Subject related visits
The Institute of Contemporary Art
The ICA presents an outstanding contemporary art exhibition in all media, including visual art exhibitions, music, film, video and performance. The Institute aims to provide innovative, experiential learning opportunities for people of all ages through direct encounters with artists and art making and also to design interpretative programs that provide context, develop appreciation, and add meaning to contemporary art and culture. A visit here will give students the chance to experience art in action!
Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum
The Gardner Museum has remained essentially unchanged since its founder's death in 1924. Three floors of galleries surround a garden courtyard blooming with life in all seasons. The galleries are filled with paintings, sculpture, tapestries, furniture, and decorative arts from cultures spanning thirty centuries. A must for students studying the history of American art.
Museum of Fine Arts
The Museum of fine arts offers not only outstanding art, but innovative and exciting ways for students to interact with masterpieces and fellow art lovers. From groundbreaking exhibitions and engaging programs to state-of-the-art gallery space, ancient Egyptian mummies and cutting-edge mobile phone wallpapers, there is something for every student to discover at the MFA.
Cambridgeside Galleria
This ultra modern shopping centre is set in a spectacular waterfront location, offering more than 120 of America's favourite stores, specialty boutiques and restaurants. Ideal for shopping and watching the whole of Boston go by. Students can stop for lunch at The Cheesecake Factory and the California Pizza Kitchen or simply grab a bite on the go at the Waterfront Food Festival.
Boston Parks and Green Areas
Boston's extensive heritage of parklands and common ground includes the Emerald Necklace, Boston Common, Quincy Market and the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, where nearly one mile of parks and green space winds through Chinatown, the Wharf District, and the North End neighborhoods, bringing city to sea. A perfect opportunity for students to study nature and be inspired by their surroundings.
Further highlights
- History & Battlefields
Plymouth Plantation
The settlement by European religious dissidents would come to have a profound effect on the history and mythology of America. The Plymouth Plantation allows students to see the conditions the settlers faced and gives them a chance to reflect on the implications on the settlers' descendents and the indigenous inhabitants.
Salem
This site has an important place in American history, providing a powerful image that Arthur Miller, among others, found to be one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history. Students can learn about the story and the issues of the abuse of power and gender.
Sites of the Boston Massacre/Boston Tea Party
Students can see how British treatment of American protestors led to the declaration of independence from the British Empire and the principle of monarchy. The resentments and repressions that led to the roots of modern democratic developments can be traced in this city.
Lexington and Concord Tour
As the rebellion flared into all-out war, how did the rebels manage to organise themselves to defeat the British? And how has this understanding of "The shot heard ‘round the world" affected Americans' understanding of their history and current standing on a global stage?
Old Sturbridge Village
Old Sturbridge Village, the largest history museum in the Northeast, is located in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The museum re-creates the daily activities and community celebrations of a rural 19th-century town. Students will be able to explore early New England in the company of farmers, craftsmen, and other interesting characters as well as trying on traditional costumes and helping out on the farm.
John Quincy Adams National Park
Adam's National Historical Park tells the story of four generations of the Adams family (from 1720 to 1927). The park has two main sites: the Birthplaces of 2nd U.S. President John Adams and 6th U.S. President John Quincy Adams, and Peacefield including the "Old House," home to four generations of the Adams family, and the Stone Library which contains more than 14,000 historic volumes. This a great opportunity to study early American politics within beautiful country park surroundings.
