Boston Fenway

Recreation

Within the park, one can visit the lovely Rose Garden and its dozens of varieties of roses. Nearby is the Garden of the Heart of Heaven next to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. A block away is the breathtaking Central Courtyard of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Nearby are the Victory Gardens, made famous by the public broadcasting show of the same name.

Baseball lovers can enjoy afternoon and evening games at Fenway Park, home to such past greats as Ted Williams, Carl Yastremski, Luis Tiant, and Tony Conigliaro. Matthews Arena at Northeastern University hosts college sports events and other related sports events year round. If you love to work out, visit the YMCA of Greater Boston on the Avenue of the Arts.

Visual Arts/Exhibitions

Art exhibitions may be found in galleries of MassArt, the Grossman Gallery of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, the Gardner Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Trustman Gallery at Simmons College, and the Lillian Immig Gallery at Emmanuel College.

Among its many objects, the Museum of Fine Arts offers silver created by Paul Revere, fascinating period rooms, and extraordinary paintings by John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, and John Singleton Copley. For a more intimate art-viewing experience, head next door to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, which features treasures by Titian, Sargent and Rembrandt, among others.