*For the most up-to-date info, check the most recent Discover Boston slides
5 Important Tips/Things to Know for Exploring Boston
1. Use your MIT ID to get into some museums for FREE
- Museum of Fine Arts (MFA)
- Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Check the Council for the Arts at MIT website to find out which free/discount tickets you can obtain to visit other museums and arts events.
2. Look for reduced-fee tickets at MITAC (MIT Activities Committee)
For movies, museums, shows, sporting events, and more! You can purchase multiple tickets with your MIT ID.
- Location: Stata Center lobby, Building 32
- Open: Tuesdays–Fridays, 12pmto 4pm
- More info at the MITAC website
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NEW: Kendall Square Cinema is offering $7 movies all day every Tuesday!
3. Libraries offer free movies, books, and museum passes.
Use the MIT library and your local public library system to check out free movies, books, and museum passes.
4. Discover New England! Buy $10 MBTA Commuter Rail weekend passes
Includes unlimited travel outside Boston on Saturdays & Sundays
5. Explore the city! Check thebostoncalendar.com for more ideas of cheap and fun things to do in the Boston and Cambridge area.
They usually have a list each week for “99 free things to do this week” or “88 things to do this weekend,” etc.
Summer is the best time to explore Boston and its surrounding areas…
Free Summer Concerts
Free concerts by Berklee College of Music students are happening all over Boston each summer!
- Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) on Thursdays in July & August
- Kendall Square & Kendall Center (in front of Marriott Hotel)
- Boston Public Library (BPL)
- …and many more locations!
Free Weekly Summer Events
(websites subject to change and may be out of date)
| Sundays: | Concerts at Longfellow House |
| Tuesdays: | Kendall Center Concerts |
| Wednesdays: | Hatch Shell Concerts Boston Public Library Concerts |
| Thursdays: | ICA admission 5-9pm & LIVE MUSIC |
| Fridays: | Free Family Movies at the Hatch Shell |
