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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The Shirley-Eustis House
Boston
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Concord
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Scituate
Spirit of Plymouth Walking Tours
Plymouth
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Springfield
Stage Harbor Light
Chatham
Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens
North Andover
The Stone House Museum
Belchertown
Stonehurst, the Robert Treat Paine Estate
Waltham
Storrowton Village Museum
West Springfield
Stoughton Train Station
Stoughton
Susan B Anthony Birthplace Museum
Adams
The Swan Boats of Boston
Boston
Thoreau Farm: Birthplace of Henry David Thoreau
Concord
Town Wharf General Store
Mattapoisett
The Trustees
Boston
U.S.S. Salem CA139, United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum
Quincy
The Umbrella Arts Center
Concord
Union Station Banquets
Northampton
Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area
Great Barrington
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The Shirley-Eustis House
33 Shirley Street
Boston
617-442-2275 - B
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Rt.62
Concord
978-318-3233 - C
South Shore Irish Heritage Trail
Po Box 132
Scituate
781-545-4732 - D
Spirit of Plymouth Walking Tours
126 Water Street
Plymouth
508-517-8355 - E
Springfield Museums
21 Edwards St.
Springfield
413-263-6800 - F
Stage Harbor Light
Stage Harbor
Chatham
n/a - G
Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens
139 Andover St.
North Andover
978.682.3580 - H
The Stone House Museum
20 Maple St.
Belchertown
413-323-6573 - I
Stonehurst, the Robert Treat Paine Estate
100 Robert Treat Paine Dr.
Waltham
781-314-3290 - J
Storrowton Village Museum
1305 Memorial Avenue
West Springfield
413-205-5051 - K
Stoughton Train Station
45 Wyman St.
Stoughton
617-222-3200 - L
Susan B Anthony Birthplace Museum
67 East Rd
On The Corner Of East Rd And East St
Adams
4137437121 - M
The Swan Boats of Boston
Boston Public Garden
Boylston And Arlington Sts.
Boston
617-522-1966 - N
Thoreau Farm: Birthplace of Henry David Thoreau
341 Virginia Road
Concord
5082419601 - O
Town Wharf General Store
10 Water Street
Mattapoisett
508 758 4615 - P
The Trustees
200 High Street
4th Floor
Boston
617.542.7696 x2123 - Q
U.S.S. Salem CA139, United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum
549 South Street
Pier 3
Quincy
617-479-7900 - R
The Umbrella Arts Center
40 Stow St.
Concord
978-371-0820 - S
Union Station Banquets
125a Pleasant Street
Northampton
4133413161 - T
Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area
Po Box 611
Great Barrington
413-629-4500
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