DIRECTIONS TO THE MUSEUM
The Peabody Museum is located at 11 Divinity Avenue. An on-line map is available to assist you in finding these and other museums located on the main Harvard campus.
Taking the MBTA
Taking the "T" is the best way to get to the museum. Take the "red-line" from Boston or Alewife (Alewife station, located off route 2 in Cambridge, has a parking garage where you can park your car for $4 all day), and get off at Harvard Square. Harvard Yard Station has multiple exits, look for an exit for Massachusetts Ave. Upon exiting the "T" station, look for the Harvard Yard Gates and walk through Harvard Yard to the other side diagonally, out the gates, and continue between Memorial Hall and the Science Center. This will take you to the intersection of Kirkland and Oxford; walk east (right) on Kirkland Street and take a left onto Divinity Ave. The museum will be on your left, almost at the end of the short street.
From the North
If you are coming by car from the north, take route 93 or 1 south toward Boston. Take the exit for Storrow Drive--Cambridge. Follow Storrow Drive west for approximately 4 miles. After approximately 2 miles Storrow Drive becomes Soldiers Field Road. You will not notice any change. Stay in the righ-hand lane in order to avoid the many left-hand exits off Storrow Drive until you reach the right-hand exit marked Harvard Square/Cambridge. Take the exit and go over the Charles River to the set of lights at Memorial Drive. Go straight ahead on John F. Kennedy Street. You will pass through Harvard Square--Nini's Corner and The Coop are on the left--Out of Town News and the "T" stop will be on your right. Bear right, continuing north on Massachusetts Ave. Go approximately 2 tenths of a mile past the Harvard Law School to Everett Street. At the lights at Everett Street, on the right there is a five-story beige cement garage on one corner and a women's clothing store called LOOKS on the opposite corner. Turn right and go to the next set of lights at Oxford Street. Turn right on Oxford Street and continue until you are forced to turn left onto Kirkland Street. Take the first left onto Divinity Avenue; the museum will be on your left at the end fo the short street. Since there is no parking available on Divinity Avenue, it is advisable for you to try to park at a meter (though meters are scarce). There are meters on Oxford Street.
From the South
Take route 3 (South East Expressway) north and follow the above directions for Storrow Drive West.
From the West
Take route 90 (Massachusetts Turnpike) east. Get off at the left-hand Cambridge/Allston exit and follow signs for Cambridge. As you come off the Turnpike exit, a 10-story hotel is on your right. Begin to move to the left lane as you pass the hotel. There is a traffic light at the corner of the hotel. Go through this light, but be prepared to make a left, before the bridge. Do not cross over the bridge. You will be on an entrance ramp leading onto Storrow Drive with very rapid traffic. Follow Storrow Drive approximately 1/2 mile to the Harvard Square/Cambridge exit on your right. Follow the directions given for coming from the north starting with "....Take the exit and go over the Charles River."
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