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New England, with its deep sense of history, academic excellence and artistic and scientific innovation, coupled with its dramatic four seasons, offers the most compact, diverse and accessible region in the United States. Best of all - your residence at Southgate is located at its very center!
Museums, historical sites, sporting events, world-class shopping or scenic touring, there is plenty to see and do close to your new home. Here is a selection of links to a few of the many attractions, sports and performance venues just waiting to be discovered or rediscovered:
Museums
Boston Museum of Fine Arts - If the heart of a great museum is its collections, then the MFA is truly one of the greatest in the world.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum – Isabella Stewart Gardner first welcomed visitors to her museum on New Year’s Day, 1903. Today three floors of galleries surround a garden courtyard and are filled with paintings, sculpture, tapestries, furniture and decorative art from cultures spanning thirty centuries.
Institute of Contemporary Art – Strategically located on Boston’s rehabilitated waterfront, the Institute of Contemporary Art, or ICA, strives to share the pleasures of reflection, inspiration, provocation, and imagination that contemporary art offers through public access to art, artists, and the creative process.
Worcester Art Museum - Worcester’s world-renowned art museum features enticing special exhibitions and a 35,000-piece permanent collection acclaimed for the quality of its European and North American painting, prints, photographs and drawings; Asian art, Greek and Roman sculpture and mosaics and contemporary art.
The Springfield Museums - located in the heart of downtown Springfield, Massachusetts, The Springfield Museums is comprised of four world-class museums; the Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, the Springfield Science Museum and The Connecticut Valley Historical Museum.
Historical Sites
Minute Man National Historical Park - At Minute Man National Historical Park the opening battle of the Revolution is brought to life as visitors explore the battlefields and witness the American revolutionary spirit through the writings of the Concord, Massachusetts authors.
The Boston Freedom Trail - The Freedom Trail is a 2.5 mile red-brick walking trail that leads you to 16 nationally significant historic sites, every one an authentic American treasure.
Old Sturbridge Village - One of the country’s largest living history museums, OSV has a large staff of historians in costume, 59 historic buildings on 200 acres, three authentic water-powered mills and two covered bridges.
Adams National Historical Park - Adams National Historical Park tells the story of four generations of the Adams family (from 1720 to 1927), and includes the birthplaces of the 2nd U.S. President John Adams and 6th U.S. President John Quincy Adams.
Sporting Venues
DCU Center (formerly The Worcester Centrum) - For 25-years, the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts has been recognized as the gathering place for people to experience the finest in entertainment, sporting events and public functions.
Fenway Park – Home of the Boston Red Sox. Though generations have come and gone, Fenway Park remains, much like it did the day it opened on April 20, 1912.
TD BankNorth Garden - More than twenty-four million people have come to the TD Banknorth Garden to see the arena's famous tenants, the NHL's Boston Bruins and NBA's Boston Celtics, as well as world-renowned concerts, sporting events, family shows, ice shows and so much more.
Gillette Stadium – Home of the Superbowl Champion New England Patriots.
Theaters and Performance Halls
Mechanics Hall - Worcester - Mechanics Hall is known as the nation's finest pre-Civil War concert hall. Ideally located in downtown Worcester, the hall is internationally regarded for its superb acoustics. Mechanics Hall is home to the Worcester Music Festival, the oldest music festival in the nation, founded in 1859.
Hanover Theater – Worcester – The magnificent former Poli Palace Theatre, recently restored to its original glory by the Worcester Center for Performing Arts, hosts Broadway tours, nationally recognized performers and family shows.
Symphony Hall - Boston – Home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall is widely regarded as one of the two or three finest concert halls in the world.
Citi Performing Arts Center℠ – Located in Boston, Citi Performing Arts Centerr℠ is one of the nation's foremost nonprofit performing arts institutions. As guardian of the Wang and Shubert Theaters, Citi Performing Arts Center honors all aspects of performing arts.
Tanglewood – Summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood is located in a scenic rural setting in historic Lenox, Massachusetts. Today Tanglewood annually draws over 350,000 visitors. Each season offers not only a vast quantity of music, but also a vast range of musical forms and styles, all presented with a regard for artistic excellence that makes the festival unique.
Shopping
Solomon Pond Mall – Conveniently located in nearby Marlborough, Massachusetts, Solomon Pond Mall has three major department stores, over 115 specialty stores and a 10-station food court on two floors.
Natick Collection - Natick Collection is the largest mall in New England - a world-class retail and restaurant destination with 270 of the finest retail stores, including the first Nordstrom in Massachusetts and the area’s only suburban Neiman Marcus.
Newbury Street, Boston - Boston's most enchanting retail shopping street. Eight blocks filled with salons, boutiques, art galleries and fabulous dining - Boston's Newbury Street has something for everyone.
Local Attractions
Tower Hill Botanic Garden - The Worcester County Horticultural Society, the third oldest horticultural society in the U.S.A., is the governing nonprofit organization that owns and operates the 132 acre Tower Hill Botanic Garden. Located in nearby Boylston, Massachusetts, Tower Hill features gardens, trails, an orangerie, café, gift shop, library, special events and adult classes.
Foxwoods Resort and Casino – Foxwoods, located in northeastern Connecticut, is the largest casino in the world, with 340,000 square feet of gaming space in a complex that covers 4,7 million square feet. More than 40,000 guests visit Foxwoods each day.
Mohegan Sun Casino - Mohegan Sun casino, located in Uncasville, Connecticut, offers unique attractions that appeal to gamblers and non-gamblers alike, including the world's largest Planetarium Dome, a 10,000-seat arena, a 300-seat Cabaret, luxury hotel and more than 40 new shops and restaurants
