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Museum of Science Boston Community Solar System
Museum Of Science Pavilion is one of Museum of Science Boston Community Solar System.

1. Museum Of Science Pavilion

1 Museum Of Science Driveway (in the Museum of Science), Boston, MA
Plaza · West End · 3 tips and reviews

Eric O.Eric O: The Sun, with a surface temperature of over 5,000 degrees, is located outside the entrance to the Charles Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science.

Museum of Science is one of Museum of Science Boston Community Solar System.

2. Museum of Science

9.0
1 Science Park (at Monsignor O'Brien Hwy), Boston, MA
Science Museum · 203 tips and reviews

Eric O.Eric O: Mercury is missing! The scale model of the first (and smallest) planet in the solar system (part of the Museum's Community Solar System) was formerly located in the lobby of the museum.

Venus - Museum of Science Community Solar System is one of Museum of Science Boston Community Solar System.

3. Venus - Museum of Science Community Solar System

1 Science Park, Cambridge, MA
Science Museum · East Cambridge · 1 tip

Eric O.Eric O: Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system, is located inside the stairwell on the roof level of the Museum of Science parking garage.

The Royal Sonesta Boston is one of Museum of Science Boston Community Solar System.

4. The Royal Sonesta Boston

8.2
40 Edwin H Land Blvd (at Charles St), Cambridge, MA
Hotel · East Cambridge · 56 tips and reviews

Eric O.Eric O: Unfortunately, the Earth is nowhere to be found. Its scale model (from the Museum of Science Community Solar System) was removed in 2009 during the Hotel's exterior renovations.

Mars - Museum of Science Community Solar System is one of Museum of Science Boston Community Solar System.

5. Mars - Museum of Science Community Solar System

Cambridge, MA
Science Museum · East Cambridge · 2 tips and reviews

Eric O.Eric O: Mars, which boasts the largest volcano in the Solar System (Olympus Mons, 3 times higher than Mount Everest), is located on the second floor of the Cambridgeside Galleria Mall by the south escalators.

Jupiter - Museum Of Science Community Solar System is one of Museum of Science Boston Community Solar System.

6. Jupiter - Museum Of Science Community Solar System

700 Atlantic Ave (at Summer St), Boston, MA
Science Museum · Downtown Boston · 1 tip

Eric O.Eric O: Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system (and the neighborhood gravitational bully!), is located next to Rosie's Bakery in the main train terminal.

Cambridge Public Library is one of Museum of Science Boston Community Solar System.

7. Cambridge Public Library

9.0
449 Broadway (at Trowbridge St), Cambridge, MA
Library · Mid-Cambridge · 35 tips and reviews

Eric O.Eric O: Saturn, which is light enough to float in a big enough bathtub, is represented in the Museum of Science Community Solar System with a model in the DeVito Music Room. If you find it, create a check-in!

8. Boston Public Library - Jamaica Plain Branch

6.6
12 Sedgwick St (South St), Jamaica Plain, MA
Library · 5 tips and reviews

Eric O.Eric O: Uranus, tilted sideways and orbiting the Sun like a rolling barrel, is represented in the Museum of Science Community Solar System by a scale model near the entryway. If you see it, create a check-in!

9. Square One Mall

5.6
1201 Broadway (at Essex St), Saugus, MA
Shopping Mall · 42 tips and reviews

Eric O.Eric O: The model of Neptune (the first planet to be predicted before it was observed) from the Museum of Science Community Solar System is no longer displayed in the Food Court.

10. MBTA Riverside Station

5.6
Grove St., Newton, MA
Metro Station · Auburndale · 22 tips and reviews

Eric O.Eric O: Pluto, formerly the last planet and currently a dwarf planet, is represented in the Museum of Science Community Solar System by a scale model on the station platform. If you see it, create a check-in!