Assembly Square

Worth seeing in and around Assembly Square

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Harvard University

   Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636, and named Harvard College in 1639 in honor of its first benefactor, Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States.

   3.6 km · private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Massachusetts Institute of Technology

   The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1861 to advance "useful knowledge", the university has played a significant role in the development of many areas of technology and science.

   3.8 km · private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, founded 1861 · Wikipedia
3. 03
   TD Garden

   TD Garden is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located directly above the MBTA's North Station, and it replaced the original Boston Garden upon opening in 1995.

   3.3 km · multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Tufts University

   Tufts University is a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, with additional facilities in Boston and Grafton, as well as Talloires, France. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning.

   3.6 km · private research university in Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Harvard Law School

   Harvard Law School is the law school of Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest law school in continuous operation in the United States.

   3.5 km · law school of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Harvard College

   Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University. It is administered by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

   3.7 km · undergraduate college of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Radcliffe College

   Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that was founded in 1879. In 1999, it was fully incorporated into Harvard College.

   3.8 km · women's college in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1879-1999) · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Boston Garden

   The Boston Garden was an arena in Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by boxing promoter Tex Rickard, who also built the third iteration of New York's Madison Square Garden, it opened on November 17, 1928, as "Boston Madison Square Garden" and outlived its original namesake by 30 years.

   3.4 km · indoor arena in Boston, Massachusetts, USA between 1928-1997 · Wikipedia
9. 09
   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.

   3.5 km · art museums at Harvard University · Wikipedia
10. 10
    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.

    3.3 km · museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts · Wikipedia

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Getting to Assembly Square

Airports

Boston Logan (BOS), 7 km · Rhode Island T. F. Green (PVD), 80 km · Bradley (BDL), 142 km

Stations

North Station, 3.3 km · Bowdoin station, 3.8 km · Lechmere station, 2.5 km · Kendall/MIT station, 3.4 km

• Providence/Warwick → Assembly Square

  80 km · quickest by road, 2h 2m · $8–11
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• Portland → Assembly Square

  16644 km · quickest by air, 30h 46m · $3,090–4,750
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• Hartford → Assembly Square

  150 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · $13–18
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