Harvard-Yenching Library

Harvard-Yenching Library is a library in City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts which is located on Divinity Avenue. Harvard-Yenching Library is situated nearby to Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, as well as near Harvard Museum of Natural History.

Opening hours:
Monday—Thursday: 9:00 AM—8:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
Saturday—Sunday: noon—5:00 PM
Type: Library
Address: 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and Harvard Museum of Natural History.

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

Museum

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The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is a museum affiliated with Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1866, the Peabody Museum is one of the oldest and largest museums focusing on anthropological material, with particular focus on the ethnography and archaeology of the Americas. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is situated 370 feet northwest of Harvard-Yenching Library.

Harvard Museum of Natural History

Museum

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The Harvard Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum housed in the University Museum Building, located on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard Museum of Natural History is situated 590 feet northwest of Harvard-Yenching Library.

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 1,300 feet south of Harvard-Yenching Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baldwin and Mid-Cambridge.

Baldwin

Neighborhood

Baldwin, formerly known as Agassiz and also called Harvard North, Area 8 or Agassiz/Baldwin, is one of the thirteen neighborhoods of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

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.

Harvard-Yenching Library

Categories: building and education
Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.3777° or 42° 22′ 40″ north

Longitude

-71.11374° or 71° 6′ 49″ west

Elevation

20 feet (6 metres)

Operator

Harvard Library

Open location code

87JC9VHP+3G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29684442

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=library

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

GeoNames ID

4938997

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