.The Boston Fire Museum is just one of many Boston area tourist attractions and other things to do in Boston. MustSeeBoston.com is your online Boston travel guide.
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: Harvard Art Museums
Museum
The Harvard University Art Museums is one of the leading arts institutions in the United States and the world. It is distinguished by the range and depth of its collections and its groundbreaking exhibitions and original research. For more than a century it has been the nation's premier training ground for museum professionals and scholars, and is renowned for its seminal and ongoing role in the development of the discipline of art history in this country.Harvard's art museums-the Fogg Art Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum-are all outstanding institutions in their respective fields. The Fogg also houses the Straus Center for Conservation, a leader in the research and development of scientific and technology-based analysis of art, as well as the U.S. headquarters for the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, an ancient site in Turkey. More than 200,000 objects in the Art Museums' collections range in date from ancient times to the present, and come from Europe, North America, North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. Each Museum has an active program of special exhibitions that promotes new scholarship in its respective areas of focus.
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: Boston Militia
Sports Team
The Boston Militia are a women's full contact football team in the Independent Women's Football League. They play their home games at Dilboy Stadium in Somerville, Massachusetts. They are owned by car dealer Ernie Boch, Jr. The team consists of former players of the Boston Rampage and Mass Mutiny who were banded together to form the Boston Militia.The Boston Militia are just one of many Boston area sports teams. MustSeeBoston.com is your online Boston travel guide.
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: Harvard Museum of Natural History
Museum
Explore the University's most visited museum – dinosaurs, meteorites, gemstones and hundreds of animals from around the world. Get close to the world’s only mounted Kronosaurus, a 42 ft-long marine reptile; a 1,642-lb. amethyst geode; whale skeletons. Don’t miss the world famous exhibit of 3,000 Blaschka ‘Glass Flowers'. Admission includes the adjacent Peabody Museum – archaeology and cultures of six continents.The museum is on the Harvard campus, just a short walk through historic Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square.
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: American Repertory Theatre
Arts
The American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) is housed in the Loeb Drama Center at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1980 by Robert Brustein as a break off group from the Yale Repertory Theatre after a bitter dispute between Yale University and the long-established Yale company. Its last artistic director was Robert Woodruff. It is currently led by Acting Artistic Director Gideon Lester. The A.R.T premiered the Pulitzer Prize winning play Night, Mother by Marsha Norman in 1982. It is also famous for director JoAnne Akalaitis' 1984 production of Samuel Beckett's Endgame, which angered the author by not following his stage directions and setting the play in a subway. In 2003, Time Magazine recognized it as one of the top five regional theaters in the United States.In addition to the mainstage at the Loeb Drama Center, in 2005 the A.R.T. opened a new black box theater space in Cambridge, at Zero Arrow Street, the aptly named Zero Arrow Theatre. This 300 seat space houses productions by the A.R.T. as well as outside companies and organizations.
Before the Zero Arrow Theatre opened the A.R.T. used the old Hasty Pudding theatre in addition to the Loeb Mainstage, and the Institute for Advanced Theatre Training used the sub-basement of The First Parish in Cambridge, Zero Church Street, a flexible almost black box venue, which they still occasionally use.
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: National Heritage Museum
Museum
The National Heritage Museum is an American history museum founded and supported by Scottish Rite Freemasons in the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States of America.A visit to the National Heritage Museum is truly an experience in the American spirit. Our exhibitions tell thrilling stories of patriotism, adventure, invention, community and dissent—all aspects of how we as a people have worked, and played, struggled and achieved.
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: Boston Public Library
Sightseeing
Founded in 1848, by an act of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts, the Boston Public Library (BPL) was the first large free municipal library in the United States. The Boston Public Library's first building of its own was a former schoolhouse located on Mason Street that was opened to the public on March 20, 1854. The Library's collections approximated 16,000 volumes, and it was obvious from the day the doors were first opened that the quarters were inadequate. In December of that same year the Library's Commissioners were authorized to locate a new building upon a lot on Boylston Street. The present Copley Square location has been home to the Library since 1895, when architect Charles Follen McKim completed his "palace for the people." In the latter half of the 19th century, the Library worked vigorously to develop and expand its branch library system. Viewed as a means to extend its presence throughout the city, the branch system evolved from an idea in 1867 to a reality in 1870, when the first Branch Library in the United States was opened in East Boston. Between 1872 and 1900, twenty-one more Branches began serving communities throughout Boston's diverse neighborhoods. In 1972 the Library expanded its Copley Square location with the opening of an addition designed by Philip Johnson. Today, the McKim building houses the BPL's vast research collection and the Johnson building holds the circulating collection of the general library and serves as headquarters for the Boston Public Library's 26 branch libraries.
