To Do Today: Summer Solstice Celebration at Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
Take advantage of free admission to four separate spots, then enjoy circus performers and food trucks
The Summer Solstice Celebration will include performances, crafts, and food trucks. Photo courtesy of Jim Harrison and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
To Do Today: Summer Solstice Celebration at Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
Take advantage of free admission to four separate spots, then enjoy circus performers and food trucks
What?
Summer Solstice Celebration at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture.
When?
June 21 from 5 to 9 pm.
Where?
11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge. Harvard Square is accessible from Boston on the MBTA Red Line: switch from an inbound Green Line trolley at Park Street station. Free parking will be available at the 52 Oxford Street garage.
How much?
Free, but bring money for the food trucks.
Why should I go?
Today is the summer solstice, which marks the longest day of the year and the official kickoff of summer. Celebrate the occasion with this free celebration at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, which finally returns as an in-person event after being virtual only for the past two years. Attendees can explore the galleries and exhibitions at the museums free of charge before watching musical and circus performances outside. They can also make a flower crown and create a community mural and nosh on eats from local food trucks.
The four museums making up the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture are the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, and the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East.
Check out the bilingual Muchos Méxicos exhibition at the Peabody Museum, which features objects that showcase Mexico as a multicultural and geographic crossroads. Then head over to the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East for a life-size reproduction of the Egyptian Queen Hetepheres’ throne, dating from 2550 BC. Visitors can also view the famous Glass Flowers exhibition, depicting 780 types of plants, at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
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