Memorial Hall

Memorial Hall, immediately north of Harvard Yard on the Harvard University campus in , is a High Victorian Gothic building honoring Harvard University alumni's sacrifices in defending the Union during the American Civil War‍—‌"a symbol of 's commitment to the Unionist cause and the abolitionist movement in America".
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and Harvard Art Museums.

Museum
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The is a museum affiliated with Harvard University in , 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. is situated 800 feet north of Memorial Hall.

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The 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 Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. is situated 720 feet south of Memorial Hall.

Museum
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The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the , 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. is situated 780 feet south of Memorial Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baldwin and Mid-Cambridge.

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

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

Neighborhood
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The is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of that dates to colonial times.

Memorial Hall

Latitude
42.37602° or 42° 22′ 34″ north
Longitude
-71.11508° or 71° 6′ 54″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Inception
1877
Height
79 feet (24 metres)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
87JC9VGM+CX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29530473
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Geo­Names ID
4943710
Wiki­data ID
Q6815427
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Japanese—“Memorial Hall” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “মেমোরিয়াল হল (হার্ভার্ড বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়)”
  • Bengali: “মেমোরিয়াল হল”
  • Chinese: “桑德斯劇場”
  • Indonesian: “Memorial Hall (Universitas Harvard)”
  • Indonesian: “Memorial Hall”
  • Japanese: “サンダーズ・シアター”

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