Best of Mission Hill

The full route

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   Harvard School of Dental MedicineStart · University

   Harvard's dental school, established in 1867 as the first university-affiliated dental school in the United States, based in the Longwood medical area..

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   Warren Anatomical Museum2 min walk walk · Museum / Cultural

   Harvard's medical museum, founded in 1847 from John Collins Warren's collection; its holdings include the skull of Phineas Gage, the railroad foreman who survived an iron rod through his head..

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   Boston Medical Library1 min walk walk · Building / Landmark

   Founded in 1875, the Boston Medical Library joined its collections with Harvard's in the Countway Library, among the largest medical collections in the country..

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   Massachusetts College of Art and Design5 min walk walk · University

   Founded in 1873, the nation's first freestanding public college of art and design, with a campus along Huntington Avenue's Avenue of the Arts..

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   Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help6 min walk walk · Building / Landmark

   The Redemptorist Mission Church whose twin spires gave Mission Hill its name; the 1878 basilica hosted Ted Kennedy's funeral Mass in 2009..

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   Boston 3 Miles8 min walk walk · Building / Landmark

   Boston 3 Miles, Boston..