Innovation Trail: Kendall Square Walking Tour

Interested in how Cambridge came to be one of the most innovative places in the world? Take a walk with the Innovation Trail and guest tour guides, including Gavin Kleespies of Gore Place, co-authors Michael Kuchta and Karen Weintraub of “Born in Cambridge” and Scott Kirsner of WBUR and MassLive, and explore Cambridge’s scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs. During this tour, visitors will learn about the first long-distance phone call, MIT’s most famous pranks or “hacks,” an MIT lab that contributed to the war effort in WWII, the history of NASA in Cambridge, Google’s role in Cambridge, the Human Genome Project, Confectioner’s Row and more!

This tour is a special donation-based series. Guests can donate any amount of money to participate in the tour, and help support The Innovation’s Trail’s mission of “telling the story of past pioneers and breakthroughs, and getting future generations excited about careers in STEM.” The 90 minute tour will start in front of the MIT Museum (314 Main Street) in Kendall Square and end near Toscanini’s Ice Cream in Central Square. To book a tour, click here.