summer is always a good time to get to know boston better. here's a list of things that I want to experience or places I want to explore...or further explore:
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (students $5, in 1990 the museum fell victim to the largest art robbery in US history when 13 major works were stolen including several Rembrants, a Degas, a Vermeer, and a Manet!! Tues-Fri and concert series on weekends)
- Boston Public Library
- Bunker Hill Monument (294-step spiral staircase for an awesome view of Boston, the Harbor, beyond)
- Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market
- Freedom Trail (walk)
- North End (in general!)
- Fresh Pond Reservoir
- Haymarket
- Castle island (bring things such as kites)
- Mount Auburn Cemetery (because there is a tower in the middle of the cemetery that has one of the best views of Boston and Cambridge for free!)
- Inman Square (Central Square)
- Kendall Square Cinema (independently owned movie theater!)
- Kendall Square T station mechanical instruments
- Somerville Theater/MoBa
- Boston Pops (student rush tickets are $10 available @5PM for tues performances)
- Coolidge Corner Moviehouse
- Duck Tours
- The Clayroom
- Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary
- MIT Museum (free Sundays 10am-12pm)
- Hatch Shell movie screenings (free friday nights 8pm)
- BU Observatory (free wednesday nights 8:30 weather permitting)
- Stargazing at Gilliland Observatory, Charles Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science - Free every Friday night from 8:30 - 10pm, weather permitting. Features a computer-controlled Celestron CGE 1100 Schmidt Cassegrain telescope; call 617-589-0267 to confirm the schedule (if weather conditions seem iffy) and to find out what's on view.
The Kendall Square T station mechanical instruments pretty cool, but I think all but one are broken.
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