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Explore Boston | Schedule | Concurrent Programs | | Group Dinners | Accomodations | No car? No problem! There's plenty to see and do within a short walking distance of the Northeastern campus. Some of the country's greatest museums, shopping areas and historic sites are just a stone's throw away from your residence hall or hotel. Here are a few suggestions to get you started:  Fenway Park4 Yawkey Way (877) REDSOX9 http://www.redsox.com Walking time from main quad: 15 minutes Though generations have come and gone, Fenway Park remains, much like it did the day it opened on April 20, 1912. The home of the Boston Red Sox resounds with the echoes of great baseball players: Cy Young, Babe Ruth, Jimmy Collins, Duffy Lewis, Tris Speaker, Harry Hooper, Joe Cronin, Bobby Doerr, Johnny Pesky, Ted Williams, Jimmie Foxx, Carlton Fisk, Jim Rice and Carl Yastrzemski, to name just a few. If you don't have the time to take in a game, consider a tour of the historic facility. Tours depart from Gate D on Yawkey Way hourly seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. or until three hours before game time, whichever is earlier. |
 Newbury Street(800) 733-2678 http://www.newbury-st.com Walking time from main quad: 12 minutes Visitors shouldn't think of leaving Boston without devoting at least a few hours to one of the city's thriving attractions, the premiere hot-spot Newbury Street. There is no street in America quite like it. Elegant boutiques, art galleries and coffee houses are housed in 19th-century townhouses and tiny white lights adorn the tree-lined sidewalks and storefronts. Hardly a better way to experience the cosmopolitan flavor of Boston, Newbury Street is a posh Mecca of power brokers, people-watchers and trendsetters. |
 Museum of Fine Arts465 Huntington Ave. (617) 267-9300 http://www.mfa.org Walking time from main quad: 4 minutes Boston's oldest, largest and best-known art institution, the Museum of Fine Arts houses one of the world's most comprehensive art collections and is renowned for its Impressionist paintings, Asian and Egyptian collections and early American art. Located directly across from campus on the Avenue of the Arts, the museum is open seven days a week. Admission is $15 for adults, and includes full-day access to all open galaries, one additional visit within 30 days, free guided tours and free gallery talks. |
 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum280 The Fenway (617) 278-5166 http://www.gardnermuseum.org Walking time from main quad: 10 minutes The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is at once an intimate collection of fine and decorative art and a vibrant, innovative venue for contemporary artists, musicians and scholars. Housed in a stunning 15th-century Venetian-style palace with three stories of galleries surrounding a sun- and flower-filled courtyard, the museum provides an unusual backdrop for the viewing of art. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's preeminent collection contains more than 2,500 paintings, sculptures, tapestries, furniture, manuscripts, rare books and decorative arts. The galleries house works by some of the most recognized artists in the world, including Titian, Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, Manet, Degas, Whistler and Sargent. The spirit of the architecture, the personal character of the arrangements and the artistic display of the enchanting courtyard in full bloom all create an atmosphere that distinguishes the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum as an intimate and culturally-rich treasure. |
 Boston Duck ToursPrudential Center (617) 723-DUCK http://www.bostonducktours.com Walking time from main quad: 10 minutes You've never toured Boston in anything that comes close to Boston Duck Tours. The fun begins as soon as you board your "Duck," an authentic, renovated World War II amphibious landing vehicle. You'll cruise by all the places that make Boston the birthplace of freedom and a city of firsts, from the golden-domed State House to Bunker Hill and the Fleet Center, Boston Common and Copley Square to the Big Dig, Government Center to fashionable Newbury Street, Quincy Market to the Prudential Tower, and more. And just when you think you've seen it all, you'll splash down into the Charles River for a breathtaking view of the Boston and Cambridge skylines — the kind of view you just won't get anywhere else. |
 First Church of Christ, ScientistChristian Science Plaza 175 Huntington Ave. (617) 450-3790 http://www.tfccs.com Walking time from main quad: 5 minutes The First Church of Christ, Scientist, is located on the 14-acre Christian Science Plaza in Boston's Back Bay, and is the international headquarters for the denomination. One of the largest churches in New England, The Mother Church consists of the Romanesque Original Church Edifice (1894) with the bell tower and stained glass windows, facing the reflecting pool, and the larger Church Extension (1906), of Renaissance and Byzantine architecture, which faces Massachusetts Avenue. Tours of the Original Church and the Extension are available Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sundays at 11:30 a.m. Follow these links to help you get around Boston:  Boston.com Boston Online Dining Out Map of Boston MBTA (public transportation) Mass. Office of Travel and Tourism Massport (Logan Airport) Weather Information |