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: Harvard Square
Sightseeing
Harvard Square is a large triangular area in the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street, and John F. Kennedy Street. Adjacent to the historic heart of Harvard University, Harvard Yard, the Square (as it is called locally) functions as a commercial center for Harvard students, as well as residents of western Cambridge and the inner western suburbs of Boston.It is also home to Harvard station, a major MBTA Red Line subway bus transportation hub. In an extended sense, the name "Harvard Square" can refer to the entire neighborhood surrounding this intersection for several blocks in each direction. The nearby Cambridge Common has a large park area with a playground, baseball field, and some local memorials.
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: Arnold Arboretum Harvard
Museum
The historical mission of the Arnold Arboretum is to increase knowledge of woody plants through research and to disseminate this knowledge through education. Today this mission is carried out by the development, curation, and maintenance of a well-documented collection of living woody plants from around the world that are hardy in the Boston area; and the execution of these responsibilities within the landscape of the Arboretum designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. The development and curation of an herbarium, library, and related information systems to support research on woody plants, their associations in nature and their future conservation, and the development of related programs for instruction, publication, and public information. As part of the City of Boston's park system, the Arboretum's historic landscape serves as an outdoor museum that is open to the public.The Arnold Arboretum Harvard is just one of many Boston area tourist attractions and other things to do in Boston. MustSeeBoston.com is your online Boston travel guide.
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: New England Aquarium
Sightseeing
Founded in 1969, the New England Aquarium is a global leader in ocean exploration and marine conservation. The Aquarium is one of the premier visitor attractions in Boston, with over 1.3 million visitors a year, and a major public education resource. The Aquarium is redefining what it means to be an aquarium: combining education, entertainment and action to address the most challenging problems facing the ocean.
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: Boston Red Sox
Sports Team
The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007) World Series Champions. The Red Sox are a member and current champions of both Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division and of the American League itself. Since 1912, the Red Sox have made their home at Fenway Park.The "Red Sox" name originates from the iconic uniform feature. They are sometimes nicknamed the BoSox, a combination of "Boston" and "Sox" (as opposed to the "ChiSox"), the Crimson Hose, and the Olde Towne Team.
One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Buffalo, New York in 1901. After the move from Buffalo to Boston they were a dominant team, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903. They won four more championships by 1918, and then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history. Many attributed the phenomenon to the "Curse of the Bambino," said to have been caused by the sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1920. The drought was ended and the "curse" reversed in 2004, when the team won their sixth World Series Championship.
The Red Sox led all MLB teams in average road attendance in 2007, while the small capacity of Fenway Park caused them to rank 11th in home attendance. Every home game since May 15, 2003 has been sold out—a span of over five years.
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: New England Revolution
Sports Team
The New England Revolution, nicknamed the Revs, is a professional soccer club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts, that participates in Major League Soccer. Even though the club is based in Foxborough, the club represents all of New England. The club is owned by Robert Kraft, who also owns the New England Patriots of the NFL. The name "Revolution" refers to the New England region's involvement in the American Revolution. The team colors are navy blue and red.The Revs currently play their home matches at Gillette Stadium. The club played their home games at the adjacent and now-demolished Foxboro Stadium, during the 1996 through 2001 seasons. The Revs hold the distinction of being the only MLS team to have every league game in its history televised. Currently, the games are called by Revolution broadcasting executive Brad Feldman and analyst Greg Lalas (former Tampa Bay Mutiny defender and younger brother of Los Angeles Galaxy general manager Alexi Lalas).
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: Hayden Planetarium
Museum
The Hayden Planetarium brings scientific expertise to the outreach activities of the museum and the community-at-large. They operate within the Astrophysics Department in the Division of Physical Sciences. High-profile events that bring to the Museum leading experts on the frontier of science to discuss or debate important issues concerning the astrophysical sciences in society. Most notably, the annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Panel Debate brings the finest minds in the world to the Museum each Spring to debate pressing questions on the frontier of scientific discovery. The Hayden Planetarium is just one of many Boston area tourist attractions and other things to do in Boston. MustSeeBoston.com is your online Boston travel guide.
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: New England Conservatory
Arts
The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) in Boston, Massachusetts, is the oldest independent conservatory in the United States. Today, NEC is often considered to be among the world's leading musical institutions, and is the only music school in the United States designated as a National Historic Landmark. The school is home each year to 750 students pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies along with 1400 more in its Preparatory School as well as the School of Continuing Education.At the collegiate level, NEC offers the Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts, as well as the Undergraduate Diploma, Graduate Diploma, and Artist's Diploma. Also offered are 5-year joint double degree programs with Harvard University and Tufts University.
