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Adams Field
One Merrymount Parkway
Quincy, MA 02170
Phone: 617-984-6612, 617-376-1390
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1000 Marriott Drive
Quincy, MA 02169
Phone: (617) 472-1000
Fax: (617) 472-7095
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Family Pass Tickets are $50.00 for 4, (2 adults, 2 children) Individual Tickets are $30.00 For more information, call 617-376-1203
Tickets are available in the following locations:
Beacon Sports 1240 Furnace Brook ParkwayThe Sons Of Italy 120 Quarry St.
Paul's Barbershop Beale St. Wollaston.
K.C. Sports Cards Quincy Center.
Mason's Shell Hancock St. Wollaston.
Rocco and Sons Barbershop Franklin St.
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BOSTON CHILDREN’S MUSEUM – 300 Congress St., Boston. Exhibits: Airplay. Arthur & Friends. Art Studio. Berenstain Bears. Boats Afloat. Boston Black. The Common. Construction Zone. The Gallery. Global Gallery. Japanese House. Johnny's Workbench. Kid Power. KidStage. New Balance Climb. PlaySpace. The Recycle Shop. Science Playground. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.-Thurs.; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Fri.. Admission: $1, 5-9 p.m. Fridays. All other times: $10, adults; $8, ages 2-15 and seniors; $2, age 1 and free under age 1. 617-426-6500, www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org.
CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD VISITOR CENTER – Bunker Hill Pavilion, Constitution Road, Charlestown. Ongoing exhibits: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily, Whites of Their Eyes - Multimedia presentation on the Battle of Bunker Hill. $4, $3 seniors, $2 children. USS Constitution winter hours: 10 a.m.-3:50 p.m. Thurs -Sun. Tours every 30 minutes ending at 3:30 p.m. USS Constitution Museum, daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m., free admission. 617-242-5601, www.nps.gov.
FENWAY PARK TOURS – 4 Yawkey Way, Boston. In season, tours leave on the hour from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. or 3.5 hours prior to game time. Off-season: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. $12, $11 seniors, $10 children and members of military and active reserve. Twilight Tours on non-game days 5 and 6 p.m. through Sept. 30. $25 per person. 617-226-6666, mlb.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/tour.jsp, tours@redsox.com.
FRANKLIN PARK ZOO – Columbia Road and Blue Hill Avenue, Dorchester. Exhibits: Tiger Tales, Snakes, Franklin Farm, Giraffe Savannah, Kalahari Kingdom, Butterfly Landing, Tropical Forest, Australian Outback Trail, Serengeti Crossing, Butterfly Landing, Bird’s World. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat.-Sun., holidays. $11 adults, $9.50 seniors; $6 children 2-12, free admission for children under 2. Half price admission on the first Sat. of the month, 10 a.m.- noon. 617-442-2002, www.zoonewengland.org.
HARVARD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY – 26 Oxford St., Cambridge. Exhibits: Through Feb. 8, Looking at Leaves: Photographs by Amanda Means. Through Jan. 4, Sea Creatures in Glass; Through August, Nests and Eggs. Ongoing: Arthropods: Creatures that Rule; Blaschka Glass Flowers, dinosaurs, meteorites, hundreds of animals, more. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free to Massachusetts residents, Sundays 9 a.m.-noon. $9, $7 seniors/students, $6 children ages 3-18, free under 3. 617-495-3045. www.hmnh.harvard.edu.
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART – 100 Northern Ave., Boston. Through Sept. 7, Anish Kapoor: Past, Present, Future. Through Oct. 26, Momentum 11: Nicholas Hlobo. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Wed., Sat.-Sun.; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thurs.-Fri. $12, $10 seniors/students, free for children 17 and younger; free 5-9 p.m. Thursday. 617-478-3110, www.icaboston.org.
ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM – 280 The Fenway, Boston. Through Sept. 28, Luisa Rabbia: Travels with Isabella. $12 adults, $10 seniors, $5 students, free for children 18 and younger. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sun. 617-566-1401, www.gardnermuseum.org.
JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM – Columbia Point, Dorchester. Through fall 2008, Shaping Up America: JFK, Sports and the Call to Physical Fitness. Jacqueline Kennedy Entertains: The Art of the White House Dinner. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Admission: $10 adults, $8 seniors/students, $7 children 13-17, free for children 11 and younger. 617-929-4571, www.jfklibrary.org.
LONGFELLOW NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE – Longfellow House, 105 Brattle St., Cambridge. Free. 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wed.-Sun. House tour schedule through Sept. 30: 10:30 and 11:30 a.m.; 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. Wed.-Sun. $3, free for children 15 and younger. 617-876-4491, www.nps.gov/long.
