Tanner Fountain

Tanner Fountain is a fountain in City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Tanner Fountain is situated near Cabot Science Library, as well as near Science Center Plaza.

Places of Interest Nearby

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

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 900 feet northeast of Tanner Fountain.

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 900 feet southeast of Tanner Fountain.

Fogg Museum

Museum

Photo: Daderot, Public domain.

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. Fogg Museum is situated 920 feet southeast of Tanner Fountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baldwin and Old Cambridge Historic District.

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.

Old Cambridge Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Old Cambridge Historic District is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts that dates to colonial times.

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.

Tanner Fountain

Type: Fountain
Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.37599° or 42° 22′ 34″ north

Longitude

-71.11637° or 71° 6′ 59″ west

Operator

Harvard University

Open location code

87JC9VGM+9F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 936540252

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=fountain

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Cabot Science Library and Science Center Plaza.

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