The Fogg Art Museum, the Busch-Reisinger and Sackler Museums, the Glass Flowers and Peabody Natural History Museum, the Carpenter Center, the Semitic Museum, Sanders Theater, and the American Repertory Theater are just a couple of blocks away.

Scores of fine and varied restaurants are within easy walking distance.  Across the street are a park with large trees and a public health club with three indoor pools and a weight room. Public transportation includes the Red Line subway stop five minutes away and a bus stop just outside which takes you to the Boston Museum of Science and the sights of Boston.