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: Black Heritage Trail
Sightseeing
The Black Heritage Trail® is a walking tour that explores the history of Boston's 19th century African American community. Between 1800 and 1900, most of the African Americans who lived in the city lived in the West End, between Pinckney and Cambridge Streets, and between Joy and Charles Streets, a neighborhood now called the North Slope of Beacon Hill. The first Africans arrived in Boston in February of 1638, eight years after the city was founded. They were brought as slaves, purchased in Providence Isle, a Puritan colony off the coast of Central America. By 1705, there were over 400 slaves in Boston and the beginnings of a free black community in the North End. The American Revolution was a turning point in the status of Africans in Massachusetts. At the end of the conflict, there were more free black people than slaves. When the first federal census was enumerated in 1790, Massachusetts was the only state in the Union to record no slaves. The all-free black community in Boston was concerned with finding decent housing, establishing independent supportive institutions, educating their children, and ending slavery in the rest of the nation. All of these concerns were played out in this Beacon Hill neighborhood.
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: Irish Heritage Trail
Sightseeing
Trail is a self-guided, three mile walking tour that takes you through Boston's downtown, North End, Beacon Hill and Back Bay. You'll learn about famous politicians, artists, matriarchs and war heroes, part of a rich tradition of rebellion, leadership and triumph that personifies the Boston Irish. All of the memorials are in public spaces and accessible to visitors. Irish memorial sites outside the map area of downtown Boston are accessible by vehicle or public transportation.
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: Boston Symphony Hall
Arts
Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts is widely considered to be one of the two or three finest concert halls in the world, alongside Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and Vienna's Großer Musikvereinssaal. All three concert halls are renowned for their exceptional acoustics. As New York Times associate editor R.W. Apple, Jr. wrote of Symphony Hall, it “need not take a back seat, aesthetically or acoustically, even to the Musikverein in Vienna.” It is the home to the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops and is a block away from the New England Conservatory.The Boston Symphony Hall is just one of many Boston area tourist attractions and other things to do in Boston. MustSeeBoston.com is your online Boston travel guide.
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: New England Riptide
Sports Team
The New England Riptide is a women's softball team based in Lowell, Massachusetts. Since the 2004 season, they have played as a member of National Pro Fastpitch. During the inaugural 2004 season, The New England Riptide lost the championship game against the now defunct NY/NJ Juggernauts. The New England Riptide returned to claim the Cowles Cup in 2006 with a 2-0 victory over the Connecticut Brakettes.The New England Riptide are just one of many Boston area sports teams. MustSeeBoston.com is your online Boston travel guide.
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: Hynes Convention Center
Sightseeing
The John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center located in Boston's Back Bay has 193,000 square feet (17,900 m²) of exhibit space and can accommodate up to four concurrent events. The Center is named after Boston Mayor John Hynes. It features 71,600 square feet (6,650 m²) of meeting space with 38 permanent rooms and a 24,500-square-foot (2,280 m²) grand ballroom.The convention center is connected by aerial passageways to a nearby hotel complex and can be reached by public transportation via the Hynes Convention Center station on the MBTA Green Line and, using the passageways, via the Back Bay (MBTA station) station on the Orange Line, commuter rail and Amtrak. It was later used as a money source by James J. Bulger, William Bulger, Stephen Flemmi, John Martorano and The Winter Hill Gang.
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: Boston Ballet
Arts
The Boston Ballet is a professional ballet company based in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1963 by E. Virginia Williams and was the first professional repertory ballet company in New England. Under the leadership of Artistic Directors Violette Verdy (1980-1984), Bruce Marks (1985-1997), and Anna-Marie Holmes (1997-2000), the Ballet's national and international reputation has grown. The Company is now one of the major ballet companies in North America and among the top companies in the world. Boston Ballet was the first American ballet company to tour China in 1980. The current artistic director, Mikko Nissinen, took over the company in 2001.Current Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen was selected to lead Boston Ballet in September 2001. Under his exceptional artistic direction, Boston Ballet presents choreography of the highest caliber and offers great variety in repertoire, allowing dancers to grow in new directions. In 2002, Valerie Wilder was appointed the Company's new executive director, establishing an outstanding leadership team with Nissinen to carry the Company into the future.
