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Highlights
- Walk MIT's riverside campus from the Harvard Bridge to the glass towers of Kendall Square.
- See Aalto's Baker House, Saarinen's chapel, the Great Dome, Calder's Big Sail and Gehry's Stata Center.
- Read a century of ideas about science in stone, bent brick, concrete, steel and glass.
- Start on a bridge measured in smoots, a unit made from one freshman in 1958.
- 9 stops over 2.4 km, about 85 minutes, with English audio you start whenever you like.
Your Experience
MIT never settled on one look. For over a century it has built its ideas about science in public, each generation in a new material, and kept them all standing a few minutes apart along the Charles River.
Begin on the Harvard Bridge, measured by students in smoots, one freshman's height at a time. Follow the river to Alvar Aalto's wave of brick at Baker House, then Eero Saarinen's brick chapel in its moat and his concrete shell that touches the ground at three points. Face the Great Dome across Killian Court, then walk past Calder's forty-foot Big Sail, past the Media Lab's aluminum veil, to Frank Gehry's tumbling Stata Center and the glass towers of Kendall Square.
Nine stops, about 2.4 km and 85 minutes, in English, at your own pace, outdoors on public sidewalks and open courts. Start whenever you like; entry to the MIT Museum is not included.
Inclusions & Exclusions
- Self-guided audio tour in English
- 9 stops, 2.4 km, 85 minutes
- Harvard Bridge, Baker House, Saarinen Chapel, Great Dome
- GPS map and walking directions in browser
- Lifetime access, start any time
- Live guide
- Fixed start time
- Museum and monument tickets
- Food and drinks
- Tips or gratuities
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Cancellation Policy
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts.