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SharpCookie232 t1_ixze6fy wrote

The Harvard museums of Natural History - they're free on Sundays. Lots of dinosaur stuff, rocks and minerals, and other cool things.

See the mummies and other Egyptian things at the MFA (use a library pass to get in free or visit on Wednesdays from 4 to 10, when it's pay-what-you-wish).

Go snowboarding at Mt. Wachusett - only 45 minutes from Boston.

Spend a day on the north shore: hike Plum Island and see snowy owls and then have lunch / dinner in Newburyport or Gloucester, visit the maritime museum or the Wenham museum.

Do a behind the scenes tour at Symphony Hall and then the Mapparium at the Mary Baker Eddy / Christian Science Center.

Science museum or NE Aquarium.

Tour Fenway park - it's cheap and you get to go into a lot of parts of the park you don't get to see as a regular patron.

Sledding or skating at Larz Anderson park in Brookline.

See Life of Pi at the ART.

USS Constitution museum / Bunker Hill Monument/ Monument Tavern for lunch.

Drumlin Farm / DeCordova museum.

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quirkles18 t1_ixzgc86 wrote

The beach at Plum Island is currently closed, unfortunately, but there’s a great walkway in Newburyport along the water with sculptures along the way, fun hammocks and cool benches, and the front half of a boat sticking out of the ground for small children to play at turning the wheel.

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wolps t1_ixzwjgm wrote

So OP or others aren’t caught off guard: Harvard Museum of Natural History is only free if you show your Massachusetts license/ID (each adult in party):

Free to Massachusetts residents every Sunday morning (year-round) from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and on Wednesdays from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm (September through May). Proof of residency required. Via HMNH website

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SharpCookie232 t1_iy108sr wrote

Thanks for adding this. Turns out, the MFA isn't free even with a library pass - it's $10 each, including kids. I'm 99% that kids were free until recently, but now it's only kids under 7. Inflation, I guess.

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A__SPIDER t1_iy0321r wrote

Great list! I’d also recommend getting a tour of the garden (whatever the name is now, I can’t keep up).

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anubus72 t1_iy6e1qz wrote

> Go snowboarding at Mt. Wachusett - only 45 minutes from Boston.

It's an hour without traffic

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