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    Nichols House Museum

    4.7 (11 reviews)
    Closed 10:00 am - 12:45 pm

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    2 years ago

    Interesting and well preserved historic home - Steve is an excellent tour guide. Highly recommended!

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    3 years ago

    Liz the tour guide was amazing!! The house is beautiful! Please see it. Worth every penny.

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    12 years ago

    A must see, not a large home, but cute home that give you an idea what other homes in Beacon Hill looks like.

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    14 years ago

    For those that have always wanted to see inside or tour one of Boston's historic Beacon Hill homes - you can do it at the Nichols House!

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    13 years ago

    Great tour! Fascinating family. Great location. I'm going to do other activities the Nichols House sponsors.

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    Museum of Fine Arts

    Museum of Fine Arts

    4.4
    (1k reviews)
    1.9 mi

    Absolutely amazing museum! It's a whole day visit (and more depending on how in depth you go in the…read moreexhibits). This is by far the biggest art museum I have ever seen. Plenty of exhibits, information/maps to guide you, a huge cafeteria space, plenty of restrooms, and handicap accessible. Plan a day for yourself to visit! Our experience was to get there early (maybe a half hour after they opened). We were able to walk right up to the ticketing area. As we were leaving at around 3pm, all the queuing lines were full and there was a huge line around the building outside in the rain. Timing does matter here!

    My third time to MFA but my first time to see the Japanese art collection (it's in a corner that's…read moredifficult to find--we asked for help from the docents because even the map is difficult to follow). We walked for 30 minutes from Brookline to Boston and enjoyed the skyline and different architecture on the way. Also took note of a Thai restaurant to catch for lunch afterwards on our way back. MFA is vast and beautiful and you can spend hours there easily. Great bookstore and coffee shop. We went first to the special exhibit (timed entry reserved tix online which includes general museum admission), called "Framed Gardens". Next we went to the modern art, then the Japanese art, European art, and finally the impressionist art. We probably only saw a third of the museum but we'd enjoyed our full for today. I would have a membership if I lived here! All the staff are knowledgeable and heHighly recommend!

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    2 Rembrandts are better than one!
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    Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

    Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

    4.3
    (797 reviews)
    2.2 mi

    A friend recommended this art collection in this beautiful space so I reserved tickets online for…read moretoday at 11 when it opened. You can buy your tickets in person as well. It's a separate entrance line than the preordered tickets. They do check your bags and tell you to leave your water bottles at the coatcheck on the 1st floor or downstairs at the lockers. We started upstairs on the 3rd floor, and worked our way down. Every room is specifically designed to highlight some theme by Isabella, from the brocade on the walls to the ceiling to the doors to the artwork/furniture everywhere. Because it's a three story mansion, it's decorated as such and has less of the feel of a gallery as a luxuriously decorated estate. Most of the artwork is not identified as it would be in a museum, but it can still be appreciated. There were a few signs along the way that explained the theme of the room according to Isabella. From the third floor especially, the live music in the central garden could be heard so well because of the magnificent acoustics. (There was music in honor of Juneteenth today). If it's your first time there, pay attention to the plaque by the elevator on the 1st floor that states it was the entrance that Isabella herself had used. Apparently that was the original entrance to the museum for a long time and the glass encased current entrance used to be greenhouses. We spent 1.5 hrs there and enjoyed exploring and appreciating the unique museum experience together. Highly recommend!!

    Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was commonly mentioned as a must see in Boston, so we decided to…read morecheck it out on a rainy Sunday during our trip. It seems like everyone else had the same idea as well because the museum was packed! Definitely recommend booking tickets at least a few days in advance because some time slots were sold out. We booked the 10:30am-11am time slot and it was already crowded at this time. Check in was straightforward and there are lockers in the basement to secure large bags. This is very different to the standard art museums. Isabella Stewart converted a home into a museum and it is amazing how much time and effort went into the process. There are three stories, each having several rooms to walk through. A couple rooms have limited capacity so we had to wait in line for 10-15 minutes to enter. My personal favorite part of the museum was the courtyard - very pretty with all the plants and statues. We also witnessed a proposal! I'm usually not a huge museum fan, but this was definitely worth checking out. Many people suggested listening to the audio guide available on the website, and while it was interesting, it was a bit slow and I wasn't able to listen to everything - wish the recordings had 2x speed. This is a very popular museum so the crowds made it feel a bit chaotic. I recommend going on a weekday!

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    Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum

    Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum

    4.5
    (673 reviews)
    0.9 mi
    Takes reservations
    Private events

    Stopped in just for the gift shop to get some more tea from when I was here last. They have…read moreexpanded with their tea selection too! Tons of different flavors now. There are a lot of other Boston themed gift items too!

    I came to visit this museum mainly for the tea tasting. My friend and I didn't do the ship…read moreexperience where visitors get to throw "tea" off the ship. To enter the tea room, you have to go through the gift shop and exit the door on the left to walk down the ramp to Abigail's Tea room. Once you arrive you can go to the counter to order a meal (salads, sandwiches), or snacks like cookies, brownies or scones. There is an option to taste 5 different types of teas that were aboard the ships (and were eventually dumped into the water). You can opt for a cup ($5), Souvenir mug for $10.95, or a tea platter ($20) which includes a pot of tea and two scones and it says it serves up to 4 people. I opted for the $5 cup since it's unlimited refills. The tea shop has a big dining area with a view of the ships and the wharf. The 5 tea offerings included: *Young Hyson - "Early spring green tea typically picked before the end of April" *Singlo - " Chinese green tea varieties picked later in the season than early spring Hyson" *Bohea - "Black tea from one of the oldest and most famous tea growing areas of china, the Wuyi Mountains." *Congou - "a black tea, refers to a tea made with the highest mastery or artful skill to produce thin, light strips without breaking the leaves" *Souchong - "a classic black tea from the Wuyi Mountains of Fujian province in China with a very distinctive smoky aroma" I thought most of the teas were good, my favorite being the Congou, but the Souchong was not my favorite due to the smoky flavor. The gift shop was fun and full of neat souvenirs like teas, teapots, general Boston kitschy items, and things for the 250th anniversary of America. Well worth the visit if you are in the area!

