A student tour guide pauses before the John Harvard statue to tell a tour group about the legend of "the three lies."

The Harvard Student-Led Walking Tour

Let a student show you Harvard . . .
on a free walking tour

We welcome our neighbors to stop by the Harvard University Events & Information Center, located in the Holyoke Center Arcade at 1350 Massachusetts Avenue in the heart of Harvard Square in Cambridge.

The Arcade has entrances on both Massachusetts Avenue and Mt. Auburn Street in Harvard Square. The Center's staff can answer questions and provide maps and illustrated booklets of the University for a minimal charge. The Center is open year-round Monday through Saturday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and is closed only on holidays.

Let a student take you and your family, school, or organization on an engaging, hour-long free historical tour of the Harvard campus. The tours leave from the Events & Information Center. Not only will you discover the location of fascinating exhibitions and programs on campus, you will also see Harvard's rich sampling of American history and architecture from the Colonial period to the present.

Schedule of Tours

Tours leave the Events & Information Center at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, and at 2 p.m. on Saturday through the academic year (February 4 through May 2; September 23 through December 16). Summer tours (June 24 through August 15) are offered at 10 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 2 p.m., and 3:15 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Reservations for special tours of 20 or more people may be made by calling the Events & Information Center at (617) 495-1573 or e-mailing icenter@camail.harvard.edu. Tours are suspended March 23 through April 2 for Spring Break, May 3 through June 23 for Spring intercession, and August 16 through September 22 for Summer intercession.

NOTE: Prospective students may take tours originating at the Harvard Admissions Office, located at Byerly Hall on 8 Garden Street in Cambridge. From April through August, the Admissions staff conducts an information session at 10 a.m., followed by an 11 a.m. tour, Monday through Friday. On Saturdays, there is no information session but the 11 a.m. tour is still scheduled. Another session is held year-round at 2 p.m. with a 3 p.m. tour following. For more information on tours for prospective students, please call (617) 495-1551.

Harvard University Events & Information Center
Location: Holyoke Center Arcade, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02138
Phone: (617) 495-1573

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