Free Art museum at Wellesley?? Yes please!…read more Davis museum is a quaint little museum tucked inside the Wellesley campus. VERY limited parking (Guestimate: enough for 6 cars.) Clean, modern. White walls, cement stairs and an elevator. They have a Monet! I only has 20 minutes to quickly wander and take in a little art. I quickly asked the guys at the check in deck and one offered to take us around. He started with showing us numbered/limited edition prints of Keith Herring and Picasso. Then he took us to Monet. After Monet, we just wandered, quickly. I got to walk by each piece and I loved the column/stained glass room. Overall, a great little place to visit.

Visited the Davis yesterday. Awesome reinstallation. African sculptures next to Roman ones, so…read moreyou can think about how different cultures represent the human body and why they even made these works of arts. Fascinating. I spent an hour watching Gordon Matta-Clark videos. Very cool! I'm looking forward to two Indian exhibitions this Spring - so will take a trip back when the weather gets nicer so I can wander around the beautiful campus as well. There happened to be a reading by Nigerian author Chris Abani and Cuban author Achy Obejas - so caught that after touring through the museum. WOW! Intense stuff. And it was all free!

It was a bright and hot Sunday in August, the 17 year old granddaughter was scrolling on her phone,…read moreI declared we're going to a museum not far away, she said " really? Don't wanna". So we arrived, parked in the shade and took the elevator to the 2nd floor. This was my first time here and it won't be the last. I was amazed, she was almost amazed.

Now located on the FSU campus on the north side of Rt 9. Ample parking lot. Admission is $7 per…read moreadult. But you can get free library passes that admit 4 adults at no charge. Small museum. We did the whole museum in about 45 minutes. Pieces from the permanent collection on display. And a few special exhibits. It's the rotating special exhibits that will keep me coming back.

It was as if it was a picture taken from the enchanted garden as you walk directly into the garden…read moreas it was hidden in the woods surrounded by trees and a very nice bog with charming Lilly pads. The price was right and my mom and I really enjoyed it. Nothing but peaceful all around.

Excellent little jaunt through the flowery woods on crushed gravel trails lined with many varieties…read moreof plants and blossoming flora. Possibly the best prize for labeling as many species as possible. So many gardens do not provide good and legible labels on their plants, trees, bushes, ferns, and flowers. This was joyfully, thoroughly well-labeled. As was the path itself on the loop trail. There is an additional outer trail you could take if you're channeling your inner Thoreau but we stuck with the anti-Frost and took the road more traveled. Stay on the path. Recommendations say you can walk the loop in 30mins. You probably could. But we found plenty to keep us oohing and aahing for 90 mins! Turtles, frogs, dragonflies, butterflies, and some fab funghi in the lily pond. Unique and colorful small flowers every which way. The trail has mostly small inclines here and there, but the hike at the end to return to the visitor center is a bit huffy puffy. While there were beautifully carved benches throughout other parts of the loop, there were no benches on this steepest part and there really should be at least one halfway up the hill. Take your time. Wear proper shoes, bring a water bottle. Small parking lot. Bonus gift shop, plant shop, and proper rest rooms.

For women's history month they had a special table with collections of women who created stamps or…read moretheir aveivements were celebrated by them. It was really well put together and fun to flip through.

Located on the Regis College campus, the Spellman Museum is great for a weekend afternoon. It is…read morenot too large and is housed in a 1950's style building. There is one big gallery with several smaller rooms which include a children's activities room, a hallway of post offices across America, and stamps across the US. I went in more for the artistic design of the stamps rather than the actual stamps themselves. Staff is friendly and even the director introduced himself. Parking is in the front and to the side/back of the building. There is one bathroom for visitors.

Small, quiet museum. The civil war collection is great and there's often temporary exhibits, i.e…read more a WWII exhibit. The museum is specific to Framingham history. You'll probably be the only one there, and the staff is happy to answer questions and have conversations about the history. The building is beautiful. I believe donations are recommended, but not required. Or maybe admission is $5 for adults. But certainly not expensive. Would recommend :)

From the owner: The Academy is currently exhibiting the "Four Centuries of Framingham History" timeline Thursday -…read moreSaturday from 1-4 pm. Admission is $5/person; free for members and children under age 10. Come and visit the Framingham History Center's permanent exhibition featuring the history of area Native Americans, early settlers, the Revolutionary War, the first industries of straw and wool through to the current global corporations with headquarters here in Framingham.

This was a small, but enjoyable and FREE museum on Brandeis's beautiful campus…read more It had three exhibits as of our visit on 1/26 - all three were surrealist and we got to see a Kahlo and a Magritte in addition to other wonderful works of art. They would liked you register before you go, but I didn't get the sense that we'd have been turned away if we hadn't. There is very limited parking near the Museum - we parked down by the admissions building and walked up.

