The Art of Mosaic 2009

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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  • EXIT 30, bear left onto MYSTIC AVENUE going EAST towards Boston
  • RIGHT at light onto TEMPLE Street (after Public Housing)
  • TEMPLE to BROADWAY. RIGHT onto BROADWAY
  • LEFT onto CENTRAL STREET (after the garden median in middle of Broadway) 
  • Drive to corner of CENTRAL and WESTWOOD ROAD 
  • See Street parking above
     

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