Harvard University ★5.0

How to Get There

From Downtown Boston hotels: Take the MBTA Red Line toward Alewife and exit at Harvard Square station; Harvard University’s main campus, including Harvard Yard, is located immediately outside the station in Cambridge.

Overview

Harvard University, founded in 1636 in Cambridge, is the oldest institution of higher learning in the U.S. and an Ivy League school. Its main campus is centered on Harvard Yard, about three miles west of downtown Boston, and it has more Nobel Prize winners among its alumni and faculty than any other university in the world. It is a top attraction for visitors, with free student-led campus tours.

Highlights

• Harvard Yard: the historic center with Widener Library, Memorial Church, and University Hall
• Museums: the Harvard Art Museums (Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Sackler) and the Harvard Museum of Natural History
• Library: Widener Library, part of a system of nearly 80 libraries and the largest academic library in the world
• Other campuses: the Business School and Harvard Stadium in Allston, and the medical schools in Longwood

Sports

• The Harvard Crimson compete in the Ivy League; the annual football game against Yale ("The Game") is a national rivalry

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