John Knowles Paine Hall
Harvard University

For more information, please contact the Harvard University Music Department at (617) 495-2791, or visit http://www.music.fas.harvard.edu/.

Address
Harvard University Music Building
Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

Directions
NOTE: Construction is underway directly in front of the Music Building; easiest access to the Music Building is through the Science Center. For access to Paine Hall, follow the signs posted along Oxford Street.

FROM THE MBTA
Take the red line to Harvard. Exit onto Massachusetts Avenue and head through Harvard Yard towards the Science Center. Go into the Science Center and turn left at the information desk (after the Greenhouse Cafe). When you exit the Science Center, Paine Hall will be immediately to your right. HINT: The MBTA provides inexpensive parking at its Alewife Station.

FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE (I-90)
Take the Cambridge/Brighton/Allston exit and follow the ramp signs to Cambridge. After the bridge over the Charles River, turn left onto Memorial Drive. At the second light turn right onto JFK Street. You will go through a few sets of lights before coming to Harvard Square. Continue through Harvard Square (past Out of Town News on your right), but stay in the left lane. The road divides; bear left (the sign says Massachusetts Avenue/Arlington). Then stay to the right and bear right at the next divide in the road (there will be a traffic light with right arrow). You are now on Massachusetts Avenue heading north. You can try to park here; metered spaces are sometimes available. If not, turn right onto Everett Street. Follow Everett Street to the end and take a right onto Oxford Street. Find a place to park somewhere on Oxford Street and walk up to Paine Hall.

PARKING

Meters are in effect until 6pm, then they're free. All metered spaces are free on Sundays.

Free parking is available at the 8 Everett Street Garage after 7:00pm. Map and directions are available here.

FINDING PAINE HALL

From Oxford Street
As you walk up Oxford Street, the Peabody Museum is on your left. Up a bit, and on your right at the bend in the road, is the Science Center. Walk into the Science Center and take a right at the information desk. Go out the Science Center doors and up the wooden ramp to the Music Building. Walk through the building to Paine Hall, which is on the second floor.

From Massachusetts Avenue
Paine Hall is at the back of a small quadrangle behind both the Littauer building and the small, white Gannett house directly opposite the Cambridge Common.

From the Science Center
You will find the Music Building if you walk directly through the Science Center (the building with the rock fountain out in front). Come through the front door and follow the hallway through the building to Paine Hall.

From Sanders Theatre
Follow Oxford Street past Sanders Theatre. Enter the Science Center on your left and walk through the Science Center towards a large construction site. When you exit the Science Center you will see a wooden ramp that leads to the Music Buildilng's front door. Come through the front door and follow the hallway through the building to Paine Hall.