City of Somerville

City of Somerville is a locality in Middlesex, Massachusetts. City of Somerville is situated nearby to the locality Sommerville, as well as near the neighborhood Winter Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Harvard College Observatory and Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.

Harvard College Observatory

Observatory

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The Harvard College Observatory is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cambridge and Somerville.

Cambridge

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Cambridge is a city in Massachusetts, across the Charles River from Boston. It is renowned as the home of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both widely considered to be among the best universities in the world.

Somerville

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Older Bostonians might still derisively call it "Slummerville", but today that tired old moniker couldn't be further from the truth. Packed with upwardly mobile professionals and longtime residents, Somerville is often voted an "All-America City" and the best-run city in Massachusetts.

Medford

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Medford is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the time of the 2020 United States census, Medford's population was 59,659. It is home to Tufts University, which has its campus on both sides of the Medford and Somerville border.

City of Somerville

Type: Locality with 75,800 residents
Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.3907° or 42° 23′ 27″ north

Longitude

-71.1013° or 71° 6′ 5″ west

Population

75,800

Elevation

59 feet (18 metres)

Open location code

87JC9VRX+7F

GeoNames ID

4951267

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