You know those museums that are really quiet and you can’t touch anything? These are definitely not those museums. Take the Boston Children’s Museum. It’s one-of-a-kind, world-renowned center for enrichment. But the kids don’t care about that. They just like that it’s as fun as a barrel of monkeys. The Museum of Science has scary dinosaurs, loud electric bursts, and an Imax screen the size of a basketball court, and it’s still extremely educational. The Kidspace at Mass MoCA has really mind-blowing art, including some uniquely interactive work. At the Discovery Museums in Acton, kids can bounce a ball three stories high or engineer their own train track. Of course, if your family loves those quiet museums, we have plenty of those too.
Watch a video on Edith Wharton’s The Mount in Lenox.
Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, a Historic New England property
Gloucester
Cape Ann Museum
Gloucester
Hammond Castle Museum
Gloucester
Maritime Gloucester
Gloucester
Sargent House Museum
Gloucester
Schooner Adventure
Gloucester
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Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, a Historic New England property
75 Eastern Point Boulevard
Gloucester
978-283-0800 - B
Cape Ann Museum
27 Pleasant St
Gloucester
9782830455 - C
Hammond Castle Museum
80 Hesperus Avenue
Gloucester
978-283-2080 - D
Maritime Gloucester
23 Harbor Loop
Gloucester
978 281-0470 - E
Sargent House Museum
49 Middle Street
Gloucester
978-281-2432 - F
Schooner Adventure
Po Box 1306
Gloucester
978-281-8079
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