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    Museum of Bad Art

    Museum of Bad Art

    4.2
    (59 reviews)
    2.5 mi

    This is a cute concept, and since this is the reason I dropped by, I'll review this highlight…read moreinstead of the Dorchester Brewery. It is more like a collection of art around the brewery, but the signs are funny and it's interesting to note paintings that were donated vs. found in a thrift store vs. found in the garbage. It ranges from funny proportions to some truly bizarre. It's a great activity to giggle at with friends or make up fun commentary on a date. It's a fun little concept, free, and open late, so it's a funs stop in. The brewery features a full bar, arcade and board games and BBQ food as well. The owner even showed us an old cigarette dispensing machine now filled with chocolate packs. There's a lot going on and it is apparent a lot of thought and creativity went into the space. It's certainly not like a traditional "museum" but sometimes you need to see some bad art to really appreciate some good art elsewhere. You'll end up laughing at something.

    Okay, so museum may not be the exact right word. This is kind of like a gallery in a brewery. I had…read moreseen an ad for this place on Instagram, and filed it away in my brain. I pulled it out of the file and went to see bad art. We walked in and the guy at the bar was very nice and pointed out the "route" of the paintings. The art was so fun--some worse than others. I really did understand what some of what the artists were thinking, and in other cases I just laughed and scratched my head It's small and we weren't there more than 20 minutes, but it was fun. Btw--it's free!!!

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    Harvard Museum of Natural History

    Harvard Museum of Natural History

    4.4
    (256 reviews)
    2.9 mi

    The Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge is one of those institutions that consistently…read moresurprises visitors who arrive without strong expectations, and the breadth of what is inside makes it difficult to do justice to in a single visit. We walked into an older building with low ceilings and a room to room layout that larger modern museum complexes have moved away from, and that format gave the experience an intimacy that worked in its favor. Admission runs $15 for adults and is free for Harvard students, and the ticket also covers the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology connected to the same building. The glass flower collection is the centerpiece and has been for over a century. Created by the Blaschka family between 1887 and 1936, the thousands of botanically accurate glass models of plant specimens are so precisely executed that they read as organic rather than manufactured even at close range. The collection was commissioned exclusively for Harvard and remains one of a kind. It is the kind of exhibit that is genuinely difficult to prepare for from photographs, and seeing it in person for the first time tends to stop people in a way that few museum exhibits manage. Beyond the glass flowers the museum covers an enormous range. We spent time with the mineral and gem collection, which is exceptional, with specimens from around the world and beyond that rival collections at larger national institutions. The taxidermy galleries, fossil specimens, whale and sea cow skeletons, insect displays, and extinct mammal bones filled out the remaining rooms in a way that rewarded moving slowly rather than rushing through. For a natural history museum that punches well above its size and delivers a world class collection in an intimate setting, the Harvard Museum of Natural History is a genuine Cambridge treasure and well worth multiple visits.

    What a treat it was to be able to see this in my lifetime and to spend some time on the grounds of…read moreHarvard University. So much in this museum I don't think you could possible see the whole place in one day. We spent 4-5 hours here and may have seen 50%. I so wish I lived closer so I could take it all in over several visits. The mineral and rocks area especially drew lots of my attention and I spent way too much time there and slowed us down a good bit. It's was so freaking cool though! Giant wads of gold and precious metals everywhere. Things I have never seen. Wonderful things! Also.... They have dinosaurs and so many cool things. Glass flowers, ancient artifacts, rare finds from around the world all housed in the historic University of Harvard campus. Check out my pics. I even have one where I am the last link in the evolutionary chain, LOL. Totally worth a trip here if you can. So many wonderful things to see!! '26 - 29

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    The Mapparium

    The Mapparium

    4.5
    (21 reviews)
    1.4 mi

    Came here by myself when I helped my daughter move into her college dorm 5 years ago, now today…read morebrought my husband, brother and sister-in-law, because a cool unique historical glass give of the world as known in 1935. When I came by myself, I spent over an hour reading all the exhibits and information about the history of Christian Science. Pretty interesting. Today we just did the 20 minute tour of the mapparium and appreciated the artistry, engineering, acoustics, and historicity of the globe as well as the two timepieces hanging in the main atrium. All the staff were very welcoming. Brad and Steve did a great job giving us the tour. They have gorgeous tile work even in the restrooms, and speak with pride about the every aspect of the design of the building. They offer a coat room so that you can safely store your bags and water bottles to avoid any chance of dropping anything inside the mapparium. Glad to come back again with family. Very memorable.

    As other reviewers have said, this is an interesting place to check out in Boston, but there's not…read moremuch to it. The building itself is historical and there are plenty of other religious artifacts and things to learn before you even get inside of the globe room. We didn't book tickets ahead of time so we only had to wait around 30 minutes for the next tour to be available to go inside the globe room. If you are big on history, then this is a must see, as this painstakingly-crafted globe represents the world in the 1930s. It was interesting to see the countries and borders that no longer exist and compare them with what we know today. The acoustics were amazing as well, as the smallest whisper could sound like a yell. Overall it was worth the $6 admission and it's something I would recommend to those who haven't done it, but I wouldn't feel the need to go back.

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    Vintage historic antique mail box with tube delivery system inside
    Vintage historic antique mail box with tube delivery system inside
    The Mapparium
    The Mapparium

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