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: New England Patriots
Sports Team
The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats" by sports writers and fans, are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The owners changed the name from the original Boston Patriots after relocating the team to Foxborough in 1971, although Foxborough is a suburb of Boston, 22 miles (35 km) away. They are currently the defending American Football Conference Champions, after winning the 2007 AFC Championship Game.An original member of the American Football League (AFL), the Patriots joined the NFL in the 1970 merger of those leagues. The team advanced to the playoffs four times before appearing in Super Bowl XX in January 1986, losing to the Chicago Bears. The team also appeared in Super Bowl XXXI in January 1997, losing to the Green Bay Packers.
Between 2001 and 2005, the Patriots became the second team in NFL history (after the Dallas Cowboys) to win three Super Bowls in four years (Super Bowl XXXVI, XXXVIII, and XXXIX), and the eighth to win consecutive Super Bowls. The Patriots, however, were defeated by the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII, after winning the first 18 games of their 2007 season. Under quarterback Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick, the Patriots have also compiled the two longest winning streaks in NFL history, an 18-game streak in 2003-2004, and a 19-game streak active at the end of the 2007 season (the NFL excludes playoff games from their records).
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: Boston Blazers
Sports Team
The Boston Blazers are an indoor lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The Blazers are based in Boston, Massachusetts, and are scheduled to begin play in the 2009 NLL season.The team is owned by Tim Armstrong, President of Advertising and Commerce for Google. NLL veteran Tom Ryan will serve as the team's first head coach. On April 7, 2008, the Blazers named veteran New England marketing executive Doug Reffue to the position of team president.
The team is not associated with the former Boston Blazers, who played in the MILL (predecessor to the NLL) from 1992 to 1997. However, the name was chosen "in part due to the popularity and nostalgia associated with the former Boston Blazers franchise".
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: Institute of Contemporary Art
Museum
For over 65 years, the Institute of Contemporary Art has been introducing to Boston and the country some of the most important contemporary artists of our time, from Pablo Picasso and Robert Rauschenberg to Andy Warhol and Cindy Sherman. This excellence in presenting contemporary art began with the ICA's inception in 1936. The ICA's first director, James Sachs Plaut, envisioned this new institution as "an experimental laboratory in which we would present a platform for things that were happening on the contemporary art scene."While we continue to develop and present innovative programs, we are also planning what is, perhaps, the most significant and exciting development for the ICA since its founding--a new state-of-the art building on Boston's waterfront at Fan Pier, to open in 2006. The first major cultural institution to be built in Boston in almost 100 years, the new ICA will triple our exhibition space and will include a performing arts theatre, educational facilities, a media and technology center, a bookstore, gift shop, and restaurant.
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: Nichols House Museum
Museum
The Nichols House Museum is open to the public as an historic house museum reflecting the domestic life of a typical family of Beacon Hill at the turn of the last century. The museum is part of the historical legacy of one of the most famous neighborhoods of America. Located at the heart of Beacon Hill, the Nichols House Museum receives visitors from many foreign countries and from all over the United States.The House is furnished with priceless possessions accumulated over several generations and include fine European and American wooden furniture from the 17th-19th centuries, ancestral portraits, Flemish tapestries, oriental rugs, European and Asian art, and works by America's foremost sculptor of the 19th century, Augustus Saint Gaudens.
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: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Museum
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum or Fenway Court is a museum in Boston, Massachusetts with a collection of over 2,500 works of European, Asian and American art, including paintings, sculpture, tapestries, and decorative arts. The museum also hosts of historic and contemporary art.The museum was established in 1903 by Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840–1924), a wealthy patron of the arts. It is housed in a building designed to evoke a Venetian Renaissance palazzo, but it was built entirely from the ground up in Boston, out of new materials, but incorporating numerous architectural fragments from European Gothic and Renaissance structures. The antique elements are seamlessly worked into the design of the turn-of-the-century building. Special tiles were custom designed for the floors, modern concrete was used for some of the structural elements, and antique capitals sit atop modern columns. The interior garden courtyard is covered by a glass roof, with steel support structure original to the building. The building was not brought to America from Venice and reconstructed; that is a common misconception. Gardner began collecting seriously after she received a large inheritance from her father in 1891. Her purchase of Vermeer's The Concert at auction in Paris in 1892 was her first major acquisition. In 1894, Bernard Berenson offered his services in helping her acquire a Botticelli. Berenson helped acquire nearly 70 works of art for her collection.
To honor their founder, the museum offers free admission and occasional special events for anyone named Isabella.
