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Boston is an eclectic city, noted for its theaters, museums and historic sites as well as its nightlife and sporting venues.

Boston Public Garden
Bordered by Beacon, Arlington and Boylston Streets
Boston, MA
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Boston Public Library
666 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 536-5400
Visit the official BPL site
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
301 Massachusetts Ave.
Boston, MA.
(617) 266-1492
Visit the official Symphony orchestra site
(Get Directions)

Boston Tea Party Ship & Museum
Congress Street Bridge
Boston, MA.
(617) 338-1773
(Get Directions)

Bull & Finch Pub "Cheers"
84 Beacon St.
Boston, MA.
(617) 227-9605
(Get Directions)

Bunker Hill Museum
46 Monument Square
Charlestown, MA 02129
(617) 242-1843
(Get Directions)

Children's Museum
300 Congress St. Boston, MA
(617) 426-8855
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Computer Museum
300 Congress St. Boston, MA.
(617) 423-6758
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Franklin Park Zoo
1 Franklin Park Rd.
Boston, MA 02121
(617) 442-2002

Historic Faneuil Hall
0 Faneuil Hall Square
Boston, MA 02108
617-723-1776
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
280 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 566-1401
Visit the official Gardner Museum site
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John F Kennedy Library-Museum
Columbia Point
Dorchester, MA 02125
(617) 929-4523
(Get Directions)

John Hancock Observatory
200 Clarendon St.
60th Fl.
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 572-6429
(617) 247-1977
(Get Directions)

Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 267-9300
Visit the official MFA site
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Museum Of Science
1 Science Park
Boston, MA
(617) 723-2500
(Get Directions)

New England Aquarium
Central Wharf
Boston, MA 02110
(617) 973-5205
(Get Directions)

New England Conservatory of Music
290 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 262-1120
(617) 536-2412
(Get Directions)

The Skywalk Observatory
Prudential Tower
800 Boylston St., 50th Fl.
Boston, MA 02199
(617) 236-3318
(617) 859-0648
(Get Directions)

USS "Constitution"
Pier 1
Charlestown Navy Yard
Charlestown, MA 02129
(617) 242-5670
(617) 242-5671
(Get Directions)

Wang Center for the Performing Arts
268 Tremont St.
Boston, MA.
(617) 482-9393
(Visit the Wang Center site)




 


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