Tour of the Secret Quarries of Somerville

Sat, 14 Jun, 2025 at 11:00 am to Sat, 16 Aug, 2025 at 12:30 pm UTC-04:00

Somerville Museum | Somerville

Somerville Museum
Publisher/HostSomerville Museum
Tour of the Secret Quarries of Somerville
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Join us on a special walking tour to explore the hidden quarries of Somerville!
About this Event

Join Somerville resident Robin Hazard Ray on a walk through Somerville’s deep past, beginning and ending at the Somerville Museum. The rocks underlying our city date to a time before the dinosaurs. We will explore the forgotten traces of rock quarries and look at how our handsome bedrock – the Cambridge Argillite ­– was extracted, shaped, and used in the city’s 19th-century fabric. Please wear sturdy walking shoes and bring some water!

Robin Hazard Ray, a 30-year resident of Somerville, studied geology at Brown University before pursuing a career in publishing. She gives tours at Mount Auburn Cemetery, which provides the setting for her crime-fiction novels The Strangers’ Tomb and The Soldiers’ Rest.

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Somerville Museum, 1 Westwood Road, Somerville, United States

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