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.
Beneski Museum of Natural History @ Amherst College
Amherst
The Emily Dickinson Museum
Amherst
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Amherst
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Amherst
Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
Amherst
UMass Fine Arts Center
Amherst
Yiddish Book Center
Amherst
Museums 10
Amherst
In the heart of western Massachusetts, Museums10 is a dynamic collaborative of 10 museums that inspire, engage and enrich their communities... more
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Beneski Museum of Natural History @ Amherst College
11 Barrett Hill Drive
Box 5000
Amherst
413-542-5054 - B
The Emily Dickinson Museum
280 Main Street
Amherst
413.542.8161 - C
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
125 West Bay Rd.
Amherst
413-658-1100 - D
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
125 West Bay Road
Amherst
(413) 559-6300 - E
Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
41 Quadrangle Drive
Amherst
413-542-2335 - F
UMass Fine Arts Center
151 Presidents Drive
Amherst
800-999-UMAS - G
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst
413-256-4900 - H
Museums 10
97 Spring Street
Amherst
413.542.4015
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