The Innovation Trail — Cambridge Firsts in Kendall Square Walking Tour 5/10

Schedule

Sat May 10 2025 at 11:00 am to 12:45 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Boston Marriott Cambridge | Cambridge, MA

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About this Event

Join us on Saturday, May 10th at 11 AM for a special tour of The Innovation Trail, supported by the City of Cambridge and MA 250.

Cambridge’s Kendall Square area has long been a hub of innovation, decades before the Massachusetts Institute of Technology moved there in 1916, and centuries before the square became a center of biotechnology research and software development. Join Michael Kuchta and Karen Weintraub, Cambridge residents and the co-authors of , on a walking tour of Kendall Square.

Learn about such Cambridge innovations as the sewing machine, the yellow highlighter marker, the first long distance telephone call, and Polaroid’s instant photography. You’ll hear stories about the Human Genome project, the Apollo Guidance Computer, mRNA-based vaccines and the Cambridge innovators who brought them into being. Come explore the lesser-known history of Kendall Square on this fascinating 90-minute walking tour.

We'll start at the Boston Marriott in Kendall Square, just above the Kendall Square T station. If you are interested in STEM and entrepreneurship, you won't want to miss this tour! Please dress for the day's weather, and please tag us in any photos that you post on Instagram or other social media: @bostoninnotrail.

These tickets are free thanks to generous support from the City of Cambridge and MA 250. Space is limited, so please cancel your order if you are unable to make it so that someone else can use that ticket.

#CambMA250 and #MA250.



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Thanks to the City of Cambridge and MA 250 for their support of this event!

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Boston Marriott Cambridge, 50 Broadway, Cambridge, United States

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