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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African Meeting House on Nantucket/The Museum of Afro-American History
Nantucket
Aquinnah Cultural Center
Aquinnah,
Bird Island Light
Falmouth
Buzzards Bay Entrance Light
Falmouth
Cahoon Museum of American Art
Cotuit
Cape Cod Maritime Museum
Hyannis
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
Brewster
Cape Cod National Seashore
Eastham
Cape Kayaking
Eatham
Cape Poge Light
Edgartown
Chatham Light
Chatham
Cleveland Ledge Light
Falmouth
East Chop Lighthouse
Oak Bluffs
Edgartown Lighthouse
Edgartown
Gay Head Lighthouse
Aquinnah
Greater Light
Nantucket
Hadwen House
Nantucket
Harwich Historical Society at Brooks Academy Museum
Harwich
Heritage Museums & Gardens
Sandwich
Highfield Hall & Gardens
Falmouth
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African Meeting House on Nantucket/The Museum of Afro-American History
29 York St.
Nantucket
508-228-9833 - B
Aquinnah Cultural Center
35 Aquinnah Circle (location)
10 Black Brook Rd. (mailing)
Aquinnah,
(508)645-7900 - C
Bird Island Light
Sippican Harbor
Falmouth
508-748-0550 - D
Buzzards Bay Entrance Light
Buzzards Bay Channel
Falmouth
508-457-3325 - E
Cahoon Museum of American Art
4676 Falmouth Road
Po Box 1853
Cotuit
5084287581 - F
Cape Cod Maritime Museum
135 South St.
Hyannis
(508) 775-1723 - G
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
869 Main Street/route 6a
Brewster
508-896-3867 - H
Cape Cod National Seashore
Salt Pond Visitor Center
Rt. 6
Eastham
508-255-3421 - I
Cape Kayaking
222 Hemenway Road
Eatham
508 247 7402 - J
Cape Poge Light
Chappaquiddick Island
Edgartown
508-693-7662 - K
Chatham Light
Coast Guard Station
Chatham
508-945-3830 - L
Cleveland Ledge Light
Cleveland Ledge Channel
Falmouth
508-457-3325 - M
East Chop Lighthouse
229 East Chop Dr.
Oak Bluffs
508-627-4441 - N
Edgartown Lighthouse
131 North Water Street
Edgartown
508-627-4441 - O
Gay Head Lighthouse
9 Aquinnah Circle
Aquinnah
508-627-4441 - P
Greater Light
8 Howard St.
Nantucket
508-228-1894 - Q
Hadwen House
96 Main St.
Nantucket
508-228-1894 - R
Harwich Historical Society at Brooks Academy Museum
80 Parallel St.
Harwich
508-432-8089 - S
Heritage Museums & Gardens
67 Grove Street
Sandwich
508-888-3300 - T
Highfield Hall & Gardens
56 Highfield Dr
Falmouth
508-495-1878
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