The Tortoise and the Hare
The Tortoise and the Hare is a 1994 bronze sculpture by Nancy Schön, installed in Boston's Copley Square, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The work references one of Aesop's Fables, The Tortoise and the Hare, and commemorates Boston Marathon participants.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: sculpture in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Copley station and Statue of John Singleton Copley.
Copley station
Railway station
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Copley station is an underground light rail station on the MBTA Green Line, located in the Back Bay section of Boston, Massachusetts. Located in and named after Copley Square, the station has entrances and exits along Boylston Street and Dartmouth Street. Copley station is situated 520 feet west of The Tortoise and the Hare.
Statue of John Singleton Copley
Work of art
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
A statue of painter John Singleton Copley by Lewis Cohen is installed in Boston's Copley Square, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The bronze sculpture was installed in 2002.
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Library
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special collections center in Boston, Massachusetts with research, educational, and exhibition programs relating to historical geography. Norman B. Leventhal Map Center is situated 700 feet southwest of The Tortoise and the Hare.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Back Bay and Back Bay-Beacon Hill.
Back Bay
Suburb
Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of Boston's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.
Back Bay-Beacon Hill
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of Boston's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.
Bay Village
Neighborhood
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
Bay Village is the smallest officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. As of 2010, its population was approximately 1,312 residents living in 837 housing units, most of which are small brick rowhouses.
The Tortoise and the Hare
- Categories: sculpture and tourism
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.35022° or 42° 21′ 1″ northLongitude
-71.07581° or 71° 4′ 33″ westInception
1994Open location code
87JC9W2F+3MOpenStreetMap ID
node 7055171485OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q85808662
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