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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Adams National Historical Park
Quincy
Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company: Museum & Library
Boston
Boston's Dreamland Wax Museum
Boston
Bostonprivateguide
Brookline
Cambridge Historical Tours
Cambridge
Cyrus Dallin Art Museum
Arlington
Freedom Trail® Foundation
Boston
Granary Burial Ground
Boston
Hub Town Tours
Boston
Mass Audubon Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary
Sharon
Massachusetts State House
Boston
Museum of African American History
Boston
Paul Revere Heritage Site
Canton
Paul Revere House
Boston
The Trustees
Boston
The Vilna Shul, Boston's Center for Jewish Culture
Boston
Yummy Walks
Boston
Boston National Historical Park
Boston
Explore historic Boston on the Freedom Trail, a 2.5 mile walking trail stretching from the Boston Common to Bunker Hill in... more
Faneuil Hall
Boston
For 275 years, Faneuil Hall remains a site of meetings, protests, and debate right up to this very day. Because Revolutionary-era... more
Freedom Trail - Boston National Historical Park
Boston
Three hundred fifty years of American history along an outdoor 2.5-mile red brick trail; begin at Boston Common (or anywhere... more
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Adams National Historical Park
1250 Hancock Street
Adams National Historical Park Visitor Center
Quincy
617-770-1175 - B
Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company: Museum & Library
Ahac, Armory, Fourth Floor
Faneuil Hall
Boston
617 227 1638 - C
Boston's Dreamland Wax Museum
1 Washington Mall
Boston
857-233-5437 - D
Bostonprivateguide
165 Newton Street
Brookline
6173064877 - E
Cambridge Historical Tours
Harvard Square
Cambridge
617-520-4030 - F
Cyrus Dallin Art Museum
611 Massachusetts Avenue
Arlington
781-641-0747 - G
Freedom Trail® Foundation
44 School Street, Suite 250
Boston
617-357-8300 - H
Granary Burial Ground
95 Tremont St.
Boston
(617) 635-4505 - I
Hub Town Tours
50 Beacon Street
Boston Common
Boston
844-HUB-TOWN - J
Mass Audubon Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary
293 Moose Hill Parkway
Sharon
781-784-5691 - K
Massachusetts State House
24 Beacon St.
Boston
(617) 722-2000 - L
Museum of African American History
46 Joy Street, Boston
29 York Street, Nantucket
Boston
6177250022 x222 - M
Paul Revere Heritage Site
4 Rolling Mill Way
Canton
3392371696 - N
Paul Revere House
19 North Sq.
Boston
617-523-2338 - O
The Trustees
200 High Street
4th Floor
Boston
617.542.7696 x2123 - P
The Vilna Shul, Boston's Center for Jewish Culture
18 Phillips Street
Boston
617-523-2324 - Q
Yummy Walks
71 Prince St.
Suite #15
Boston
781-239-9920 - R
Boston National Historical Park
Boston National Historical Park
Boston
617-242-5601 - S
Faneuil Hall
1 Faneuil Hall Sq.
Boston
(617) 242-5601 - T
Freedom Trail - Boston National Historical Park
15 State St.
Boston
5082384472
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