Description​

From the telephone to the microwave oven, Cambridge has participated in the invention of a surprising number of everyday objects. Email, Radar, guidance chips, and the rubber firehose all came from the same ten-block radius that hosted the flagship of the Human Genome Project, pioneers of ‘the cloud’, and the advent of Zipcar.

Discover why Kendall Square is called the most innovative square mile on the planet as we walk past offices of Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Apple, and the world’s most important research sites for genomics, cancer, and artificial intelligence. Science geeks will be in heaven, and for those who don’t read science journals, prepare to have your mind blown. This tour delves into the cutting-edge of CURRENT science to show you what the history books will look like in twenty years.

​Highlights

150 Broadway/CIC
“Entrepreneur Walk of Fame”

Kendall Hotel/Firehouse

Former Daggett Chocolate Factory

Broad Institute of Technology (Lobby only, M-F 9-5)

Whitehead Institute (flagship of Human Genome Project) 

Akamai/Danny Lewin Park

Technology Square

McGovern Institute for Brain Research

Koch Center for Integrative Cancer Research

Stata Center

MIT Media Lab

Details

• $150 booking minimum covers up to 10 guests. Guests are $10 per person per hour thereafter.
• This tour typically lasts 90-120 minutes. We can do it faster or slower, but tend to recommend at least 90 minutes.
• This tour path is roughly 9/10ths of a mile, or 1.5 km.​
• For customized tours, groups under 10 guests are $100-$120 per hour per guide, dependent on season and availability. For customized tours in groups larger than 10, please contact our staff for pricing.
• ​This tour can be delivered in Corporate attire, Colonial Period dress, or Victorian-era Dress, as requested.

Add-ons

• This tour is designed to either blend seamlessly with our Tour of MIT, or to be done back to back!

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• Lunch or dinner can be arranged for your corporate group through our partner restaurants in Kendall Square. Please contact us for more information.

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• Tours of the CIC can be arranged for smaller groups, pending availability from the CIC. We recommend you contact them directly, but we are happy to reach out ourselves if you prefer.

​We Can't...

• Unfortunately, we cannot include any “insider” tours of the tech and biotech companies in Kendall Square. The companies and laboratories in Kendall Square are active, working, and often sanitized laboratories which would have difficulty functioning if they allowed tour companies inside. If you care to arrange something directly through the companies, we would be delighted to accompany you to and from the location within the timeframe of the tour, or as needed.
• This tour is a walking tour, and not recommended as a path for a Step-On Tour