The MIT Museum is a place that explores invention, ideas, and innovation. Home to renowned collections in science and technology, holography, architecture and design, nautical engineering and history,

Harvard's oldest art museum, the Fogg has a collection of Western artworks from the Middle Ages to modern. Don't miss the Wertheim Collection, on the second floor, which is one of the best displays of Impressionist and post-Impressionist pieces in the U.S..

One of the world's leading educational institutions, with an emphasis on math and sciences, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is located on the banks of the Charles River . The M.I.T. campus includes many modern buildings designed by famous architects and is worth an explore.

Originally called the "Museum of Vegetable Products" when it was founded in 1858, today this museum focuses on the study of useful plants and economic botany.

Art museum that features 1920s abstract art, German Expressionist art and interesting materials including Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque pieces.

Harvard's newest art museum specializes in Ancient, Asian, Islamic, and Later Indian art.

View collections from Western nations, German-speaking countries and ancient Asian and Islamic regions by visiting the Fogg Art Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, and Arthur M. Sackler Museum respectively.

An integral part of the Harvard University Library system, the collection numbers more than 274,000 volumes of monographs and journals plus a collection of archival materials and natural history art.

The Peabody Museum is the region's principle world cultures museum, with vast collections from North America, ancient Mesoamerica, Africa, and Oceania. Changing exhibits explore human societies and culture from prehistory to the present. Experience the Plains Indian wars from the Lakota perspective, marvel at the spectacular wall paintings of the Maya, Moche, and American southwest, and explore the many island cultures of the Pacific.

Small ceramics gallery with a selection from some of the best potters in the Boston area.