Boston Museum, Natural history and art museums in downtown Boston, United States.
The Harvard Museum of Natural History displays 11,000 specimens from Harvard collections, including minerals, fossils, and preserved animals.
Established in 1841, the Boston Museum combined natural history collections with art exhibitions, setting a precedent for educational institutions in Massachusetts.
The museum's Glass Flowers gallery contains detailed botanical models created by the Blaschka family, representing plants from different regions.
The museum welcomes visitors daily from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with discounted admission for students, seniors, and children under 18.
The institution houses the single mounted skeleton of a 42-foot Kronosaurus, making it a central point for paleontology research.
Location: Boston
Inception: 1841
GPS coordinates: 42.35860,-71.05960
Latest update: March 9, 2025 23:30
Old State House
172 m
King's Chapel
69 m
King's Chapel Burying Ground
74 m
Old City Hall
88 m
Boston Irish Famine Memorial
162 m
City Hall Plaza
194 m
Ames Building
136 m
Tremont Temple
157 m
One Boston Place
99 m
Statue of Benjamin Franklin
74 m
One Beacon Street
101 m
Suffolk County Courthouse
147 m
28 State Street
190 m
Province House
168 m
Provident Institution for Savings in the Town of Boston
16 m
Improv Asylum
159 m
Democratic Donkey
86 m
Cornhill
168 m
City Carpet
81 m
Social Law Library
128 m
Statue of Josiah Quincy III
85 m
Irish Famine Memorial
161 m
Winthrop Building
176 m
Sears' Crescent and Sears' Block
95 m
Second Brazer Building
153 m
Horticultural Hall
112 m
Old South Meeting House
182 m
One Devonshire Place
185 mReviews
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