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: Boston University Theater
Arts
Designed and constructed as America’s first civic playhouse‚ the building today known as the Boston University Theatre was the first tax–exempt theatre established in the nation. Construction having begun in 1923‚ it was formally opened with Sheridan’s The Rivals on November 10‚ 1925. The architect was J. Williams Beal Sons.The Huntington Theatre Company, in residence at Boston University and now in its 24th season as Boston's leading professional theatre, is experiencing a period of robust artistic and institutional growth under the leadership of Nicholas Martin, Norma Jean Calderwood Artistic Director, and Michael Maso, Managing Director.
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: Boston Tea Party Ship
Museum
The Boston Tea Party Ship is currently closed for renovation and Will reopen in the Summer of 2009.This defining event in United States history, the spark that ignited the American Revolution, is the theme of the Boston Tea Party Shipssm & Museum. While the design of the Museum is new, the history of the facility is considerably longer. The Museum was established in 1973 and was designated by the City as the officially recognized site to commemorate the Boston Tea Party event. Since this dedication, the site has hosted millions of heritage visitors and students seeking to relive American history. Through the years the site has also been used for reenactments of the event each December 16th, and as a staging area for tax protests, political events, and important announcements.
It is the goal of Historic Tours of America® to immerse Boston residents, heritage visitors, and students in the historical experiences and important events of and around December 16th 1773, to tell the stories of the participating men and their families, and to reinforce the way that the Boston Tea Party changed the lives of American’s forever. Indeed in bringing to life this historic event we feel that we have a responsibility and a commitment to historic preservation, heritage education, and the advancement of patriotic ideals.
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: Boston Bruins
Sports Team
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team has been in existence since 1924, entering the league as the first American based expansion franchise. They are also an Original Six team, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, and Chicago Blackhawks. Their home arena is the 17,565 capacity TD Banknorth Garden where it has played since 1995, after leaving the Boston Garden which had been their home since 1928.The Boston Bruins are just one of many Boston area sports teams. MustSeeBoston.com is your online Boston travel guide.
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: Orpheum Theatre
Theater
Some of the best musicians, rock bands, and music from around the world, as well as comedy acts can been seen here at the Orpheum Theatre. We are not aware of an official website for this venue, however, the LiveNation page shows a good listing of events. The Orpheum Theatre is located at 1 Hamilton Place (an ally off of Tremont St), directly across from the Park Street Church. No parking is allowed on Hamilton Place.The Orpheum Theatre is just one of many Boston area tourist attractions and other things to do in Boston. MustSeeBoston.com is your online Boston travel guide.
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: JFK Library
Museum
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is dedicated to the memory of our nation's thirty-fifth president and to all those who through the art of politics seek a new and better world. Located on a ten-acre park, overlooking the sea that he loved and the city that launched him to greatness, the Library stands as a vibrant tribute to the life and times of John F. Kennedy.Come tour our Museum which portrays the life, leadership, and legacy of President Kennedy, conveys his enthusiasm for politics and public service, and illustrates the nature of the office of the President. Students and scholars can also arrange to conduct research using our collection of historical materials chronicling mid-20th century politics and the life and administration of John F. Kennedy. The Kennedy Library is one of 12 Presidential Libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.
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: Botanical Museum Harvard
Museum
The extensive paleobotanical collections, particularly Precambrian material containing early life forms, continue to be enlarged through faculty and student field work. The glory of the museum, however, is the Ware Collection of Glass Models of Plants, popularly known as "The Glass Flowers". Commissioned by Goodale from the renowned artisans, Leopold and Rudolf Baschka, the collection still serves as an adjunct to teaching biology, while also attracting worldwide public interest. The approximately 3000 models, created from 1887 through 1936, represent over 840 species, each with a scientifically accurate, life-size model and magnified parts. Financed by Elizabeth and Mary Lee Ware, this collection is the only one of its kind in the world.The Botanical Museum Harvard is just one of many Boston area tourist attractions and other things to do in Boston. MustSeeBoston.com is your online Boston travel guide.
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: Boston Theatre Works
Theater
Boston Theatre Works has produced seven world premiere productions and developed over 50 new plays. Works that were developed at BTW and later premiered in New York City include Emily Mann's Meshugah, the Off-Broadway hit Bug and the 2002 Jefferson Award-winner (Chicago), Waving Goodbye. BTW Unbound is a great showcase of hot new works by the country's cutting-edge playwrights and a terrific opportunity to see several pieces in progress. Many of these are destined to hit mainstages here and around the country, but you will be able to say you saw it here first.The Boston Theatre Works is just one of many Boston area tourist attractions and other things to do in Boston. MustSeeBoston.com is your online Boston travel guide.
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