# What can I do in Boston With Limited Cash? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 9, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-in-boston-with-limited-cash/233247 "2004-03-09T04:32:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![non-native](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@non-native](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/non-native)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-in-boston-with-limited-cash/233247/1 "2004-03-09T04:32:30Z")
Right now I’m visiting a friend who goes to Boston College for spring break and I have no idea what I’m supposed to do here all week. Unfortunately my spring break is this coming week and his was this past week. So other than follow him around class and bum around in his dorm room, I can’t really think of anything else to do. I’m underraged so I can’t go to bars (ridiculous american laws…) and i’m in college so i can’t afford anything too spectacular. Or anything that resembles spectacular, for that matter. So does anyone know anything I can do in Boston, if possible near the Boston College area that’s not too expensive or free. Any suggestions are welcome and thanks. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-in-boston-with-limited-cash/233247/2 "2004-03-09T06:29:17Z")
Walk the Freedom Trail. It is really quite moving. Check out when the free day is at the Museum of Fine Art; it’s world class. See if the Berklee School of Music has any free concerts. Take a walk on the Boston Common and the Boston Public Garden next door. Window shop on Newbury Street. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-in-boston-with-limited-cash/233247/3 "2004-03-09T07:57:56Z")
Are you at the main Chestnut Hill campus of Boston College? Green Line B, of the [Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority](http://www.mbta.com/) (MBTA), has a [Boston College stop](http://bc.edu/about/maps/s-approach/) at the north end of campus. Walk the Freedom Trail. The [National Park Service](http://www.nps.gov/bost) visitor center at 15 State St. (tel. 617/242-5642) offers booklets with self-guided tours. Open 7 days a week. [The Museum of Fine Arts](http://www.mfa.org/) is open 7 days a week. Admission is $13 for students; or free on Wednesday from 4 to 9:45 p.m. Take the MBTA Green Line E, Museum of Fine Arts stop; or the Orange Line, Ruggles stop. The museum portion of [The John F. Kennedy Library and Museum](http://www.neaq.org/index.flash4.html) is open 7 days a week. Admission for adults is $8. The MBTA Red Line, JFK/UMass stop, will get you there. [The Museum of Science](http://www.mos.org/) is open 7 days a week. Admission to the Exhibit Halls is $13 for adults. You can take the MBTA [to get there](http://www.mos.org/info/map_directions.html). [The New England Aquarium](http://www.neaq.org/index.flash4.html) is open 7 days a week. Admission is $15.95 for adults. [MBTA directions](http://www.neaq.org/visit/direct.mbta.html). The Boston Phoenix is the city’s main weekly newspaper, and offers a complete guide to events and entertainment. You should be able to find copies in numerous places at Boston College. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-in-boston-with-limited-cash/233247/4 "2004-03-09T08:11:18Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > See if the Berklee School of Music has any free concerts. And the New England Convervatory. Browse bookshops…there’s millions of them. ---
**Author:** ![kimfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@kimfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimfair)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-in-boston-with-limited-cash/233247/5 "2004-03-09T14:19:41Z")
I agree with many of the previous posters. There are many free and reduced price museums here in Boston. If you are looking for a quality cheap lunch, I can steer you to the North End of Boston. On Hanover street (main drag in the North End) there is a little lunch place called Gallaria Umberto. It only opens for lunch, and looks like a dive, but the food (especially the aracini - rice balls filled with meat, sauce, peas, and cheese) is divine. You can get an aracini, pizza slice, and soda for under $5. Most excellent!