Harvard Book Store

Harvard Book Store is an independent and locally owned seller of used, new, and bargain books in 's . Harvard Book Store was established in 1932 by Mark Kramer, father of longtime owner Frank Kramer, and originally sold used textbooks to students.
  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Saturday: 9:00 AM—10:00 PM
    Sunday: 10:00 AM—9:00 PM
  • Email: info@harvard.com
  • Type: Bookstore
  • Description: shopping mall in Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Address: 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Harvard Art Museums and Fogg Museum.

Museum
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
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 850 feet northeast of Harvard Book Store.

Museum
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
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 730 feet northeast of Harvard Book Store.

Restaurant
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
Mr. Bartley's Burger Cottage is a hamburger restaurant across the street from Harvard Yard in . It is known for the wide variety of toppings on its griddle-cooked hamburgers, each with a colorful name, and for its décor reminiscent of a "dorm room", including cheesy slogans, stolen street signs, political ephemera, and so on.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riverside and Mid-Cambridge.

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

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

Harvard Book Store

Latitude
42.37254° or 42° 22′ 21″ north
Longitude
-71.11636° or 71° 6′ 59″ west
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
87JC9VFM+2F
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

“Harvard Book Store” goes by many names.
  • Latin: “Harvard Book Store”

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