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South End (take silver line bus) line silver (take End South Atlantic Ave Atlantic Certainly there’s more than enough at the conference to keep you busy for your entire visit, but Public transportation in Boston is inexpensive This city has more sites of importance to our station Boylston should you get a jones to wander, there are distractions aplenty throughout the area. and goes almost everywhere, but different lines, political history than any other. From revolutionary South the fact that express and other trains might skip meetingplaces to early churches and cemeteries, Newbury Street is home to several dozen private galleries, many of which host openings and certain spots, and various spurs can be confusing. those interested in American history will find many receptions on weekend evenings; some of the best are MPG Contemporary (450 Harrison) and sites to visit. There are a number of 17th and 18th Street Newbury Copley Square Copley the Mercury Gallery (8 Newbury, 2nd floor; current show runs through August 11). Several people There are T stations throughout downtown, at century cemeteries in the downtown area, and all Chinatown have recommended the cartography exhibit at the Central Library (see below). The library itself Park Street (red & green lines), Boylston (silver – feature interesting examples of engraved lettering. Station) Copley to line green (take Library Central I-93 Station is definitely worth a visit simply for the interesting building itself (visit the reading room!) and actually a bus – and green; this is the closest sta- St Essex South Back Bay Back its many permanent exhibits. tion to the hotel), and Downtown Crossing (red / The Freedom Trail is an excellent way to walk St Boylston orange). The Government Center (blue / green) through some of this history. Follow 2.5 miles Park Fenway Gardner Museum – 280 The Fenway ancient weapons, and Buddhist cave-temple and State (orange / blue) stations are also nearby. of red brick or painted line through Beacon Hill, Museum Gardner Stewart Isabella The Hyatt Avery St Avery Lafayette (Green Line to Museum station) sculpture; Chinese and Korean ceramics; downtown, the North End and Charlestown. It’s an de Ave Boston University Boston One of the most underrated museums in the and Japanese woodblock prints, calligraphy, South Station, the nearest Amtrak terminal to easy walk for people of any age, and should you St Chauncy country, this Italianate/Moorish revival castle narrative paintings, and lacquer boxes. The the hotel, is also an access point to the red and get tired (or should the heat be too much), you Hospital) / Longwood to line green (take Art Mass Southwest is chock-full of great European and American Sackler is also home to paintings, drawings, silver lines; also, an orange line stop in Chinatown can jump on public transit. Call 888.733.2678 for St Tremont paintings, books, ceramics, textiles, suits of and calligraphy from Iran, India, and Turkey, and a green line stop at Arlington are nearby. information on the trail, guided tours and other armor, sculpture and much more. The court- as well as to one of America’s most important nearby historical sites. yard is especially attractive. teaching collections of Near Eastern, Roman, The green line runs mostly east-west, and north line) red take MIT; & (Harvard Cambridge Northwest Summer St Summer … Egyptian and Greek art. of downtown to Haymarket, North Station and Other sites of particular interest include: station Lechmere. Its western terminus is Riverside station. Devonshire St Crossing Federal St Federal Boston Common Boston Museum of Fine Arts – 465 Huntington Ave > The Fogg Art Museum, which opened The green line is the best way to get to Copley Harrison Gray Otis House – 141 Cambridge St. Downtown Ending on August 13, Light My Fire: Rock to the public in 1895, is Harvard’s oldest art Square, Fenway Park, and the back bay area. A This national historic landmark “exemplifies the miles) (30 Andover North in Printing of Museum St Arch Posters of the Summer of Love will pack museum. Around its Italian Renaissance spur runs to Boston College. The green line is the elegant life led by Boston’s governing class after Square Haymarket Park St station St Park oldest working subway line in the United States, the Revolution. Harrison Otis made a fortune St Washington in aging hippies, and their excellent Sargent, courtyard, based on a 16th century façade in House Revere Paul Chase & Cassatt exhibit runs through Montepulciano, Italy, are galleries illustrating and it shows. It is not a modern system like the red, developing nearby Beacon Hill, served in Congress, Pearl St Pearl September, as does Americans in Paris: the history of Western art from the Middle orange and blue lines, but uses streetcars – 130 and later was Mayor of Boston. He and his wife Cemetery