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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

One of the oldest museums in the world devoted to anthropology, it houses one of the most comprehensive records of human cultural history in the Western Hemisphere.

Address: 11 Divinity Ave
Getting there: T: Harvard
Hours: 9AM-5PM daily
Price: $12, students/seniors $10, under 18 $8
Website: peabody.harvard.edu (opens in a new tab)

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