MARY BAKER EDDY LIBRARY – 200 Massachusetts Ave., Boston. Through Dec. 31, Private Carriage, Public Journey, Mary Baker Eddy’s carriages. Exhibits: Verse-maker: Poetry and Mary Baker Eddy. Sensational Press: Radical Response examines the influence of The Christian Science Monitor. The Mapparium. Historic Bible Collection. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Sun. $6, $4 seniors/students, $4 ages 6 through 17. 617-450-7000, www.mbelibrary.org.
M.I.T. MUSEUM – 265 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. Exhibits: Robots & Beyond: Exploring Artificial Intelligence. Flashes Of Inspiration: The Work of Harold Edgerton. Holography: The Light Fantastic. Gestural Engineering: The Sculpture of Arthur Ganson. Mind and Hand: The Making of MIT Scientists and Engineers. Learning Lab: The Cell. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Fri.; noon-5 p.m. Sat.-Sun. $5, $2 youth under 18, seniors/students; free for children 4 and younger. Free the third Sunday of each month. 617-253-4444, www.web.mit.edu/museum.
MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY – 46 Joy St., Boston. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Sat. 617-725-0022. 11 a.m. Aug. 19, 26, Beacon Hill’s Underground Railroad. Aug. 21, 28, Abolitionist Churches and Ministers of Beacon Hill. Aug. 15, 22, Black Bostonians of the Revolutionary War Era. 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. Mon.-Sat., free guided tours of the Black Heritage Trail. Meet at Boston African American National Historic Site, Robert Gould Shaw Memorial, Beacon Street, Boston. 617-742-5415, www.afroammuseum.org.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS – 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. Through Sept. 14, Zang Daqian: Painter, Collector, Forger. Through Sept. 22, Preserving History, Making History: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Through Dec. 7, Winslow Homer: American Scenes. Through Jan. 5, Great Company: Portraits by European Masters. Hours: 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; 10 a.m.-9:45 p.m. Wed.-Fri.; 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Admission good for 2 visits in 10 days, excluding Gund gallery : $17 adults, $15, seniors; free for children 1-17 ($8.50 during school hours); free for children younger than 7. Wed. after 4 p.m., admission by voluntary contribution. Information, 617-267-9300, www.mfa.org.
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE – Science Park, Boston. Baseball as America, Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. presents over 500 artifacts to tell baseball’s story. Double Exposure: Photographing Global Climate Change. Temporary exhibit, CSI: The Experience. Permanent exhibits: Making Models. The Computing Revolution. A Bird’s World. Dinosaurs: Modeling the Mesozoic. WeatherWise, others. Planetarium shows: Far Far Away: The Worlds of Star Wars. Into the Unknown: Exploring the Deepest Mysteries of the Universe. The Sky Tonight. Laser Shows: Laser Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon. Laser Beatles. Laser U2. Laser Magic. Laser Zeppelin. Friday Night Stargazing: 8:30-10 p.m., weather permitting. Exhibit halls summer hours through Sept. 3, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat.-Thurs.; 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Fri. Admission: exhibit halls, $17 adults, $15 seniors, $14 children 3-11. Omni Theater, Planetarium, $9 adults, $8 seniors, $7 children 3-11. 617-723-2500, www.mos.org.
NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM – Central Wharf, Boston. Exhibits: Amazing Jellies. Amazon Rainforest. Atlantic Harbor Seals. Giant Ocean Tank. Penguins. Seadragons. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sun.-Thurs.; 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Fri.-Sat. $19.95 adults; $11.95 children 3-11; $17.95 seniors 60+. 617-973-5206, www.neaq.org.
OLD STATE HOUSE – State and Washington streets, Boston. Exhibits: The Old State House: A Hands On History. Our Favorite Things. The Boston Massacre: A Sound and Light Show. From Colony to Commonwealth. Treasures from The Bostonian Society's Collections. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. $3 adults, $2.50 students/seniors, $1 children. Members, Boston school children and Boston seniors, free. 617-720-1713, www.bostonhistory.org.
PAUL REVERE HOUSE – 19 North Square, Boston. Exhibits: The Paul Revere House: A Home in Five Centuries. Paul Revere and Prelude to Revolution: The Massacre, Tea Party and Midnight Ride. Admission: $3 adults, $2.50 students/seniors, $1 children 5-17. 9:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m. daily. Closed Mondays in January, February, March and on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day. 617-523-2338, www.paulreverehouse.org.
