Harvard Yard Boston: The Mysterious Porcellian Club
4.31 (45 ratings)
Harvard University is synonymous with academic excellence and integrity.
Discover Harvard Yard, a stomping ground for intellectuals and innovators, a hub of culture, science, and politics. You will see how students give back to their communities, write about important issues, and celebrate key traditions.
But you can also learn a few truths about Harvard that students don’t like to acknowledge-Harvard has quite a few myths.
Ready to discover them?
Highlights
Find out the truth about “The Statue of Three Lies”
Learn about how the sinking of the Titanic saved Harvard’s book collection
View an authentic stop on the Underground Railroad
Figure out who keeps stealing the chair of the president of The Harvard Crimson
Storyline
The Porcellian Club: established in 1791, it is Harvard’s all-male, exclusive society where only carefully selected members know of the depravity within.
You are Owen Shaw, a budding journalist trying to make it big in the Harvard Crimson newspaper. As the newest member of the P.C, you could be on the cusp of a big scoop.
Undercover, you must sneak behind the curtain to break the Porcellian’s iron grip on Harvard.
Game route
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Starting point Johnston Gate
1465-1483 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USAFinish point Harvard Lampoon Building
Harvard Lampoon, 44 Bow St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USAPlaces you will visit
11
It will take you
78-108 mins
You will walk
2100 steps
Total distance
1.6 km
- Best during the day
- Instagrammable
- Best for couples
- Recommended activity for families
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4.31
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