Academy of Arts and Sciences Headquarters

Academy of Arts and Sciences Headquarters is a public building in City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts which is located on Irving Street. Academy of Arts and Sciences Headquarters is situated nearby to the recreation area Durrell Playground And Community Garden, as well as near the park Shady Hill Square.

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Type: Public building
Description: building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Also known as: “House of the Academy”
Address: 136 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA 02143

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 1,600 feet southwest of Academy of Arts and Sciences Headquarters.

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 1,700 feet southwest of Academy of Arts and Sciences Headquarters.

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 2,600 feet southwest of Academy of Arts and Sciences Headquarters.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baldwin and Spring Hill.

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.

Spring Hill

Neighborhood

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Spring Hill is a ridge in the central part of the city of Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, and the residential neighborhood that sits atop it.

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.

Academy of Arts and Sciences Headquarters

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

42.38074° or 42° 22′ 51″ north

Longitude

-71.11028° or 71° 6′ 37″ west

Elevation

33 feet (10 metres)

Open location code

87JC9VJQ+7V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29532518

OpenStreetMap feature

building=civic

Wikidata ID

Q124614986

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In Other Languages

“Academy of Arts and Sciences Headquarters” goes by many names.

German: “Academy of Arts and Sciences Headquarters”
German: “American Academy of Arts and Sciences”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Durrell Playground And Community Garden and Shady Hill Square.

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