Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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LAW SCHOOL
LAW SCHOOL
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CAMBRIDGE
COMMON
RADCLIFFE
YARD
RADCLIFFE
COLLEGE
RADCLIFFE
COLLEGE
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HARVARD
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H A R V A R D
HARVARD
Harvard
Harvard
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U N I V E R S I T Y
UNIVERSITY
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
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Busch-Reisinger Museum*
6
Fogg Art Museum*
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Harvard Museum of
Natural History
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John Harvard Statue
4
Longfellow National
Historic Site
2
Massachusetts Hall
3
Mount Auburn Cemetery
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Peabody Museum
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Widener Library
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KENNEDY
SCHOOL OF
GOVERNMENT
KENNEDY
SCHOOL OF
GOVERNMENT
JFK
PARK
* closed through 2013
where flyers publicize campus activities. You might want to check out the university
website (www.harvard.edu) before you visit.
The best-known part of the university is
Harvard Yard,
which consists of two large
quadrangles. Daniel Chester French's
John Harvard statue,
a rendering of one of the
school's original benefactors, is in the Old Yard, which dates to the college's founding
in 1636. Most first-year students live in the dormitories here—even in the school's
oldest building,
Massachusetts Hall
(1720). “Mass. Hall” also holds the university
president's office, which gained a female occupant for the first time in 2007. The other
side of the Yard (sometimes called Tercentenary Theater because the college's 300th-
anniversary celebration was held there) is home to the imposing
Widener Library,
named after a Harvard graduate who perished when the
Titanic
sank.
Also on campus are two engaging museum complexes:
Harvard Museum of Natural History and Peabody Museum of Archaeology
& Ethnology
These fascinating museums house the university's collections
of items and artifacts related to the natural world. Just about everyone finds something
interesting here, be it a 42-foot-long dinosaur skeleton, the largest turtle shell in the
world, an exploration of climate science, a Native American artifact, or the
Museum
of Natural History
's world-famous Glass Flowers.
Kids
