You can see, hear, feel, and sometimes even smell the history throughout Massachusetts. Check out the very rock where the Pilgrims landed, and visit Plimoth Patuxet Museums to see what life was like in the 1600s. Or experience life in the 1830s over at Old Sturbridge Village, one of the country’s oldest and largest living history museums. Walk the Freedom Trail in downtown Boston, where every step tells a story of the American Revolution or listen for the famous “shot heard round the world” on Lexington Green, where the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired. Sit where the giants of the abolitionist movement sat in the brilliantly restored African American Meeting House. Feel the hull of Old Ironsides, otherwise known as the USS Constitution.
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Abigail Adams Birthplace
Weymouth
Adams National Historical Park
Quincy
American Heritage Museum
Hudson
Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company: Museum & Library
Boston
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Boston
Behold Boston Tours
Boston
Blanchard's Colonial Tavern
Avon
Boston Common
Boston
Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area
Boston
Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
Boston
Boston's Dreamland Wax Museum
Boston
Bostonprivateguide
Brookline
Cambridge Historical Tours
Cambridge
The Castle at Park Plaza
Boston
Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation
Waltham
Church of the Presidents, United First Parish Church, Quincy
Quincy
Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
Cambridge
Cultural Alliance of Medfield
Medfield
Cyrus Dallin Art Museum
Arlington
Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds
Newton
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Abigail Adams Birthplace
180 Norton St.
Box 147
Weymouth
781-335-4205 - B
Adams National Historical Park
1250 Hancock Street
Adams National Historical Park Visitor Center
Quincy
617-770-1175 - C
American Heritage Museum
568 Main Street
Hudson
978-562-9182 - D
Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company: Museum & Library
Ahac, Armory, Fourth Floor
Faneuil Hall
Boston
617 227 1638 - E
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
125 Arborway
Boston
617-524-1718 - F
Behold Boston Tours
137 Pearl St
Unit 4
Boston
6154826254 - G
Blanchard's Colonial Tavern
98 North Main Street
Route 28
Avon
508-587-2884 - H
Boston Common
139 Tremont St.
Boston
617-973-8589 - I
Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area
One Long Wharf
Boston
617-223-8666 - J
Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
306 Congress Street
Boston
617-338-1773 - K
Boston's Dreamland Wax Museum
1 Washington Mall
Boston
857-233-5437 - L
Bostonprivateguide
165 Newton Street
Brookline
6173064877 - M
Cambridge Historical Tours
Harvard Square
Cambridge
617-520-4030 - N
The Castle at Park Plaza
130 Columbus Ave.
Boston
617-450-0600 - O
Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation
154 Moody Street
Waltham
781-893-5410 - P
Church of the Presidents, United First Parish Church, Quincy
1306 Hancock Street
Quincy
617-773-0062 - Q
Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
1 Oxford St
Cambridge
1-617-495-2779 - R
Cultural Alliance of Medfield
45 Hospital Road
Medfield
617-877-5158 - S
Cyrus Dallin Art Museum
611 Massachusetts Avenue
Arlington
781-641-0747 - T
Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds
286 Waverley Avenue
Newton
617.641.9142
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