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CARPENTER CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS
Location: Cambridge
Harvard University, 24 Quincy St., 617-495-3251. Main Gallery: Mon–Sat 9 a.m.–11 p.m., Sun noon–11 p.m.; Sert Gallery: Tue–Sun 1–5 p.m. Free admission. Housed in the only building in North America designed by famed French architect Le Corbusier, the Carpenter Center exhibits modern paintings, drawings and sculptures.The fifth floor Sert Gallery is home to works by contemporary artists, while innovative artwork of the Harvard Department of Visual and Enviromental Studies is displayed in the main gallery. Special exhibits: Paul Chan: Three Easy Pieces; through Dec 7—Lossless: Rebecca Baron & Doug Goodwin.
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HARVARD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Location: Cambridge
Telephone : 617-495-3045
26 Oxford St., 617-495-3045. Daily 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Admission: $9; seniors & students $7; children (3–18) $6. Among the museum’s 17 galleries is the internationally acclaimed Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants, a unique collection of over 3,000 glass flower models created between 1886 and 1936. Special exhibits: Dodos, Trilobites and Meteorites; Climate Change: Our Global Experiment; Sea Creatures in Glass; Looking at Leaves: Photographs by Amanda Means; Language of Color.
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MIT LIST VISUAL ARTS CENTER
Location: Cambridge
Telephone : 617-253-4680
20 Ames St., 617-253-4680. Tue, Wed & Fri–Sun noon–6 p.m., Thu ’til 8 p.m. Free admission. One of Boston’s premier showcases for contemporary art, the List Center reflects MIT’s position as a cutting-edge research institution by presenting works from the world’s leading contemporary artists. Special exhibits: Adel Abdessemed: Situation and Practice; On the Media Test Wall: The Space Between the Teeth.
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THE MIT MUSEUM
Location: Cambridge
Telephone : 617-253-4444
265 Massachusetts Ave., 617-253-4444. Daily 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Admission: $7.50; children $3. Exhibits interpret themes and ideas related to MIT research and activities. Ongoing exhibits: The Mark Epstein Innovation Gallery; Mind and Hand: The Making of MIT Scientists and Engineers; Holography: The Light Fantastic; Robots and Beyond: Exploring Artificial Intelligence at MIT; Gestural Engineering: The Sculpture of Arthur Ganson; Flashes of Inspiration: The Work of Harold Edgerton; Deep Frontiers: Ocean Engineering at MIT; Learning Lab: The Cell; Red Lines, Death Vows, Foreclosures, Risk Structures: Architectures of Finance from the Great Depression to the Sub-Prime Meltdown.
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SACKLER MUSEUM
Location: Cambridge
Telephone : 617-495-9400
485 Broadway, 617-495-9400. Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Sun 1–5 p.m. Admission: $9; seniors $7; children (18 and under) free. Designed by James Stirling, Britain’s famous post-modernist architect, the Sackler boasts pieces from Harvard’s extensive art collection spanning centuries and encompassing one end of the globe to the other. Special exhibit: Re-View, a collection of highlights from the Harvard Art Museum.
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