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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1699 Historic Winslow House
Marshfield
1749 Court House Museum
Plymouth
Adams National Historical Park
Quincy
African Meeting House on Nantucket/The Museum of Afro-American History
Nantucket
Alden House Historic Site
Duxbury
American Heritage Museum
Hudson
Amherst Business Improvement District
Amherst
Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company: Museum & Library
Boston
Aquinnah Cultural Center
Aquinnah,
Arrowhead
Pittsfield
Battleship Cove
Fall River
Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, a Historic New England property
Gloucester
Beneski Museum of Natural History @ Amherst College
Amherst
Berkshire Museum
Pittsfield
Beverly Historical Society and Museum
Beverly
Bidwell House Museum
Monterey
Blanchard's Colonial Tavern
Avon
Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
Boston
Boston's Dreamland Wax Museum
Boston
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Brookline
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1699 Historic Winslow House
635 Careswell Street
Marshfield
781-837-5753 - B
1749 Court House Museum
4 Town Square
Plymouth
508-830-4075 - C
Adams National Historical Park
1250 Hancock Street
Adams National Historical Park Visitor Center
Quincy
617-770-1175 - D
African Meeting House on Nantucket/The Museum of Afro-American History
29 York St.
Nantucket
508-228-9833 - E
Alden House Historic Site
105 Alden St.
Po Box 2754
Duxbury
781-934-9092 - F
American Heritage Museum
568 Main Street
Hudson
978-562-9182 - G
Amherst Business Improvement District
35 South Pleasant Street
Amherst
413-345-2945 - H
Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company: Museum & Library
Ahac, Armory, Fourth Floor
Faneuil Hall
Boston
617 227 1638 - I
Aquinnah Cultural Center
35 Aquinnah Circle (location)
10 Black Brook Rd. (mailing)
Aquinnah,
(508)645-7900 - J
Arrowhead
780 Holmes Rd.
Pittsfield
413-442-1793 - K
Battleship Cove
5 Water Street
Fall River
800.533.3194 - L
Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, a Historic New England property
75 Eastern Point Boulevard
Gloucester
978-283-0800 - M
Beneski Museum of Natural History @ Amherst College
11 Barrett Hill Drive
Box 5000
Amherst
413-542-5054 - N
Berkshire Museum
39 South St (route 7)
Pittsfield
413-443-7171 - O
Beverly Historical Society and Museum
117 Cabot St.
Beverly
978-922-1186 - P
Bidwell House Museum
100 Art School Rd.
Monterey
413-528-6888 - Q
Blanchard's Colonial Tavern
98 North Main Street
Route 28
Avon
508-587-2884 - R
Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
306 Congress Street
Boston
617-338-1773 - S
Boston's Dreamland Wax Museum
1 Washington Mall
Boston
857-233-5437 - T
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165 Newton Street
Brookline
6173064877
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