Established in 1961, the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University is a hidden gem housing one of the…read morelargest collections of modern and contemporary art in New England. It's a relatively intimate museum, with only 13,000 square feet of exhibition space in its three galleries, but the curators make good use of the space with a rotating selection of the 9,000 pieces in the permanent collection - including works by Matisse, de Kooning, Lichtenstein, Rauschenberg, Yoko Ono, Gauguin, Picasso, and Warhol - as well as 9 to 12 temporary exhibitions a year - featuring groundbreaking pieces from emerging artists like Pakistani painter Salman Toor or less commonly-known pieces from more established artists like Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. The Rose Art Museum also hosts programs that are open to the public including artist talks, performances, and discussions led by museum staff. My favorite part of the permanent collection at the Rose Art Museum is 'The Undisciplined Collector', an interactive re-creation of an early-1960s wood-paneled den installed by conceptual artist Mark Dion in 2015. It's intended to represent the mid-century modern era in which the museum was founded. The installation features retro-designed furniture (that you can sit on to enjoy the installation!) as well as authentic period artifacts including vintage record albums, magazines, and a cocktail bar. I haven't tried putting on a record or mixing a cocktail. PRO TIP: Admission to the museum and parking outside the main entrance is FREE but you should register for your visit on the museum website (https://slate.brandeis.edu/portal/rose_visitor_admission).

Saw The Oddessey there today. I requested and received a closed caption device. Device was a flop…read more Maybe 20% of dialog was displayed. The rest was just blank. My hearing is poor and I heard more of the dialog than the CC device did. If management had told me that the device does not work with this movie, I may not have attended. Otherwise, theater was nice and clean. Beware CC for this movie in Natick Imax.

BEWARE THE WEBSITE DOESN'T WORK FOR TICKET PURCHASES We…read moretried to buy two tickets online for the Odyssey. More than 70 tickets were available. We made the request, entered our credit card number and no tickets were provided. We tried again, entered our credit card number, no tickets were provided. So we switched browsers, tried again, entered our credit card number and the tickets were emailed to us as expected. When we checked our credit card we had been charged for three sets of two tickets even though we had only received two by email. We contacted our credit card and they said we had to work it out with Jordan's. We contacted Jordan's but no human actually responded so we left messages and sent email. No reply. They movie was showing the next day, so we emailed a screen shot of the credit card bill saying we only bout 2 tickets but were charged for six. Jordan's got back to us the next day and said: "the movie has already shown, so we cannot refund the charge" BEWARE THE WEBSITE DOESN'T WORK FOR TICKET PURCHASES

The Morse library is a great institution in the center of Natick. I routinely come here with my…read moredaughter to read books, do puzzles, or play with the toy kitchen or the wooden train. I also sometimes works from the library. There are little quiet nooks next to windows which are ideal for quiet concentrated work. The WiFi is reliable and fast enough, the bathrooms are clean, and there are water fountains. I also often borrow books, either physical or digital copies. The Minuteman Library Network has a ton of books and they will ship them to your library of choice. There are still more things that I haven't yet tried: 3D printing, classes and events, and reserving rooms for my meetings. Finally I have found the staff to be very knowledgeable and pleasant to interact with.

Great library! Very nice staff, has an old school charm without being depressing (like the…read moreFramingham Library) and lots of easy-to-book study rooms. Note, the study rooms are NOT sound proof. I did not realize this and booked one to take meetings on zoom, and was promptly asked to keep my voice down. Oops. Tons of tables around the library to set up and work in addition to the private study rooms. The only drawback is metered street parking only.

This is one of the few museum in the US that focus on the Loyalists/Tories. The staff is very…read morefriendly and welcoming. Parking is available on the lawn. A guided tour in the house is 40 minutes long and they do have some interesting stuff in the house. A bathroom is available for guests.

From the owner: The Golden Ball Tavern Museum offers visitors a different perspective on the American Revolution…read more Our museum, housed in a historic Pre-Revolutionary home and tavern in Weston, Massachusetts, tells the other side of the story – that of the Loyalists during the War of Independence. Documented stories include the Weston Tea Party, the visits of General Gage's spies in the months leading up to battles of Lexington and Concord and of the visit of Paul Revere's men. The Museum also tells the story of the six generations of the Jones family - Isaac’s direct descendants - who lived here for nearly 200 years up until the 1960s. The original house and tavern (built by Isaac 1765-1768) have been preserved in ways that allow each generation’s stories to come to light by exposing the structural layers of change specific to each time period. More than 70 percent of the items in the Museum’s collections are original to the Jones family. The Museum is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is entirely self-sustaining. The mission of the Golden Ball Tavern Museum is to promote, protect and preserve this rich educational resource as well as to advance the understanding of both the Loyalist experience during the American Revolutionary War and the 200-year history that was lived here by one family.

I don't think my son would have gotten into the art college of his choice without Teresa Higgins!…read moreShe was able to guide him in his preparation of a killer portfolio and gave him tips on technique that were truly astonishing. I was right there to see it happen because I had to model for one of the drawings. It was also great to have art classes unfold without the usual pressure and competitiveness that seems to be lurking in our school system. Teresa Higgins is one of a kind: patient, humorous and hugely talented at what she does. Beth W.

From the owner: T.Higgins Studio offers art classes for creative kids and adults. Children, teens and adults who…read morelove to draw and want to develop their drawing and painting skills, will learn how to create realistic art with a variety of mediums. Classes are small and offer plenty of individual attention. All materials are provided.