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Theatre

• Bostix is one of the best deals in Boston. It offers half-price tickets after 11 a.m. to performances all over town on the day of the show (cash only). Check the site for locations of ticket booths and what's on sale today.
• The Office for the Arts at Harvard, located in Holyoke Center, sells tickets for current programs and events at Harvard.
• The American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) on Brattle Street, is a non-profit resident theatre affiliated with Harvard, which has been active since 1966 as a professional producing organization and a theatrical training conservatory. It draws its wide-ranging repertory from new American plays, neglected works from the past, and classic texts re-examined through unconventional productions. Student Passes offer 5 tickets for just $60 - save 80% from regular ticket prices. There are also student rush tickets: a college or university student with a valid student ID can purchase a Student Rush ticket for $12 in cash, in person at the box office only, 30 minutes before curtain time. Only one ticket can be purchased per ID.

Museums

• Museums at Harvard are all free with your student I.D. Many of them are within a five-minute walk.
• The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is right around the corner.
• The Harvard Museum of Natural History is back-to-back with the Peabody Museum and is a wonderful place to view rooms of an extensive mineral collection, the famous glass flowers, and displays of, sometimes extinct, taxidermied animals.
• The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) on Garden Street has monthly "Observatory Nights" on the third Thursday of every month. It also holds a Children's Night. For more information go to Events.
• The Museum of Fine Arts is the largest museum in Boston. It has a great collection and a great movie series and, with your Harvard ID, admission is free.
• The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, around the corner from the MFA, was built in the style of a 15th century Venetian palace. It has paintings by Titian, Botticelli, Raphael, Rembrandt and Sargent. Concerts are also held on Sundays at 1:30 pm.
• The Institute for Contemporary Art has an interesting collection of photography and modern art. The ICA just awarded their new museum building to be designed along the waterfront by Diller and Scofidio.
• The New England Aquarium has an enormous, three-story fish tank in the heart of the building with ramps wrapped around it. It also offers whale watch tours, sea lions, and special exhibits.
• The Science Museum and Omni Theatre are a favorite for all ages. Lines can be long so order your tickets via their website.
• Boston African-American National Historic Site
  History of Boston's 19th-century African-American community on Beacon Hill. See the African Meeting House and walk the Black Heritage Trail.
• John F. Kennedy Library and Museum

Museums Farther Afield

• Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College, designed by Rafael Moneo is a poem of interior space - the scissor staircase and the dramatic top floor.
• The DeCordova Museum in Lincoln is right around the corner from Walden Pond. It is a 35-acre sculpture park and museum, great for walking and/or a picnic.
• The Gropius House, just down the road from the DeCordova in Lincoln. Relive the Bauhaus days while wearing little blue protective shoes.
• The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MassMoCA) is located in a 27-building converted mill complex in the Berkshire Mountains. Well worth the 130 mile drive out there.