VINTAGE BASEBALL – Georges Island, Boston Harbor. 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Aug. 23, Melrose Pondfeilders vs. Fitchburg Rollstones. 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Aug. 24, All-Star Game, and special visit by the Red Sox 2007 World Series trophy. Boston Harbor Island Express Ferries from Long Wharf, Boston; Hingham Shipyard, Hingham; Pemberton Point, Hull. $14, $10 seniors, $8 children 3-11, $42 family four pack. www.Bostonharborislands.org.
Here is a list of museums, events, and places in nearby Boston and Cambridge that you might want to see while you're visiting.
BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE - Places to visit, things to do
BOSTON CHILDREN’S MUSEUM – 300 Congress St., Boston. Exhibits: Airplay. Arthur & Friends. Art Studio. Berenstain Bears. Boats Afloat. Boston Black. The Common. Construction Zone. The Gallery. Global Gallery. Japanese House. Johnny's Workbench. Kid Power. KidStage. New Balance Climb. PlaySpace. The Recycle Shop. Science Playground. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.-Thurs.; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Fri.. Admission: $1, 5-9 p.m. Fridays. All other times: $10, adults; $8, ages 2-15 and seniors; $2, age 1 and free under age 1. 617-426-6500, www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org.
CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD VISITOR CENTER – Bunker Hill Pavilion, Constitution Road, Charlestown. Ongoing exhibits: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily, Whites of Their Eyes - Multimedia presentation on the Battle of Bunker Hill. $4, $3 seniors, $2 children. USS Constitution winter hours: 10 a.m.-3:50 p.m. Thurs -Sun. Tours every 30 minutes ending at 3:30 p.m. USS Constitution Museum, daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m., free admission. 617-242-5601, www.nps.gov.
FENWAY PARK TOURS – 4 Yawkey Way, Boston. In season, tours leave on the hour from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. or 3.5 hours prior to game time. Off-season: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. $12, $11 seniors, $10 children and members of military and active reserve. Twilight Tours on non-game days 5 and 6 p.m. through Sept. 30. $25 per person. 617-226-6666, mlb.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/tour.jsp, tours@redsox.com.
FRANKLIN PARK ZOO – Columbia Road and Blue Hill Avenue, Dorchester. Exhibits: Tiger Tales, Snakes, Franklin Farm, Giraffe Savannah, Kalahari Kingdom, Butterfly Landing, Tropical Forest, Australian Outback Trail, Serengeti Crossing, Butterfly Landing, Bird’s World. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat.-Sun., holidays. $11 adults, $9.50 seniors; $6 children 2-12, free admission for children under 2. Half price admission on the first Sat. of the month, 10 a.m.- noon. 617-442-2002, www.zoonewengland.org.
HARVARD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY – 26 Oxford St., Cambridge. Exhibits: Through Feb. 8, Looking at Leaves: Photographs by Amanda Means. Through Jan. 4, Sea Creatures in Glass; Through August, Nests and Eggs. Ongoing: Arthropods: Creatures that Rule; Blaschka Glass Flowers, dinosaurs, meteorites, hundreds of animals, more. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free to Massachusetts residents, Sundays 9 a.m.-noon. $9, $7 seniors/students, $6 children ages 3-18, free under 3. 617-495-3045. www.hmnh.harvard.edu.
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART – 100 Northern Ave., Boston. Through Sept. 7, Anish Kapoor: Past, Present, Future. Through Oct. 26, Momentum 11: Nicholas Hlobo. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Wed., Sat.-Sun.; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thurs.-Fri. $12, $10 seniors/students, free for children 17 and younger; free 5-9 p.m. Thursday. 617-478-3110, www.icaboston.org.
ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM – 280 The Fenway, Boston. Through Sept. 28, Luisa Rabbia: Travels with Isabella. $12 adults, $10 seniors, $5 students, free for children 18 and younger. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sun. 617-566-1401, www.gardnermuseum.org.
JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM – Columbia Point, Dorchester. Through fall 2008, Shaping Up America: JFK, Sports and the Call to Physical Fitness. Jacqueline Kennedy Entertains: The Art of the White House Dinner. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Admission: $10 adults, $8 seniors/students, $7 children 13-17, free for children 11 and younger. 617-929-4571, www.jfklibrary.org.
LONGFELLOW NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE – Longfellow House, 105 Brattle St., Cambridge. Free. 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wed.-Sun. House tour schedule through Sept. 30: 10:30 and 11:30 a.m.; 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. Wed.-Sun. $3, free for children 15 and younger. 617-876-4491, www.nps.gov/long.
MARY BAKER EDDY LIBRARY – 200 Massachusetts Ave., Boston. Through Dec. 31, Private Carriage, Public Journey, Mary Baker Eddy’s carriages. Exhibits: Verse-maker: Poetry and Mary Baker Eddy. Sensational Press: Radical Response examines the influence of The Christian Science Monitor. The Mapparium. Historic Bible Collection. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Sun. $6, $4 seniors/students, $4 ages 6 through 17. 617-450-7000, www.mbelibrary.org.
