- Our list of the best things to do in Newton, Massachusetts, features the top 752 nearby activities — including 324 great attractions with user approval ratings of 90% or more!
- Newton, MA has a variety of great sights and experiences nearby. Top categories include: Outdoor Places, Museums & Galleries, Entertainment & Shows, and Amusement.
- The results below include the top 20 things to do within the city of Newton, MA , followed by 732 popular activities in nearby cities, including Boston, Lowell, Salem, Cambridge, Concord, Brookline, Watertown, Somerville, Framingham, Lynn, Hingham, Waltham, Beverly, Marblehead, Lexington, Marlborough, Natick, Danvers, Wellesley, Arlington, Medford, Quincy, Foxboro, Hull, Franklin, Malden, Saugus, Dedham, Milton, Brockton, Needham, Braintree, Westford, Lincoln, Norwood, Woburn, North Andover, Stoughton, Randolph, Revere, Andover, Billerica, Peabody, Burlington, Chelsea, Chelmsford, Everett, Tewksbury, Weymouth, Melrose, Lawrence, Medfield, Shrewsbury, Chatham, Dracut and Methuen
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Babson Skating Center offers an array of recreational opportunities in the Fall and Winter months. Locals and visitors can enjoy watching a hockey game while enjoying warm beverages and snacks or sign up for skate lessons themselves.
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The Wellesley Players are a dramatic company who are part of the American Association of Community Theatres. The company presents a variety of musical and dramatic productions each season, and offers memberships.
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26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Established in 1998, the Harvard Museum of Natural History features a range of specimens from the collection of Harvard's three natural history research museums. The exhibits include the realistic flame-worked Glass Flowers, fossils and skeletons of dinosaurs and other mammals, minerals and more.
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Opened in 1903, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is a Venetian styled building which contains a noted art collection of importance. Artists represented include Botticelli, Degas, Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Sargent.
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The Samuel Adams Brewery is the location where Samuel Adams beer is made. Started from a concept first formed in 1984, the brewery offers free tours which conclude with a free beer tasting.
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Established by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on a defunct railroad right of way, the Minuteman Trail passes through the area where the American Revolution began, notably part of the route of Paul Revere's midnight ride. The 10-mile bike path is maintained by its four local communities.
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Run by Harvard University, the Peabody Museum has some of the best collects of human history. See huge Native American totem poles, legacy of canoes, the art of wars throughout the ages, and tools used by our developing ancestors among many other things.
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The Davis Museum
Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02482
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The Davis Museum is an art museum that is home to permanent collections that display paintings, sculptures, paper works, photographs, and decorative objects. The museum is best known for having an Andy Warhol collection.
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The oldest Major League baseball park in the United States is Fenway Park. Its classic style allows visitors to feel as though they have traveled back to the origins of professional baseball while watching the Boston Red Socks play.
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Originating in Hopkinton, Charles River flows through and joins the Atlantic Ocean at Boston. With spacious esplanades surrounding the river on either side, it offers many outdoor acitivities including jogging, hiking, biking, boating and more.