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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Witchwood Tours
Salem
Wood End Light
Provincetown
Worcester Bravehearts Baseball Club
Worcester
Yiddish Book Center
Amherst
Yummy Walks
Boston
Zeiterion Performing Arts Center
New Bedford
1736 Josiah Dennis Manse Museum
Dennis
Home of man for whom town of Dennis was named; artifacts of maritime and whaling history in 1736 saltbox home; children's... more
1749 Spooner House
Plymouth
1749 house occupied by five generations of Spooner family; furnished entirely with family heirlooms. Open Thurs & Fri, 2-6pm; Sat 10... more
1869 Schoolhouse Museum - Eastham Historical Society
Eastham
1869 one-room schoolhouse as it was in the 1930s; attached museum with school memorabilia, local, fishing industry, whaling and military artifacts.... more
Abiel Smith School/Museum of Afro-American History
Boston
First building constructed (1835) for the sole purpose of housing a black public school. Sits next to the African Meeting House... more
Annisquam Village Church
Gloucester
The Annisquam Village Church is an inter-generational community of people from diverse spiritual backgrounds who worship together. Funds raised support... more
Aptucxet Trading Post Museum Complex-Bourne Historical Society
Bourne
Replica of Pilgrim-Dutch trading post; windmill; 17th-century herb and wildflower gardens; Native American artifacts; picnic area. Salt works, Gray Gables... more
Ashley House
Ashley Falls
The Ashley House tells the intertwined stories of the Ashleys and the enslaved African Americans who lived here in the 18... more
Atwood House Museum
Chatham
The mission of the Chatham Historical Society is to inform and educate present and future generations about the history and... more
Balch House
Beverly
This 17th century home represents one of Beverly's first settlers, John Balch. He may have lived in a crude early... more
Barnstable Village Walking Tour
Barnstable
Free self guided walking tour of historic Barnstable village. more
Beneski Museum of Natural History
Amherst
Blue Hill Adventures and Quarry Museum
Westwood
In 2002 Blue Hill Adventure and Quarry Museum were created to restore, preserve and protect approximately 8,000 acres of the Historic Blue... more
Boch Center
Boston
The Boch Center is one of the nation's leading nonprofit performing arts institutions and a guardian of the historic Wang... more
Boston African-American National Historic Site
Boston
15 pre-Civil War structures relating to the history of Boston's 19th-century African-American community. more
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Witchwood Tours
75 Willson Street
Salem
978-254-3994 - B
Wood End Light
Commercial St. Breakwater
Provincetown
508-888-9784 - C
Worcester Bravehearts Baseball Club
39 Jolma Road
Worcester
508-438-3773 - D
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst
413-256-4900 - E
Yummy Walks
71 Prince St.
Suite #15
Boston
781-239-9920 - F
Zeiterion Performing Arts Center
684 Purchase St.
New Bedford
508-994-2900 - G
1736 Josiah Dennis Manse Museum
Nobscusset Rd. And Whig St.
Dennis
508-385-2232 - H
1749 Spooner House
27 North St.
Plymouth
508-746-0012 - I
1869 Schoolhouse Museum - Eastham Historical Society
Off Rt. 6 (opposite Vistors Center Natl. Seashore)
Box 8
Eastham - J
Abiel Smith School/Museum of Afro-American History
46 Joy St.
Boston
617-725-0022 x7 - K
Annisquam Village Church
820 Washington St
Gloucester
918-283-6413 - L
Aptucxet Trading Post Museum Complex-Bourne Historical Society
24 Aptucxet Rd.
Bourne
508-759-9487 - M
Ashley House
Cooper Hill Rd.
Ashley Falls
413-229-8600 - N
Atwood House Museum
347 Stage Harbor Road
Chatham
508-945-2493 - O
Balch House
448 Cabot St.
Beverly
978-922-1186 - P
Barnstable Village Walking Tour
1 Main Street
Barnstable
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Beneski Museum of Natural History
11 Barrett Hill Road
Amherst College
Amherst
(413) 542-2165 - R
Blue Hill Adventures and Quarry Museum
29 Westwood Terrace
Westwood
781-326-0079 - S
Boch Center
270 Tremont St
Boston
617-482-9393 - T
Boston African-American National Historic Site
46 Joy St.
Boston
617-742-5415
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