# Event Details - **Event Name**: The Innovation Trail — Cambridge Firsts in Kendall Square Walking Tour 6/26 - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 26 Jun, 2025 at 05:00 pm – Thu, 26 Jun, 2025 at 06:45 pm - **Event Description**: Want to learn more about the scientists, inventors, and entrepreneurs who made Cambridge one of the most innovative cities in the world?About this EventJoin us on Thursday, June 26th at 5 PM for a special post-work tour of The Innovation Trail, supported by the City of Cambridge and MA 250.Cambridge’s Kendall Square area has long been a hub of innovation, decades before the Massachusetts Institute of Technology moved there in 1916, and centuries before the square became a center of biotechnology research and software development. Join Michael Kuchta and Karen Weintraub, Cambridge residents and the co-authors of , on a walking tour of Kendall Square.Learn about such Cambridge innovations as the sewing machine, the yellow highlighter marker, the first long distance telephone call, and Polaroid’s instant photography. You’ll hear stories about the Human Genome project, the Apollo Guidance Computer, mRNA-based vaccines and the Cambridge innovators who brought them into being. Come explore the lesser-known history of Kendall Square on this fascinating 90-minute walking tour.We'll start at the Boston Marriott in Kendall Square, just above the Kendall Square T station. If you are interested in STEM and entrepreneurship, you won't want to miss this tour! Please dress for the day's weather, and please tag us in any photos that you post on Instagram or other social media: @bostoninnotrail.These tickets are free thanks to generous support from the City of Cambridge and MA 250. Space is limited, so please cancel your order if you are unable to make it so that someone else can use that ticket.#CambMA250 and #MA250.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dugA5TDvXI https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/87d54460-033b-11f0-98a0-0d7fd6f07b0c-rimg-w662-h740-dcf8f1de-gmir.jpg https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ste_OdUHwEwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFhR2De2SeE https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/88015d70-033b-11f0-98a0-0d7fd6f07b0c-rimg-w736-h740-dc000000-gmir.png Thanks to the City of Cambridge and MA 250 for their support of this event! - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cambridge/the-innovation-trail-—-cambridge-firsts-in-kendall-square-walking-tour-6-26/100001288240685569 - **Event Categories**: trips-adventures, business, art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Cambridge - **state**: MA - **country**: United States - **location**: Boston Marriott Cambridge - **lat**: 42.3632921 - **long**: -71.0864007 - **full address**: Boston Marriott Cambridge, 50 Broadway, Cambridge, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: The Innovation Trail — Cambridge Firsts in Kendall Square Walking Tour 6/26 - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/434f71b8428ce047db97ecdef74e3d41482004bafddd1879223dbe94a3226ec4-rimg-w1200-h800-dc161615-gmir.jpg?v=1742221471 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is The Innovation Trail — Cambridge Firsts in Kendall Square Walking Tour 6/26 being held? - **A:** The Innovation Trail — Cambridge Firsts in Kendall Square Walking Tour 6/26 takes place on Thu, 26 Jun, 2025 at 05:00 pm to Thu, 26 Jun, 2025 at 06:45 pm at Boston Marriott Cambridge, 50 Broadway, Cambridge, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing The Innovation Trail — Cambridge Firsts in Kendall Square Walking Tour 6/26? - **A:** The Innovation Trail — Cambridge Firsts in Kendall Square Walking Tour 6/26 is organized by Innovation Trail of Greater Boston. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "The Innovation Trail — Cambridge Firsts in Kendall Square Walking Tour 6/26", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/434f71b8428ce047db97ecdef74e3d41482004bafddd1879223dbe94a3226ec4-rimg-w1200-h800-dc161615-gmir.jpg?v=1742221471", "startDate": "2025-06-26", "endDate": "2025-06-26", "url": "https://allevents.in/cambridge/the-innovation-trail-—-cambridge-firsts-in-kendall-square-walking-tour-6-26/100001288240685569", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Boston Marriott Cambridge", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "50 Broadway", "postalCode": "02142", "addressLocality": "Cambridge", "addressRegion": "MA", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "42.3632921", "longitude": "-71.0864007" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Want to learn more about the scientists, inventors, and entrepreneurs who made Cambridge one of the most innovative cities in the world?", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-07", "availabilityEnds": "2025-06-26", "validFrom": "2026-04-07", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/cambridge/the-innovation-trail-—-cambridge-firsts-in-kendall-square-walking-tour-6-26/100001288240685569" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-07", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-07", "url": "https://allevents.in/cambridge/the-innovation-trail-—-cambridge-firsts-in-kendall-square-walking-tour-6-26/100001288240685569", "price": 0, "name": "Ticket — 5:00 PM tour" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Innovation Trail of Greater Boston", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/innovation-trail-of-greater-boston/22500094", "description": "The new Innovation Trail of Greater Boston, a 501(c)3 non-profit, aims to celebrate and share the stories about the past, present, and future of science, technology, medical, business, and social innovation — and give visitors a way to experience it. 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