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Science Landmarks of Boston

By: Roberto Raffa

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Franklin Park Zoo: This huge zoo has over two hundred species of animal within its bounds, including traditional zoo favourites such as giraffes, gorillas, lions and camels alongside less traditional fare such as tree kangaroos and tapirs. The zoo is divided into a series of themed zones, such as the Tropical Forest, Giraffe Savannah, Outback Trail, Serengeti Crossing, Tiger Tales, Franklin Farm and Butterfly Landing. Entry is $11 for adults, $9.50 for seniors, $6 for kids, and free for the under 2s.

Garden in the Woods: Botany buffs will want to make a bee line for Boston’s Garden in the Woods, which serves as both the botanic garden and head office of the New England Wild Flower Society. Over fifteen hundred different plant species are spread across a massive forty five acre garden, with a wide selection of unusual plants in their New England Garden of Rare and Endangered Plants. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and students, and $4 for minors, and entitles you to join a number of guided walks around the museum.

Harvard Museum of Natural History: Anyone with an interest in nature will be knocked out by this stunning museum, which is packed with stunning exhibits, including gemstones, flowers, dinosaurs, meteorites, birds and plants. In particulae, their butterfly exhibit is one of the biggest and most comprehensive of its type in the world, while fossil fans will be blown away by the 1,600-pound amethyst geode and the 42-foot-long Kronosaurus, a giant marine reptile from the time when dinosaurs ruled the earth. Entry is $9 for adults, $7 for seniors and students, $6 for children between the ages of 3 and 18, and free for Harvard ID holders and children under 3.

Museum of Science: There are more than 600 interactive science-themed exhibits at the Boston Museum of Science, a five-story IMAX movie theatre, and a planetarium, Garden in the Woods: Botany buffs will want to make a bee line for Boston’s Garden in the Woods, which serves as both the botanic garden and head office of the New England Wild Flower Society.

Over fifteen hundred different plant species are spread across a massive forty five acre garden, with a wide selection of unusual plants in their New England Garden of Rare and Endangered Plants. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and students, and $4 for minors, and entitles you to join a number of guided walks around the museum, so whether you just fancy an informative, fun day out, or you’re looking for somewhere to take the kids for the day, you should definitely stop in by the Museum of Science. Entry is $16 for adults, $14 for seniors and students, and $13 for minors.

New England Aquarium: Fans of marine life will find themselves in their element at the New England Aquarium, with more than 70 exhibits including seals, jellyfish, a coral reef, sea turtles and much more besides. The zoo is divided into a series of themed zones, such as the Tropical Forest, Giraffe Savannah, Outback Trail, Serengeti Crossing, Tiger Tales, Franklin Farm and Butterfly Landing. Entry is $11 for adults, $9.50 for seniors, $6 for kids, and free for the under 2s. You can watch whales on the waterfront, or get up close and personal with smaller marine life like starfish at the tide pool exhibit. Entry is $17.95 for adults, $9.95 for children between the ages of 3 and 11, and free for babies.

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