More Harvard Museums

My dad and I traveled to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2011 because his sister died unexpectedly. I lived in Portland, Oregon, and he lived in NW Indiana, an hour from Chicago.

A building on the campus of Harvard University. So many chimneys!

Massachusetts, Part 12

Harvard University sprouts out many museums. We visited two more of them today: the Museum of Natural History and the Peabody Museum of Anthropology.

The Peabody Museum at Harvard

We wandered through Harvard Yard (pronounced Haahvaahd Yaahd), with my dad asking directions at least once, because that’s what he does. I’m timid about asking directions, and sometimes I think he overdoes it. I’m sure my mother — and perhaps my grandparents before her — conditioned my dad to believe he’s completely and hopelessly incompetent, whether it’s about following directions or using computers or whatever.

Yet another museum. Now I wish we’d gone in there, too — we could have done so another day.

Despite my above comment… my dad’s choice to ask directions of the right person led us to the Museum of Natural History. We took the steps into a big brick Victorian building. The Boston & Cambridge bus tour conveniently covered two days and…