Museums

MIT Museum
617-253-9607
265 Mass. Ave. Bldg. N52
Cambridge, MA 02139
http://web.mit.edu/museum
http://www.cambridgesciencefestival.org
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Robots, holography, exciting programs and interactive exhibits draw visitors from around the world. The new 5,000 sq. ft. Innovation Gallery opened recently showcasing the latest research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Semitic Museum of Harvard University
617-495-4631
6 Divinity Ave.
Cambridge 02138
www.fas.harvard.edu/semitic
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The Semitic Museum, founded in 1889, is Harvard University’s museum of Ancient Near Eastern archeology.
Permanent exhibits are Ancient Egypt: Magic and the Afterlife, the Houses of Ancient Israel, featuring a full-scale furnished model of two-story village house ca. 700 BCE and a reconstruction of Solomon’s Temple.

Nuzi and the Hurrians, showing everyday life in a Mesopotamian town in the 14th century BCE and Ancient Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection.

Hours are Mon-Fri 10-4pm
Sunday 1-4pm
Closed on holiday weekends.

Gift shop, free admission. Donation accepted

Harvard Museums

Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum
485 Broadway
(617) 495.9400

Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10-5, Sun. 1-5
www.harvardartmuseum.org

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford Street
(617) 495.3045
www.hmnh.harvard.edu

Open daily 9am – 5pm 361 day/year
Wednesday afternoons (Sept-May) 3pm-5pm
Sunday 9am-noon, free to Massachusetts residents

Peabody Museum of Archaeology
& Ethnology
11 Divinity Avenue
(617) 496.1027

Hours: 9am -5pm daily

Semitic Museum
6 Divinity Avenue
(617) 495-4631

Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10-5, Sun. 1-5