Hill Copps 1860-1900. A Japanese prints show rounds Ages to the present, with strengths in Italian foot long cars that operate both below and above Sally were noted for their lavish entertaining.” Church North Old Beacon St Beacon out the schedule. Their permanent collection early Renaissance, British pre-Raphaelite, ground (where they frequently get stuck in traffic). End North includes an enormous number of great paint- and 19th century French art. Museum of Afro-American History – 46 Joy St. ings, prints, drawings and sculpture, including The red line runs mostly northwest to southeast, “A showcase of community organization & enduring Northeast & North a number of excellent contemporary pieces. The Wertheim Collection, on the 2nd floor of and along with the EZ ride bus, is the easiest way testimony to black craftsmanship.” Also the start Station Congress St Congress the Fogg, is one of America’s finest collections to get to Cambridge. The Kendall Square / MIT of the Black Heritage Trail, a 1.6 mile walk T) line blue or bus line silver (take Airport Logan … Center State St Station of Impressionist and post-Impressionist work, station gets you right to that campus, and the “encompassing the largest collection of historic Government State St State Mass Art – 621 Huntington (take Green Line and contains many famous masterworks. Central and Harvard stations will take you to that sites in the country relating to the life of a free Museum Children’s Court St Court to Longwood / Hospital station) The area’s most important Picasso collection larger university. The red line runs southeast to African American community prior to the Civil War” Museum Fire ) Beaver Mass Art is a venue for several Typecon is also found here. Quincy, and the SW spur will take you to Shawmut. (The ship & site Party Tea Boston workshops, and has a half-dozen galleries Old South Meetinghouse – 310 Washington St. crap tourist various Center Faneuil Hall & Hall Faneuil of its own, some devoted to undergraduate > The Busch-Reisinger Museum is devoted The orange line runs mostly north / south, and “Built in 1729, the Old South Meeting House was the Channel The Government Quincy Market, Quincy and thesis work and others open to special to the arts of Central & Northern Europe, with bisects the downtown area along that plane. It largest building in colonial Boston, and provided a East exhibits of area and international artists. an emphasis on German-speaking countries. goes north to Oak Grove and south to Forest Hills. stage for the drama of the American Revolution.” … The collection contains one of the leading In addition to its exhibits, this is the start point for collections of modern art from Germany, The silver line is part of the T system but not Abigal Adams & Ben Franklin-themed walking tours. Central Library – corner of Boylston and Austria, Switzerland and related cultures. a train; it’s a high-speed bus line, and from the Exeter, 1 block from Copley Square (Green downtown area runs southeast to the Marine Old State House – 206 Washington St. Line to Copley Station) The collection has large holdings of Austrian Industrial Park, and directly south to Dudley The oldest surviving public building in Boston Secession art, German expressionism, 1920s Square. It is the best way to get to the area south (1713), it is now one of Boston’s most important > film series (6 pm, Rabb Lecture Hall) abstraction and Bauhaus-related materials. of downtown on the other side of I-93. and accessible history museums. Aug 7: Lolita (1961) The collection recently expanded its holdings Aug 10: Lolita (1997) of post-war and contemporary art from The blue line is the only line which does not come Paul Revere House – 19 North Square Aug 14: The Manchurian Candidate (1962) German-speaking Europe. The collection of into the immediate vicinity of the hotel; to get on “On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere left his home for a Aug 17: The Manchurian Candidate (2004) artworks by the post-war artist Joseph Beuys it, you’ll have to transfer from the orange at State journey that would make him into a legend. That is among the world’s most comprehensive. or the green at Government Center. It runs NE to home is still standing and has become a historic > Journeys of the Imagination (through … Wonderland station. You can take the blue line to landmark. It is downtown Boston’s oldest building Aug 18): An exhibit of maps from the BPL’s dog & horse races, excellent fishing spots along and one of the few left from the colonial era.” Leventhal Map Center. This exhibit features a Museum of Printing – 800 Massachusetts the shore, and the aquarium. selection of cartographic materials exploring Ave. in North Andover, approximately 25 Old North Church – 193 Salem St. humankind’s changing perception of the world. miles north of Boston.

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