M.I.T. MUSEUM – 265 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. Exhibits: Robots & Beyond: Exploring Artificial Intelligence. Flashes Of Inspiration: The Work of Harold Edgerton. Holography: The Light Fantastic. Gestural Engineering: The Sculpture of Arthur Ganson. Mind and Hand: The Making of MIT Scientists and Engineers. Learning Lab: The Cell. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Fri.; noon-5 p.m. Sat.-Sun. $5, $2 youth under 18, seniors/students; free for children 4 and younger. Free the third Sunday of each month. 617-253-4444, www.web.mit.edu/museum.
MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY – 46 Joy St., Boston. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Sat. 617-725-0022. 11 a.m. Aug. 19, 26, Beacon Hill’s Underground Railroad. Aug. 21, 28, Abolitionist Churches and Ministers of Beacon Hill. Aug. 15, 22, Black Bostonians of the Revolutionary War Era. 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. Mon.-Sat., free guided tours of the Black Heritage Trail. Meet at Boston African American National Historic Site, Robert Gould Shaw Memorial, Beacon Street, Boston. 617-742-5415, www.afroammuseum.org.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS – 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. Through Sept. 14, Zang Daqian: Painter, Collector, Forger. Through Sept. 22, Preserving History, Making History: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Through Dec. 7, Winslow Homer: American Scenes. Through Jan. 5, Great Company: Portraits by European Masters. Hours: 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; 10 a.m.-9:45 p.m. Wed.-Fri.; 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Admission good for 2 visits in 10 days, excluding Gund gallery : $17 adults, $15, seniors; free for children 1-17 ($8.50 during school hours); free for children younger than 7. Wed. after 4 p.m., admission by voluntary contribution. Information, 617-267-9300, www.mfa.org.
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE – Science Park, Boston. Baseball as America, Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. presents over 500 artifacts to tell baseball’s story. Double Exposure: Photographing Global Climate Change. Temporary exhibit, CSI: The Experience. Permanent exhibits: Making Models. The Computing Revolution. A Bird’s World. Dinosaurs: Modeling the Mesozoic. WeatherWise, others. Planetarium shows: Far Far Away: The Worlds of Star Wars. Into the Unknown: Exploring the Deepest Mysteries of the Universe. The Sky Tonight. Laser Shows: Laser Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon. Laser Beatles. Laser U2. Laser Magic. Laser Zeppelin. Friday Night Stargazing: 8:30-10 p.m., weather permitting. Exhibit halls summer hours through Sept. 3, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat.-Thurs.; 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Fri. Admission: exhibit halls, $17 adults, $15 seniors, $14 children 3-11. Omni Theater, Planetarium, $9 adults, $8 seniors, $7 children 3-11. 617-723-2500, www.mos.org.
NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM – Central Wharf, Boston. Exhibits: Amazing Jellies. Amazon Rainforest. Atlantic Harbor Seals. Giant Ocean Tank. Penguins. Seadragons. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sun.-Thurs.; 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Fri.-Sat. $19.95 adults; $11.95 children 3-11; $17.95 seniors 60+. 617-973-5206, www.neaq.org.
OLD STATE HOUSE – State and Washington streets, Boston. Exhibits: The Old State House: A Hands On History. Our Favorite Things. The Boston Massacre: A Sound and Light Show. From Colony to Commonwealth. Treasures from The Bostonian Society's Collections. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. $3 adults, $2.50 students/seniors, $1 children. Members, Boston school children and Boston seniors, free. 617-720-1713, www.bostonhistory.org.
PAUL REVERE HOUSE – 19 North Square, Boston. Exhibits: The Paul Revere House: A Home in Five Centuries. Paul Revere and Prelude to Revolution: The Massacre, Tea Party and Midnight Ride. Admission: $3 adults, $2.50 students/seniors, $1 children 5-17. 9:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m. daily. Closed Mondays in January, February, March and on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day. 617-523-2338, www.paulreverehouse.org.
VINTAGE BASEBALL – Georges Island, Boston Harbor. 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Aug. 23, Melrose Pondfeilders vs. Fitchburg Rollstones. 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Aug. 24, All-Star Game, and special visit by the Red Sox 2007 World Series trophy. Boston Harbor Island Express Ferries from Long Wharf, Boston; Hingham Shipyard, Hingham; Pemberton Point, Hull. $14, $10 seniors, $8 children 3-11, $42 family four pack. www.Bostonharborislands.org.
For more information on things to see and do in Boston go to www.cityofboston.gov/visitors/
