Walk Inside the World: The Mapparium Globe at the Mary Baker Eddy Library
Only in Boston can a family take a walk through the center of the Earth: the Mapparium at the Mary Baker Eddy Library is a...
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Moonshots and a Sailboat: Family Discovery at the JFK Presidential Library
On Columbia Point in Dorchester, I.M. Pei’s soaring JFK Presidential Library and Museum gives Boston families the Space Age at kid height: a real Mercury-era...
Otters and Owls at the Foot of the Hills: Blue Hills Trailside Museum
At the foot of Great Blue Hill in Milton, Mass Audubon’s Blue Hills Trailside Museum is where Boston families start their mountain: outdoor exhibits home...
Make Way for Family Fun: Swan Boats and Duckling Statues in the Public Garden
Boston’s Public Garden is America’s first public botanical garden – and its happiest family ritual floats: the Swan Boats, gliding around the lagoon since 1877,...
Lions, Lemurs and a Dino Dig: Stone Zoo in Stoneham for Families
Just north of Boston in Stoneham, Stone Zoo – the other half of Zoo New England – packs big-animal thrills into an easy half-day: snow...
A Living Tree Museum: Family Wanders at the Arnold Arboretum
Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain is 281 acres of the world’s trees, arranged by Olmsted into rolling hills and winding paths that families have...
Two If by Sea: A Family Visit to the Paul Revere House
The oldest house in downtown Boston – built around 1680 – was home to a silversmith with twelve children and one very famous midnight ride....
Ferry to the Islands: A Boston Harbor Islands Family Adventure
From Long Wharf, ferries carry Boston families to another world: the Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park, 34 islands of beaches, forts and trails...
Ride the Animals of the Atlantic: The Greenway Carousel in Downtown Boston
On the Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston’s carousel is one of a kind: instead of horses, children ride hand-carved animals native to New England – a...
Robots, Holograms and Big Ideas: The MIT Museum for Curious Families
At the edge of the MIT campus in Cambridge, the MIT Museum shows families where the future is being prototyped: galleries of famous robots, kinetic...
