Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library

Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library is a library in City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library is situated nearby to Harvard Square, as well as near Fogg Museum.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Harvard Art Museums and Fogg Museum.

Harvard Art Museums

Museum

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The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, and four research centers: the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art, the Harvard Art Museums Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Harvard Art Museums is situated 790 feet northeast of Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library.

Fogg Museum

Museum

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The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, and four research centers: the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art, the Harvard Art Museums Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Fogg Museum is situated 680 feet northeast of Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library.

Harvard Square

Square

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Harvard Square is a triangular plaza at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street, and John F. Kennedy Street near the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Harvard Square is situated 610 feet west of Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riverside and Mid-Cambridge.

Riverside

Suburb

Riverside, also known as "Area 7", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the north, River Street on the east, the Charles River on the south, and JFK Street on the west.

Mid-Cambridge

Suburb

Mid-Cambridge, also known as "Area 6", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the south and west, Prospect Street on the east, and Hampshire Street, the Somerville border, Kirkland Street, Quincy Street, and Cambridge Street on the north.

Old Cambridge Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Old Cambridge Historic District is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts that dates to colonial times.

Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library

Type: Library
Also known as: “Widener Library”
Category: education
Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.37315° or 42° 22′ 23″ north

Longitude

-71.11672° or 71° 7′ 0″ west

Elevation

30 feet (9 metres)

Open location code

87JC9VFM+78

GeoNames ID

4938932

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