Fruitlands Museum
Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Massachusetts, is a museum about multiple visions of America on the site of the short-lived utopian community, Fruitlands. Its story as a place to visit starts in 1914. Further out, Walden Pond is 14 mi away.
A museum inside Harvard
Winters are cold
January nights drop to 16°. When to go ↓
Leominster is the nearest base
Leominster is 8 miles west, with 5 places to stay. Where to stay ↓
Established in 1914
Fruitlands Museum dates from 1914. About ↓
Best months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep
May, June, July, August and September are the mild months, with highs of 70–84°. When to go ↓
Written from NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Overture places to stay, Census town figures, Wikidata and Wikipedia.
The year’s weather
Every month near Fruitlands Museum is set out below.
Fruitlands Museum
Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Massachusetts, is a museum about multiple visions of America on the site of the short-lived utopian community, Fruitlands. The museum includes the Fruitlands farmhouse (a National Historic Landmark), a museum about Shaker life, an art gallery with 19th-century landscape paintings, vernacular American portraits, and other changing exhibitions, and a museum of Native American history. In 2023, readers of USA Today voted to name Fruitlands as one of the ten best history museums in the United States.
- Type
- Museum
- Established
- 1914
- Listed
- National Register of Historic Places (1997)
- Wikipedia readers
- 5.1K a year
A base for Fruitlands Museum
Places to stay start in Marlborough (14) and Nashua (22), and Boston has the most rooms in the area (199).
Boston
The most places to stay in the area, and a base for a longer trip.
672,973 people
33 mi east of Fruitlands Museum
Compare 9 towns
| Town | From Fruitlands Museum | Drive | Places to stay | People | Typical home | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard | in town | — | 2 1 hotel · 1 motel | 7,014 | $834K | A |
| Marlborough | 11 mi south | 15 min | 14 12 hotels · 1 lodge or cabins · 1 RV park | 42,772 | $513K | C |
| Nashua | 18 mi north | 25 min | 22 16 hotels · 4 motels · 2 lodges & cabins | 92,435 | $404K | B |
| Lancaster | 4 mi southwest | 5 min | 4 1 inn or B&B · 1 lodge or cabins · 2 campgrounds | 9,161 | $519K | A− |
| Ayer | 4 mi northeast | 5 min | 4 2 hotels · 2 motels | 9,267 | $464K | B |
| Bolton | 5 mi south | 5 min | 4 1 hotel · 2 inns & B&Bs · 1 campground | 6,477 | $796K | A− |
| Leominster | 8 mi west | 10 min | 5 3 hotels · 2 motels | 44,194 | $380K | C |
| Littleton | 6 mi east | 10 min | 4 1 hotel · 1 inn or B&B · 1 lodge or cabins · 1 campground | 10,404 | $658K | A |
| Boston | 33 mi east | 50 min | 199 158 hotels · 29 inns & B&Bs · 4 lodges & cabins · 5 hostels · 3 campgrounds | 672,973 | $732K | D |
Day trip from
Straight-line miles.
Getting there
Nearest airports with airline service
Pair Fruitlands Museum with these
Every place here is under 35 miles away.
Big draw128 mi Stadium & arenaFenway Park
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaGillette Stadium
Big draw34 mi LakeLake Chaubunagungamaug
214 mi LakeWalden Pond
Big draw329 mi MuseumIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum
30 mi AttractionFreedom Trail
427 mi Stadium & arenaHarvard Stadium
529 mi MuseumMuseum of Fine Arts Boston477K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Fenway Park: Gatorfan252525, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gillette Stadium: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Chaubunagungamaug: Bree from Worcester, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Walden Pond: Victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Sean Dungan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Freedom Trail: Ingfbruno, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Harvard Stadium: Nick Allen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Museum of Fine Arts Boston: Martin~jawiki at Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Visiting Fruitlands Museum: the answers
Is Fruitlands Museum in Harvard?
Yes. It’s inside Harvard, MA.
When is the best time to visit Fruitlands Museum?
May, June, July, August and September, with highs of 70–84°.
What is the closest airport to Fruitlands Museum?
Laurence G Hanscom Field (BED), about 17 miles away. The nearest big hub is Boston Logan (BOS), about 32 miles.
Where should I stay near Fruitlands Museum?
Boston (33 mi, 199 places to stay), Marlborough (11 mi, 14 places to stay) and Nashua (18 mi, 22 places to stay).
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Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · NOAA climate normals · U.S. Census.