Directions
THE SOMERVILLE MUSEUM
#1 WESTWOOD ROAD (the corner of CENTRAL ST. between Highland Ave
and Summer Street)
SOMERVILLE, MA 02143
617-666-9810 www.somervillemuseum.org
Please note: The museum is NOT wheel chair
accessible
FREE SUNDAY PARKING in SOMERVILLE. THURSDAY- SATURDAY, FREE side street parking
on streets surrounding the Museum: Avon, Berkeley, Cambria, Central and Summer
Streets, Benton & Westwood Roads and Highland Avenue.
BY MBTA BUS
- #83 from Central Square or Porter Square
- #85 from Kendall Square or Union Square
- #87/#88 from Davis Square or Lechmere Square
FROM ROUTE 2 (Western Suburbs)
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- Drive Route 2 EAST to the end in Cambridge: Fresh Pond/Alewife 'T' area
- Bear Left onto ROUTE 16 EAST (Alewife Brook Parkway)
- RTE 16 crosses Massachusetts Ave.: remain on ROUTE 16
- RIGHT onto BROADWAY in Somerville
- Bear Left in Teele Square to remain on BROADWAY
- Drive BROADWAY through the Tufts U./Powder House Rotary
- Remain on BROADWAY. RIGHT onto CENTRAL STREET
- Drive to corner of CENTRAL and WESTWOOD ROAD
- See Street parking above
FROM ROUTE 93 SOUTH (from North Shore & New Hampshire)
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FROM ROUTE 93 NORTH (from South Shore & Rhode Island)
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- Exit 28, SOMERVILLE and Sullivan Square Exit
- Turn LEFT onto CAMBRIDGE STREET which becomes WASHINGTON STREET
- Pass the Holiday Inn on your left, and then drive under a Railroad Bridge
- Turn RIGHT at light (before the overpass) onto MCGRATH HIGHWAY ROUTE 28
- Get into the far LEFT HAND LANE as soon as possible and bear LEFT ONTO HIGHLAND AVE (Medford Street forks to the right)
- HIGHLAND AVE to CENTRAL ST, LEFT ON CENTRAL to WESTWOOD ROAD
- See Street parking above
FROM ROUTE 90 EAST (from Western MA & CT)
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- Exit 18, bear to the right towards Central Sq. Cambridge and Somerville
- Drive RIVER STREET through Central Sq.
- River St. becomes PROSPECT ST. (crossing Massachusetts Ave.)
-
LEFT ONTO HAMPSHIRE ST (gas station, Kentucky Fried Chicken)
STRAIGHT on HAMPSHIRE ST. which becomes BEACON ST. in Inman Sq. - Drive BEACON ST. cross WASHINGTON ST.
- Turn RIGHT at next light onto PARK ST.
- PARK ST. (over RR tracks) to SOMERVILLE AVE.
- LEFT on SOMERVILLE AVE.
- IMMEDIATELY TURN RIGHT ONTO CENTRAL ST. to WESTWOOD Rd.
- See Street parking above
Exhibition Catalog
This incredible catalog includes color photographs of the
64 mosaics in the exhibition along with information and statements by the
artists.
Purchase
online - click here.
The Somerville Museum
Somerville is a city that is part of the Boston metropolitan area. It has a thriving arts community (over 300 artists participated in the recent Open Studios event) and an incredibly rich and diverse cultural environment for a city of its size. It has been coined the Paris of the Northeast.
The Somerville Museum is a membership supported, community-based institution that offers innovative programming to engage the community with artists, scholars, and educators with the aim of fostering cultural education and understanding.
The Museum is in a Federal Revival style building that provides an aesthetically beautiful and inspirational space for exhibitions and other cultural events. It is located in the heart of Somerville and literally in the heart of Somerville's residential neighborhoods.
The museum's website is:
http://www.somervillemuseum.org
The Art of Mosaic
September 6 to October 6, 2007
For this exhibition, museum hours will include Thudays 2-7 pm, Fridays 2-5 pm, Saturdays 12-5 pm, Sundays 2-6 pm.